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A study of US government's satellite incumbents and follow-on competitions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
In many high technology industries, incumbents routinely find themselves loosing to new entrants as well as established competitors in the battle for leadership across successive generations of new technology. However, the ...
Towards and industrial ecosystem for power MEMS
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis is concerned with the commercial applications of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) manufacturing processes to advanced energy technologies. This field of engineering has come to be known as Power MEMS. ...
IT adoption in hospitals : social networking, governance and the clockspeed of change
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The healthcare industry is expanding swiftly and total healthcare expenditures are expected to reach 18% of GDP by 2008. However there exist steep variances in quality of care and high incidences of medical error. This has ...
0 + 0 = 1 : the appliance model of selling software bundled with hardware
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The business model of selling software bundled with hardware is called the appliance model. As hardware becomes less and less expensive and open source software is being offered for free, the traditional business model of ...
Strategies for the development of the software industry in Columbia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Using Michael Porter's framework for the competitiveness of the nations and Professor Michael Cusumano's theory on the orientation of the software companies toward services, I analyzed the country of Colombia's software ...
Does early success and market dominance help or hinder future innovative capability?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Many successful innovative companies are acquired and become absorbed into larger more structured organizations. The innovation capabilities of the company change in the new environment depending on the extent to which ...
The emerging market for Web-based enterprise software
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Web-based enterprise software - sometimes referred to as "Software as a Service" (SaaS) or "on demand software" - is a major wave of innovation that introduces a new technical and economic model to enterprise software. The ...