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Beneth corporate codes of conduct : what drives compliance in two Mexican garment factories
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis addresses the question: under what conditions do corporate codes of conduct work? To answer this question, I develop two case studies of subcontracting factories that are subject to a multinational company's ...
Designation : the use of information-based strategies in planning and preservation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis explores one tool of government action - information - and its influence on local policy and planning. This thesis is not a comprehensive account of information-based strategies, which would require far-reaching ...
The urban economic development impacts of ethnic entrepreneurship : a case study of Dominican entrepreneurs in Lawrence, Massachusetts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis examines the process through which ethnic entrepreneurship impacts urban economic development. In many urban places across the United States, demographic change has led to the rise of ethnic communities and the ...
The pros and cons of corruption of firm performance : a micro-level study of businesses in Indonesia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Over the past 10 years, different international organization and NGO's have given birth to a whole host of different anti corruption programs in response to the recent "endemic" of corruption which is seen to plague ...
Evaluation of supportive services for homeless women
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Every evening over 20 women are bused to a basement of a schoolhouse, where they will spend the night and wake up at 5:00 a.m. to face the streets as a homeless woman. These women feel as if they are invisible and their ...
Understanding urban assets : using remote sensing to manage stormwater run-off
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Many small suburban and rural communities have experienced increased growth as businesses and families leave city center is search of affordable land prices available at the cities periphery. As one might expect this ...
Effects of housing policies on intra-urban inequality in transitioning China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
In the People's Republic of China, housing reform was launched in the 1980s as a component of the overall economic reform. In the 1990s, housing policies, privatization and subsidies combined, were found to contribute to ...
Do migrants transfer tacit knowledge? : the case of highly skilled Bangladeshi immigrants in the United States
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Transfer of knowledge is a complex process. While codified knowledge is easy to transfer, tacit knowledge is not. "Tacit knowledge is difficult to exchange over long distance because it is heavily imbued with meaning arising ...
Successful public sector enforcement of environmental standards in the Toritama Jeans industry in Pernambuco, Brazil
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Non-observance of environmental standards among small firms in traditional industries such as garment, footwear, furniture and tanneries have caused major environmental degradation in many places throughout the world. ...
Assessing the viability of lifestyle retail development as a traditional town center
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The lifestyle center, a recently emerged real estate retail product, is the culmination of shifts in cultural attitudes, real estate economic trends, and changes in the role of local government on the development of built ...