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Valid inequalities and algorithms for the network design problem with an application to LTL consolidation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985)
The internationalization process of the firm : the case of the Korean consumer electronics industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985)
Scale and differentiation in services : using information technologies to manage customer experiences at Harrah's Entertainment and other companies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This dissertation is focused on the topic of service innovation and explores economies of scale and strategic differentiation in services via an inductive field-based case study of the world's largest casino gaming company, ...
Four essays in financial economics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This dissertation is composed of four pieces of independent but related works. The first is on optimal risk sharing and CEO compensation. Using a principal agent model, I addressed theoretically the optimal tradeoff between ...
Audit quality and performance evaluation : an analysis of the US credit union industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The first paper examines the determinants of credit unions' audit quality choice and the implications of this choice on financial statement management and financial distress. Credit unions provide a setting with large ...
Modeling and solving variations of the Network Loading Problem
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
We examine three variations of a class of network design problems known as Network Loading Problems (NLP). For'each variation we develop a tailored branch and bound solution approach equipped with heuristic procedures and ...
Demand bubbles and phantom orders in supply chains
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Essay One The Impact of Shortages on Push-Pull Production Systems This paper explores the impact of endogenous customer demand on supply chain instability. It investigates how a semiconductor manufacturer's hybrid push-pull ...
Framing the future : cognitive frames, strategic choice and firm response to the fiber-optic revolution
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Much research has sought to understand why technological discontinuities are difficult for firms to manage. While the literature devotes little attention to the role played by managerial cognition, in such equivocal ...
Learning strategies and performance in organizational teams
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
(cont.) shows that vicarious learning is positively associated with performance. I argue that vicarious team learning is an under-explored dimension of what makes teams and organizations competitive. The chapter concludes ...
Three essays in marketing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
(cont.) that threaten to disappear cause decision makers to invest more effort and money in order to keep these options open, even when the options themselves seem to be of little interest. The last experiment provides ...