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Bioenergy and its use to mitigate the climate impact of aviation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
The use of modern bioenergy presents an opportunity to mitigate CO2 emissions contributing to anthropogenic climate change by offsetting fossil fuel use, and the work presented in this thesis contributes to the literature ...
Negotiated collaboration : a study in flexible infrastructure design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This thesis frames design in infrastructure public-private partnerships (P3s) as an exercise in negotiated collaboration. I investigate whether the collaborative design process in P3s can systematically deliver the benefits ...
Locating the source of large scale outbreaks of foodborne disease
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Foodborne illness outbreaks impose enormous health and economic burdens in the US. Identifying the origin of the contaminated food causing an outbreak is a challenging problem due to the complexity of the food supply and ...
The impact of strategic investment on success of capital-intensive ventures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Established companies in technology-enabled industries such as software, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors, have used corporate venture capital as a lever to access and screen technological advances, ...
Supply chain financing in Developing countries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
There is no definitive blueprint for ending poverty and increasing prosperity across the globe, but the World Bank argues that inclusive economic growth is critical to achieving global development goals. This thesis focuses ...
Dynamics of technology innovation and diffusion with emphasis on wind energy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This thesis takes an interdisciplinary look at wind energy innovation and diffusion through a historical case study and system dynamic quantitative model. The former uses a framework known as actor-network- theory (that ...
Modeling human attention and performance in automated environments with low task loading
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Automation has the benefit of reducing human operators' workload. By leveraging the power of computers and information technology, the work of human operators is becoming easier. However, when the workload is too low but ...
Accounting for non-hazardous industrial waste in the United States
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This dissertation presents a method for estimating the tonnage and composition of non-hazardous industrial waste (NHIW) flows in the United States. For thirty years, it has been an accepted fact that NHIW is generated at ...
Intellectual property and architecture : how architecture influences intellectual property lock-in
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Intellectual property lock-in is a wicked problem particularly pervasive under monopsony market structures, such as the Department of Defense (DoD). However, little research exists on the mechanisms of action that induce ...
Potential housing bubble with Chinese characteristics : analysis and policy design through an operational model
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
This thesis analyzes the potential housing bubble in the Chinese urban housing market. Using an operational model built on system dynamics (SD), it explores the unique housing market structures, information flows, key ...