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Bureaucratic flexibility : large organizations and the restructuring of physician careers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
This thesis contributes to theory and research at the intersection of professions, labor markets, and careers. To do so, it draws on longitudinal and cross-sectional data on physicians in different organizational arrangements. ...
Three essays on the development and diffusion of pharmaceutical innovations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
The thesis comprises three essays on various aspects of the development and diffusion of pharmaceutical innovations, woven together by the idea that the production of clinical knowl- edge influences organizational design, ...
Essays on the relation between stock price movements and orders
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
This thesis explores different aspects of the relation between orders submitted (or the trades they generate) and price changes over time. The second chapter provides descriptive evidence of the order flow in the French ...
Accruals and managerial operating decisions over the firm life cycle
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This paper explores how accruals capture managerial operating decisions that evolve over a firm's life cycle. I argue that growing firms face different operating environments and have fundamentally different accruals ...
Co-evolution of process and content in organizational change : explaining the dynamics of start and fizzle
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Essay One: Explaining the Start and Fizzle of Organizational Change: Co-evolving Process and Content The theme that sustaining efforts to change is difficult appears in many guises throughout the organizations. The tendency ...
Portfolio choices with taxes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
I analyze the intertemporal portfolio problem of an investor who has access to both taxable and tax-deferred (retirement) accounts. In a complete-market setting, through a tax-arbitrage argument, I show that tax-deferred ...
New approaches to idea generation and consumer input in the product development process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This thesis consists of five related essays which explore new approaches to help design successful and profitable new products. The primary focus is the front end of the process where the product development team is seeking ...
What's on the table : revenue management and the welfare gap In the US airline industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This thesis explores the potential improvements in Revenue Management from two distinct perspectives. The first piece of work is to explore the potential operational improvements, in which we aim to develop competitive and ...
Growing a green job : essays on social movements and the emergence of a new occupation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Professions and occupations play a central role in shaping institutional arrangements, organizational forms, and individual organizations. I argue the emergence and development of new occupations should be among the central ...
Phantom work : design iteration timing in new product development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
As companies compete to gain market share, increase profits and affect growth they often turn to concurrent engineering in an effort to bring new products to the market more quickly. Despite many anecdotal success stories, ...