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The evolution of business ecosystems : interspecies competition in the steel industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
This thesis contributes toward the building of a theory of the evolution of business ecosystems by exploring the applicability of Piepenbrock's' theoretical framework to a commodity industrial setting, namely the U.S. steel ...
The economics of investing in green buildings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
This thesis discusses economics of green buildings. The need to reduce greenhouse gases emissions became clear. Buildings account for a large part of the greenhouse gases emissions, changing the atmosphere's composition. ...
Application of an engineering and management approach to the incorporation of an information management system at a manufacturing company
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a helicopter manufacturing company, is in the process of implementing a new enterprise product data management (PDM) system. This PDM system is a commercial product that will affect Sikorsky ...
Rapid and flexible product development : an analysis of software projects at Hewlett Packard an Agilent
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Before companies started competing on Internet time, most companies involved in software product development carried out the different phases of the product development sequentially. If, during the later stages of product ...
Helicopter configuration optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Assessment of ocean thermal energy conversion
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a promising renewable energy technology to generate electricity and has other applications such as production of freshwater, seawater air-conditioning, marine culture and chilled-soil ...
Strategic frameworks in automotive systems architecting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
More often than not, large-scale engineering concepts such as those used by creative automotive manufacturing companies require the incorporation of significant capital outlays and resources for the purposes of implementation ...
An evolutionary approach to improved performance of merged companies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Cost prediction via quantitative analysis of complexity in U.S. Navy shipbuilding
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
As the sophistication and technology of ships increases, U.S. Navy shipbuilding must be an effective and cost-efficient acquirer of technology-dense one-of-a-kind ships all while meeting significant cost and schedule ...
Integrated analysis procedure of aerospace composite structure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The emergence of composite material application in major commercial aircraft design, represented by the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350-XWB, signals a new era in the aerospace industry. The high stiffness to weight ratio of ...