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Challenging operations : changing interactions, identities, and institutions in a surgical teaching hospital
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
If institutions are comprised of cultural and positional prescriptions for action and interpretation, then institutional change must depend at some point on thinking the unthinkable, acting in "inappropriate" ways, and ...
Succession rules for CEO in Japanese firms : institutions and agency
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
The succession of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has attracted growing attention from social scientists and management researchers. CEO succession provides a context in which individual decisions and agency, stakeholder ...
Quantifying the source of reentrant line variability and the effects of processes standardization on tool availability variability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis quantifies the sensitivity of tool availability variability with respect to product throughput and examines how Intel's High Precision Maintenance initiative can be used to minimize these effects. Tools with ...
A tale of two arbs : essays on agency and financial institutions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
This thesis consists of two essays covering topics in the economics of financial institutions with an emphasis on certain types of potential agency problems. In particular, it investigates two radically different types of ...
Towards a theory of service innovation : an inductive case study approach to evaluating the uniqueness of services
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Much of the innovation literature focuses exclusively on product-oriented companies. While scholars have begun researching innovation in service companies, the field of service innovation remains undeveloped and relatively ...
An analysis of nine-ending pricing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Prices ending in 9 are ubiquitous. In this paper I first develop a theoretical model of the effect of such prices on sales and review the empirical literature on the topic. Then I use a data set from an online experiment ...
Benefits, costs, and trade-offs : strategic and operational decision making in the multi-mission U.S. Coast Guard : a first look
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The U.S. Coast Guard performs a diverse array of missions ensuring the maritime safety and security of America as well as the stewardship of her maritime resources. It efficiently and competently performs these missions ...
Targeted online advertising : persuasion in an era of massless communication
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
In recent years, the decline of the mass media and the growth of a participatory and fragmented audience online have forced advertisers, agencies, and publishers to revise their thinking about delivering marketing messages ...
A system dynamics analysis of a Capilene supply loop
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
In August 2005, Patagonia announced its Common Threads Garment Recycling Program. The company is reclaiming used Capilene long underwear from consumers and using them as an input for new Capilene garments. According to ...
Global electronic funds transfer between small and medium sized companies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Cross-border electronic funds transfer is a rapidly expanding field for business and consumer payments. Large multi-national corporations have been able to invest the capital necessary to create infrastructures or work ...