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Defying value-shift : how incumbents regain values in the industry with new technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Historically, incumbent assembly firms with unquestionable strong positions in such industries as the automobile, consumer electronics, computer and mobile phone industries, have lost power when new technology is introduced; ...
Internal marketing and employee satisfaction : a missing link in Japanese service management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
The concepts and techniques of internal marketing and employee satisfaction are becoming very popular in western companies, supported by accomplishments in service management based on of the Service-Profit Chain and ...
Leading data analytics transformations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
The phenomenal success of big technology companies founded with a strong emphasis on data, has epitomized the rise of the new "digital economy." Large traditional organizations, that were not long ago "on top of the world" ...
The physics of the value chain towards a dynamic theory of strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Understanding the evolution of a firm's competitive advantage in a changing environment over time remains one of the most important topics in competitive strategy. We build on a recent stream of research in the arena of ...
Newspapers and the Internet: friends or foes? : evidence of concentration of choice in Korea
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Does the expansion of the Internet provide opportunities for newspapers to attract more readers, or does it threaten their sustainability by cannibalizing subscription revenue from print circulation? To examine these ...
Nanotechnology : industry evolution and comparisons
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Recent scientific progress has left virtually no question that nanotechnology will become a tremendous and significant part of worldwide culture. Nanotechnology is expected to become an active part of our daily interactions ...
Performance measures for lean manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
Optimizing emergency response crew allocation during earthquakes to improve restoration time
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Northern California and specially the San Francisco Bay Area where PG&E operates is very susceptible to earthquakes. United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimates a 63 percent chance that a magnitude-6.7 or larger ...
An investigation of price dispersion in Internet auctions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
It can be observed that in consumer-to-consumer on-line auctions, there is a strong degree of price dispersion, even in liquid markets with a large number of bids per auction item. This Thesis research strives to quantify ...
The influences of learning behavior on the performance of work teams : a system dynamics approach
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This thesis seeks to apply the tools of system dynamics to the study of the influences of learning-oriented behaviors on team performance and to investigate what factors foster team learning in the organizational environment ...