Browsing Management - Ph.D. / Sc.D. by Title
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Saturn, the GM/UAW partnership : the impact of co-management and joint governance on firm and local union performance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Scale and differentiation in services : using information technologies to manage customer experiences at Harrah's Entertainment and other companies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)This dissertation is focused on the topic of service innovation and explores economies of scale and strategic differentiation in services via an inductive field-based case study of the world's largest casino gaming company, ... -
Scheduling manufacturing systems with work-in-process inventory control
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991) -
Scheduling multiclass queueing networks and job shops using fluid and semidefinite relaxations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)Queueing networks serve a& useful models for a variety of problems arising in modern communications, computer, and manufacturing systems. Since the optimal control problem for queueing networks is well-known to be intractable, ... -
Self-control, expectations, and patience : essays on social decision making
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Essay 1: Self-Control and Altruism: The Moderating Role of Endowments. People exhibit a remarkable ability to cooperate with one another, to an extent that critically distinguishes human society from communities of other ... -
Self-knowledge and the diagnostic value of one's actions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Selfish versus coordinated routing in network games
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)A common assumption in network optimization models is that a central authority controls the whole system. However, in some applications there are independent users, and assuming that they will follow directions given by ... -
Sequential data inference via matrix estimation : causal inference, cricket and retail
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)This thesis proposes a unified framework to capture the temporal and longitudinal variation across multiple instances of sequential data. Examples of such data include sales of a product over a period of time across several ... -
Service delivery and learning in automated interfaces
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)This dissertation analyzes the strategic implications of customization policies available to companies that must simultaneously provide service and learn about their customers through automated interfaces. The first part ... -
Simplifying dynamic models by retaining selected behavior modes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984) -
Social networks : rational learning and information aggregation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)This thesis studies the learning problem of a set of agents connected via a general social network. We address the question of how dispersed information spreads in social networks and whether the information is efficiently ... -
Social networks and institutions in transnational labor markets : the circular migration of Chinese and Indian engineers and professionals
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)This dissertation examines the mechanisms of the circular migration of Chinese and Indian engineers and technology entrepreneurs. The study is based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative data - including a survey ... -
Solution methods for multiprocessor network scheduling problems, with application to railroad operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Sourcing by design : product architecture and the supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)The first paper presents a model of the supply organization problem in the automotive industry that characterizes both ownership of and access to productive assets. Contracting between a manufacturing firm and a parts ... -
Sparsity and robustness in modern statistical estimation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Two principles at the forefront of modern machine learning and statistics are sparse modeling and robustness. Sparse modeling enables the construction of simpler statistical models, with examples including the Lasso and ... -
Spinning off new ventures from research institutions outside high tech entrepreneurial areas
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)In this thesis, I examine how spinning off new ventures from academic institutions works in an environment outside developed high tech clusters and how it affects models of ventures. I examine these questions by studying ... -
Spot pricing of public utility services
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982) -
Stability and performance of multiclass queueing networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Stakeholder engagement for sustainability : a mixed method study of corporate strategies and engagement outcomes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)This dissertation contributes to our understanding of the strategies the companies use to engage external stakeholders, as well as the processes and outcomes of engagement. The first essay proposes a framework for evaluating ... -
Statistical learning for decision making : interpretability, uncertainty, and inference
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Data and predictive modeling are an increasingly important part of decision making. Here we present advances in several areas of statistical learning that are important for gaining insight from large amounts of data, and ...
