Browsing Theses - Sloan School of Management by Title
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Sustaining the virtual commons : end user support for Apache web server software on the Usenet
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)Users have been shown to be a significant source of technology based innovations. Over the last seven years developments on the Internet have demonstrated the viability of software products that are designed, developed, ... -
Synchronous manufacturing : implementing "pull" production in a job shop environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)In a recent contract, CVN 78, Northrop Grumman Corporation has been experiencing significant pressure from the Navy to reduce cost in the design and construction of the new nuclear aircraft carrier class. Furthermore, the ... -
System component innovation : observations of selection dynamics in a high-technology organization dc by Robert Charles Gardner.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995) -
A system dynamics analysis for the complementary integration of online contents distribution businesses and electronic payment businesses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)Problems are occurring in the digital business economy as companies try to realize a tangible profit. As network infrastructures improve, the value of information becomes less and less since marginal costs for digital goods ... -
A system dynamics analysis of a Capilene supply loop
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)In August 2005, Patagonia announced its Common Threads Garment Recycling Program. The company is reclaiming used Capilene long underwear from consumers and using them as an input for new Capilene garments. According to ... -
System dynamics analysis of an ordering system used for commercial aircraft manufacture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993) -
System dynamics and process improvement : can the U.S. Navy acquisition community learn from industry behavior?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)System dynamics is a powerful management planning tool for process improvement programs. Industry experience has contributed to a model that allows decision makers to simulate their actions and the resulting system response ... -
A system dynamics approach to long-range railroad equipment planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980) -
A system dynamics exploration of future automotive propulsion regimes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)In the industrialized world, the automotive industry faces growing environmental regulation in the form of standards for local air pollutant emissions and fuel economy. Yet another target for regulation in the near future ... -
A system dynamics model for analyzing bubble effects in the long distance telecom industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)This thesis focuses on analyses of the long distance telecom service industry in US market by a system dynamics model to analyze bubble effects. The bubble effects have not been fully analyzed from the structural perspectives, ... -
A system dynamics model for the diffusion of a new technology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)It is often difficult for companies producing new technologies to predict the acceptance pattern (or diffusion pattern) for the new technology in the marketplace. The expected diffusion pattern is important because it ... -
A system dynamics model of a professional organization : the dynamics of personnel policy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982) -
A system dynamics model of a small R&D office : productivity enhancement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990) -
A system dynamics model of the growth and diffusion of R & D communities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990) -
The system dynamics national model investment function : a comparison to the neoclassical investment function.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978) -
A System Dynamics representation of monetary and fiscal policy theory,
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974) -
System dynamics simulation of the telecom industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)The primary goal of this research effort was to integrate several pieces of relatively simple dynamics simulations into a full blown system dynamics simulation of the telecom industry. The economic simulation model was ... -
System dynamics, market microstructure and asset pricing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Traditional asset pricing approaches are not able to explain extreme volatility and tail events that characterized financial markets in the past decade. System Dynamics theory, which is still underutilized in financial ... -
System redesign within complex, technically integrated products
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)The process by which complex, technically integrated products are designed and introduced can be a source of competitive advantage, especially when marketplaces are sensitive to product quality levels. An extension of this ... -
A systematic approach and framework for optimizing a polymer sheet manufacturing operation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993)