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Valuing innovative technology R&D as a real option : application to fuel cell vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis aims to elucidate real option thinking and real option valuation techniques for innovative technology investment. Treating the fuel cell R&D investment as a real option for General Motor's light passenger vehicle ...
Pathways to adoption of carbon capture and sequestration in India : technologies and policies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
India is the world's second most populous country with a rapidly growing economy and increasing emissions. With the imminent threat of anthropogenic climate change in the coming decades, helping to control India's emissions ...
Integrated optimization model for airline schedule design : profit maximization and issues of access for small markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The purpose of the National Airspace System Strategy Simulator is to provide the FAA with a decision support system to evaluate long-term infrastructure and regulatory strategies. The NAS strategy simulator consists of ...
Valuing project risk and flexibility in mining resource development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Application of dynamic strategic planning to urban transit projects : case studies of Boston and Osaka
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
A field-based study of alternative microbial indicator tests for drinking water quality in Northern Ghana
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Safe drinking water is essential for human survival, yet it is unavailable to over 1 billion of the world's people living in poverty (World Bank, 2009). The current methods used to identify drinking water sources are ...
Power generation from geothermal resources : challenges and opportunities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
As we enter the 21st century, increasing concerns about global warming have stimulated an upsurge of interest in the use of non-fossil energy technologies for electricity production. As a result there is an opportunity for ...
The value of automated fare collection data for transit planning : an example of rail transit OD matrix estimation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Traditionally, transit agencies across the world have relied on traveler surveys and manual counts to inform many of their service and operations planning decisions. Today, many agencies can add to their existing planning ...
Benefits of emerging transportation technologies : simulation analysis and policy issues
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
This thesis explores the quantification of transportation technology benefits, through simultaneous consideration of technical and policy issues. Benefits are first defined and identified based on current literature and ...
The role of public-private clean diesel R&D partnerships in the regulatory process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
This research considers the influence that public-private clean diesel R&D partnerships have on emission regulations in the U.S. While there is substantial literature on the contribution of public-private R&D partnerships ...