Browsing Management - Ph.D. / Sc.D. by Title
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Facilitating consensus knowledge acquisition by Andrew W. Trice.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990) -
Fairness in operations : from theory to practice
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)This thesis deals with two basic issues in resource allocation problems. The first issue pertains to how one approaches the problem of designing the "right" objective for a given resource allocation problem. The notion of ... -
Fast approximation schemes for multi-criteria combinatorial optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) -
Faster algorithms for some network flow problems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Fear and desire in systems design : negotiating database usefulness
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Databases are ubiquitous. They are used for a host of functions including coordination, decision making, and memory archiving. Despite their importance and ubiquity, databases continue to frustrate us, often departing from ... -
Feedback complexity and market adjustment : an experimental approach
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) -
Feedback complexity in integrated climate-economy models
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Field experiments in retailing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)This dissertation consists of two essays on tactical issues in retailing. The first essay compares the price sensitivity of private label and national brand products. A large-scale field experiment shows that private label ... -
Financial market dynamics : an analysis of credit extension and savings allocation.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977) -
Financial reporting quality and the quiet Life by Mihir N. Mehta.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Bertrand and Mullainathan (2003) find that managers shielded from the threat of takeovers exert less effort to maximize firm value, consistent with a 'quiet life' hypothesis. I study whether the governance role of financial ... -
Financial reporting quality and uncertainty about credit risk among the ratings agencies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)I study whether financial reporting quality resolves uncertainty about credit risk by examining how it affects disagreement between rating agencies. I find better reporting quality is associated with less uncertainty about ... -
First line supervisory reactions & accomodations to worker involvement programs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984) -
Flux and flexibility : a comparative institutional analysis of evolving university-industry relationships in MIT, Cambridge and Tokyo
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)University-industry relationships are in a state of flux. They represent important strategic issues for universities, for industry, and for governments alike. This confluence of interests has led to experimentation in which ... -
Forecast-driven tactical planning models for manufacturing systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Our work is motivated by real-world planning challenges faced by a manufacturer of industrial products. In the first part of the thesis, we study a multi-product serial-flow production line that operates in a low-volume, ... -
Forward and inverse problems in microwave remote sensing of objects in complex media
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000) -
Forward-looking bidders in sequential auctions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)At Internet auction sites like eBay, similar goods are often sold in a sequence of auctions. Buyers can therefore benefit from forward-looking bidding strategies that take into account the available information about future ... -
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 ... -
A framework and methodology for linking individual and organizational learning : applications in TQM and product development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993) -
Framing information systems requirements : an investigation of social cognitive processes in informatin system delivery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Framing the future : cognitive frames, strategic choice and firm response to the fiber-optic revolution
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Much research has sought to understand why technological discontinuities are difficult for firms to manage. While the literature devotes little attention to the role played by managerial cognition, in such equivocal ...
