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Analysis of Japan's B2B public e-marketplaces
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Japan's industries have great expectations for the future of B2B public e-marketplaces, but the e-marketplace revolution in Japan is still at an early stage of development, and most have not yet produced satisfactory ...
Technology acquisition strategies in pharmaceutical companies through equity investment, alliance and acquisition
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
The pharmaceutical industry is now confronted with a discontinuous time period, especially in terms of its technology. In order to maintain their advantageous positions in the industry, pharmaceutical companies have to ...
Knowledge strategies for managers in a networked world
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
As our world becomes more complex and information-rich, the effort needed to share and create knowledge is increasing greatly. Transformation from Industrial Age to Information Age organizations is not simple. But there ...
Development of new collaborative business model in stationary fuel cell industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
The stationary fuel cell industry is currently witnessing an unstable period because of current technology barriers and business barriers at the same time that society has high expectations for fuel cell technology to solve ...
The strategy of Japanese oil companies under global warming
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Global warming is becoming a greater issue for human beings. People's life has become rich, comfortable and convenient, especially in developed countries. The rich life is supported by huge energy consumption and the energy ...
Telecom value chain dynamics and carriers' strategies in converged networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
This thesis predicts the dynamics of value chains in the telecommunication industry and proposes telecommunication carriers' strategies in future converged networks. It predicts that large carriers will vertically integrate ...
Impact of IT-enabled organizational change on firm performance : an event study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Past event-studies on the impact of Information Technology (IT) on organizations have focused on the different types of IT initiatives from various perspectives, for e.g., an organizational perspective (joint venture, ...
RFID-enabled supply chain replenishment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
This thesis explores the potential application of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology as an AIDC (Automatic Identification and Data Capture) mechanism in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry. MIT's Auto-ID ...
Knowledge management in banking industry : comparative analysis between U.S. and Japan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Japanese banking firms have been in a turbulent period from the last decade due to deregulations and bad loans from collapse of a bubble economy. As a result, there have been many bankruptcies and merger & acquisitions ...
A framework for strategizing and deciding IT sourcing and managing outsourced services
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
This thesis is construed as a part of M.I.T. Sloan School project sponsored by a Fortune 500 company (hereafter referred as "The Company") to study disintermediation in the IT service industry. In this thesis we develop ...