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Rise of regions after reforms : late development strategies for the software industry in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala in India
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Emergence of India as a major center in the world for software production since the early 1990s has been a remarkable success story of economic development. However, within the country, the growth in this industry has been ...
Reintermediation or disintermediation? : the impact of e-commerce on commercial real estate brokerage
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The objective of this thesis, entitled "Reintermediation or Disintermediation? The Impact of ECommerce on Commercial Real Estate Brokerage", is to evaluate the impact of e-commerce on the functional areas of commercial ...
Industrial ecology of metals : barriers and incentives to closing loops
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This thesis examines the end-of-life markets for NiCd batteries and Aluminum Intensive Vehicles (AIVs) through an industrial ecology framework. Case studies were chosen to examine the general characteristics of the industrial ...
Actors, coalitions and the framework convention on climate change
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This study examines the political processes through which the Framework Convention on Climate Change was negotiated and the initial efforts of the United States, the Netherlands, and Japan to adopt national policies and ...
Greening the invisible hand : how environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) succeed and fall in technology change
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
This dissertation examines how national environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Sweden and the United States (US) tried to diffuse cleaner production technologies in the pulp and paper industry from 1980-1998. ...
Fear and loathing in Massachusetts : Chapter 40B, community opposition, and residential property value
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This thesis asks and answers an important question in the heated debate concerning M.G.L.c. 40B, the state's Comprehensive Permit Law: "Do large-scale, high-density Chapter 40B multi- family rental developments negatively ...
Multiple asset class investing : equilibrium asset pricing evaluation of real estate risk and return across four quadrants
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The major objective of this study is to test equilibrium asset pricing models with respect to how well they price risk across multiple asset classes; including the four quadrants of real estate. While using the Geltner ...
Revisiting performance persistence in real estate funds
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
In this thesis, real estate opportunity fund returns were analyzed for evidence of persistence in subsequent funds from the same manager; it is designed to update and enhance a prior thesis performed by Cathy C. Hahn (2003), ...
Prototypes of transportation nodes with high density and mixed-use to be applied to Pearl River Delta Region
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The main objective of this study is to develop a number of adaptable prototypes of transportation nodes with high-density and mixed-use to be applied to the Pearl River Delta Region in China and analyze its implications ...
The accessibility and development impacts of new transit infrastructure : the Circle Line in Chicago
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis explores the impacts of new transit infrastructure projects on the land use transportation system. Land use and transportation systems are inherently interconnected and form an integrated system; and transport ...