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Understanding organizational traps in implementing service-oriented architecture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
One of the major objectives of implementing service-oriented architecture (SOA) is to enhance IS agility and improve IT-business alignment. However, the contradictory experiences about SOA implementation turn out to be a ...
Does having women in positions of power reduce gender inequality in organizations? : a direct test
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
While most research on gender inequality in organizations has focused on the "glass ceilings" barring women from obtaining high-status, or management, positions, as women continue to gain access to these organizational ...
Inequality in the work visa approvals of U.S. immigrants
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This study examines how U.S. immigration policies, as implemented by agents acting on behalf of the federal government, shape migration and key employment outcomes of skilled foreign nationals. Using a unique dataset, which ...
Combining human and machine intelligence for making predictions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
An extensive literature in psychology, economics, statistics, operations research and management science has dealt with comparing forecasts based on human-expert judgment vs. (statistical) models in a variety of scenarios, ...
Professionalization and market closure : the case of plumbing in India
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
While professionalization has long been understood as a process of establishing market closure and monopoly control over work, this paper presents a case where professionalization erodes rather than establishes occupational ...
Who benefits from investment in universities? : institutions, university spillovers, and firm performance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This study examines the impact of local institutional arrangements on firm level spillover effects from universities. Specifically, I test the proposition of co-location with universities affecting firm performance, taking ...