Browsing Management - Ph.D. / Sc.D. by Title
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Immigration, inequality, and the state : three essays on the employment of foreign nationals in the United States
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)This dissertation examines how U.S. immigration policies, as implemented by government agents, shape migration and key employment outcomes of foreign nationals. Using unique quantitative and qualitative data, never previously ... -
The impact of accounting for research and development on innovation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)This paper examines whether a change in the accounting rule for research and development (R&D) cost is associated with changes in the innovation process. Specifically, I examine whether R&D expenditure, the number of patents ... -
The implementation dynamics of continuous improvement throughout the corporate hierarchy based on lean six sigma at DTE energy by Timothy David Quinn.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)This dissertation comprises a case study and formal simulation model of DTE Energy's Lean Six Sigma continuous-improvement (CI) program from its inception in 1998 through the end of 2009. The case history is based on ... -
The implementation of social policy : an assessment of organizational capability.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979) -
Implementing reusable solvers : an object-oriented framework for operations research algorithms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998) -
The implications of unverifiable fair-value accounting : evidence from the political economy of goodwill accounting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)I study the evolution of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) # 142, which uses unverifiable fair-value estimates to account for acquired goodwill. I find evidence consistent with the Financial Accounting ... -
The improvement paradox : three essays on process improvement initiatives
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Improving behavioral decision making in operations and food safety management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)In Chapter 1, we design controlled laboratory experiments to investigate whether and how process-driven discussions may improve information sharing, information integration, and the resulting group performance in collective ... -
Improving farmers' and consumers' welfare in agricultural supply chains via data-driven analytics and modeling : from theory to practice
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)The upstream parts of the agricultural supply chain consists of millions of smallholder farmers who continue to suffer from extreme poverty. The first stream of research in this thesis focuses on online agri-platforms which ... -
In search of the paperless office : the structuring waves of technological change
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993) -
In-house R&D versus external technology acquisitions : small technology-based firms in the U.S. and Japan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) -
Individual decision making : pain, rules, and effort
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)Individuals are involved in daily decision making situations under varying levels of certainty and ease of gathering information, characterized by many factors such as the need to make payments, or the desire to fulfill ... -
Individual differences in managerial decision making processes: a study of conversational computer system usage.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974) -
Individual learning styles and the process of career choice in medical students
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975) -
Induced technical change in computable general equilibrium models for climate-change policy analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)Policies to avert the threat of dangerous climate change focus on stabilizing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations by drastically reducing anthropogenic emissions of carbon. Such reductions require limiting the use ... -
Industrial structure and technological change in the nuclear power industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) -
Inference and decision models for regulatory and business challenges in low-Income countries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)This thesis develops inference and decision models to address challenges of particular relevance in low-income countries (LICs). The areas studied include intelligent tutoring systems (ITS), network infrastructure pricing, ... -
Inferring noncompensatory choice heuristics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Human decision making is a topic of great interest to marketers, psychologists, economists, and others. People are often modeled as rational utility maximizers with unlimited mental resources. However, due to the structure ... -
Influences from information technology on industry cycles : a case study in manufacturing industry.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979) -
Information and decentralization in inventory, supply chain, and transportation systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This thesis investigates the impact of lack of information and decentralization of decision-making on the performance of inventory, supply chain, and transportation systems. In the first part of the thesis, we study two ...
