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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 ...
Improving supplier production efficiency through focused data feedback and simulation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Organizational capabilities, knowledge, and innovation : strategies for developing the capability to mobilize and create knowledge for innovation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
In this thesis I analyze the way in which companies develop the capability to mobilize and create knowledge for innovation. This capability is crucial to achieve and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage. In order ...
The role of venture capitalists in financing and developing high-technology start-ups
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This dissertation addresses the interaction between venture capitalists (VCs) and start-up development through three essays. A common theme is that VCs serve important extra-financial and information brokering roles. In ...
Social Security reform in Spain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
The Spanish public pension system is currently based on the pay as you go (PA YOO) principle. This thesis examines the current structure of this public system and its financial viability in the face of expected demographic ...
Telecommunications service and expense management in US businesses : an analysis of the telecom supply chain and the impact of Internet tools
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Spending on telecommunications services is the second largest non-production expense in most industries, the first position being taken by IT expenditure. Despite this, US businesses face several problems in managing ...
The convergence of telecommunications and broadcasting in Japan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Japan has fallen far behind the United States in the extent and sophistication of its information networks and Internet use. But Japan can catch up. A combination of changes, including the rapid growth of the Internet, ...
Global managers : how to obtain them in organizations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
We live in a global era; we can find the same products and services around the world. The barriers that used to exist have blurred or disappeared. In the past when we traveled from one country to another, there were many ...
Four essays in financial economics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This dissertation is composed of four pieces of independent but related works. The first is on optimal risk sharing and CEO compensation. Using a principal agent model, I addressed theoretically the optimal tradeoff between ...
Globally dispersed startups
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Managing a hi-tech startup in the USA is a difficult challenge. Managing a startup based in a peripheral country is next to impossible. It requires setting up a strategic operations office in a different country and managing ...