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Can US venture capital scale internationally?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Venture capital has been an important factor in driving innovation and creating wealth in the US. Even outside the US, venture capital is playing an increasingly important role, influencing many aspects of start-up companies. ...
Credit derivatives : market dimensions, correlation with equity and implied option volatility, regression modeling and statistical price risk
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This research thesis explores the market dimensions of credit derivatives including the prevalent product structures, leading participants, market applications and the issues confronting this relatively new product. We ...
A study of two wireless telecommunications companies' globalization strategies : an analysis of Vodafone's and NTT DoCoMo's foreign investments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
David versus Goliath : challenges of recruiting and retaining key talent in entrepreneurial, high-technology settings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Information technology and business transformation : work location and the allocation of decision rights
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
(cont.) as well, firms have an incentive to require coordinated investments in technology across the enterprise. Still, research in IS has also highlighted the fact that the productivity of computer investments is highly ...
Documenting dreams : patient-centered records versus practice-centered records
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
This thesis explores how doctors and nurses use documents to share their knowledge within and across healthcare settings. In addressing this question I draw on a 15-month, multi-sited ethnographic study in several pediatric ...
The U.S. Coast Guard sector construct : A study of organizational culture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The U. S. Coast Guard has recently merged the operational forces responsible for maritime security in port and coastal zones into a new organization called the Sector construct. This thesis examines the cultural issues ...
Outsourced design : strategic implications and effective management of dispersed, inter-firm product development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
The growth in outsourcing is one .of the dominant trends in business today. As the acceptance of outsourcing grows so does the willingness to outsource more functions, some of which are critical to a firm's success. For a ...