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Hospital valuation in emerging countries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Private health players in emerging countries have increased their presence and contributed to global health issues, but have been undervalued in financing. A variety of health players have evolved and hospitals have played ...
Dynamic cycles of strategy, marketing and sales : a framework for capital goods industries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This thesis proposes a framework to help managers facing growth challenges or commoditization problems in business to business, particularly with capital goods. The framework is based on the proposition that strategy, ...
An overview of potential financial bubbles in the US financial markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Financial bubbles have presented a challenge for the financial markets for a long time and caused steep losses for many investors. This thesis has two main goals relating to financial bubbles. The first is to try to determine ...
Accelerating digital health innovation : analyzing opportunities in the healthcare innovation ecosystem
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
There has recently been a dramatic increase in demand for healthcare innovation. In this thesis we present a framework for analyzing a digital health innovation ecosystem in the US. Our framework consists of four key ...
Building strategy to penetrate deeper into the stagnant and unattractive contact lens market
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This thesis builds up important strategic elements to penetrate deeper into the stagnant and mature contact lens market by focusing on adolescents. First, contact lens adoption is studied to strategically generate awareness ...
Changing the state of fairness : redeveloping Fair Park as a catalyst for the revitalization of South Dallas
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This thesis studies Fair Park, a 277 acre public park located in Dallas, Texas. Fair Park represents prevalent planning challenges - the repurposing of sites that have outlived their initial uses and the reintegration of ...
Connective development : recognizing the networked city in forming a progressive urban economic development strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The architecture of the economy is in rapid transformation. ' As the innovation economy is the most influential segment of the economy because it creates a ripple of value throughout the broader economy, successful efforts ...
Building innovation-based entrepreneurial communities : an assessment of practitioners' interactions with academically driven curriculum
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
A growing interest in innovation-based entrepreneurship has surfaced in much of world, producing a large body of related research and capturing the attention of those aiming to direct and improve the economic impact of ...
How technology is disrupting fashion
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This thesis analyzes how the fashion industry has begun to leverage technology to increase branding, improve products, drive sales and experiment with new business models. Overall, the fashion industry has been slow to ...
A microeconomic analysis of the competition in the home console videogame industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The $70 billion and 40 year old [83] traditional videogame industry is a fascinating example of intense and dynamic competition, where over eight generations new players could enter the market and reach the leadership while ...