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Demonstrating the benefits of knowledge management assets : developing and applying a valuation methodology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Since the early 1980s numerous knowledge-dependent organizations have made diligent attempts to measure their intangible assets. In more recent years, knowledge-dependent organizations have expressed a desire to demonstrate ...
Collection, evaluation, and diffusion of information in online communities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
In this thesis, I study a number of online information communities to understand how open practices are currently used in supporting community functions. By examining how communities operate, I hope to provide individuals ...
A strategic framework for establishing aerospace value chains in emerging markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Background: CEO's and top management teams of large corporations in developed countries acknowledge that globalization is the most critical challenge they face today. They are also keenly aware that it has become during ...
Architecting complex systems for robustness
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Robust design methodologies are frequently utilized by organizations to develop robust and reliable complex systems. The intent of robust design is to create systems that are insensitive to variations from production, the ...
Electrical build issues in automotive product development : an analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
To be competitive and successful within the automotive industry the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) have to bring new products with features fast to market. The OEMs need to reduce the Product Development cycle ...
Analysis of engineering knowledge management in Latin American military organizations : a case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Open source hardware
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Open source software development models have created some of the most innovative tools and companies in the industry today modifying the way value is created and businesses developed. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze ...
A system dynamics perspective on the build-up to the 1997 South Korean financial crisis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Financial panics and crashes have become an item of familiarity to many nations around the world over more than several centuries. If history has taught us nothing else, it has taught us that we can learn from the past ...
Integrating military unmanned aircraft into the national airspace system : an application of value-focused thinking and enterprise architecting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The research presented in this thesis presents a methodology compatible with the Department of Defense (DoD) Capability-Based Assessment (CBA) process for analyzing and recommending appropriate enterprise architectures for ...
An analysis of the cloud computing platform
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
A slew of articles have been written about the fact that computing will eventually go in the direction of electricity. Just as most software users these days also own the hardware that runs the software, electricity users ...