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Showing 1 to 20 of 658 for “"R&D"”.
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Accounting valuation issues on R&D
In a context of compelling evidence from both the US and UK suggesting that R&D investment is positively related to operating and/or market performance, at a first stance this PhD Thesis examines the relation between R&D investment and persistence in operating and market performance using a large …
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Mapping the R&D knowledge network
Knowledge networks have received a significant amount of attention in the past few decades as people look beyond corporate governance and resource-based approaches to uncover sources of competitive advantage. While this area of research is useful for organizations in general, it is especially …
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R & D project selection and scheduling
Research and Development (R&D) project selection has been the focus of much research attention and the literature on this subject is extensive. Numerous models have been proposed to facilitate the selection of R&D projects, and these models have been both qualitative and quantitative in nature. …
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TÝR - R&D Client for Bionic Prosthetics
TÝR not only allows specialists at Össur hf. to quickly check vital information from bionic prosthetic devices but also enables them to easily adjust the functionality and access valuable reports. TÝR is a cross-platform application available for Windows 10, Android and iOS and communicates …
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Essays on remittances, R&D and macroeconomy
This thesis is a collection of three self-contained empirical essays on remittances and R&D but unified by their importance to developing economies' economic growth, productivity, and the macroeconomy. The first essay revisits the debate on remittance and economic growth by examining whether there …
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Essays on remittances, R&D and macroeconomy
This thesis is a collection of three self-contained empirical essays on remittances and R&D but unified by their importance to developing economies' economic growth, productivity, and the macroeconomy. The first essay revisits the debate on remittance and economic growth by examining whether there …
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Transitioning technology from R&D to production
Corporate research and development (R&D) drives progress in the high-tech industries. Companies that advance the state-of-the-art in product performance enjoy significant advantages over the competition. However, although technical achievement may be required for competitiveness, it is far from …
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The dynamics of R & D Project management.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management. Thesis. 1970. M.S .
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Accelerating government R&D with private financing
In this thesis, I argue that accelerating government research and development (R&D) with private financing could simultaneously improve the nation's war fighting readiness and economy. I submit that better utilization of United States Department of Defense (DoD) laboratories through alternative …
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Management of R&D-based corporate venturing
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1995.
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Broader Spectrum: A History of Antibiotic R&D
Information and biological production, therefore, have been related activities for decades and must be analyzed in tandem, requiring a more complex analysis then the dominant proposals to foster antibiotic R&D consider. Employing archival research in conjunction with multiple theoretical …
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Curriculum R & D: Incubating change in higher education
This mixed methods study examined incubation as a strategy for curricular change. The purpose was to examine the characteristics and effectiveness of curriculum incubation from a faculty perspective. The conceptual frame for this study proposed combining a grounded theory of incubation with …
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Demography and design in an R&D organization
In the research and development (R&D) organization of a firm in a high technology industry, because of the needs for innovative and complex tasks in the rapidly changing environment of technology and market, the design of efficient organization would be one of the most important things. Many …
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Improving the productivity of an R&D organization
This research demonstrates through a comprehensive case study, the application of Lean manufacturing techniques, specifically Value Stream Mapping, to a product development organization in the mass consumer products industry. With the guidance of a methodology for Value Stream Mapping adapted to …
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Critical success factors for government R&D centers
Thesis. 1978. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alfred P. Sloan School of Management.
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An option pricing model for R&D projects
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1987.
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R&D project selection : best practices for suppliers
Successful research and development is critical in ensuring firms continue to meet customer needs and stay ahead of their competition. Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent every year on these R&D pursuits. It may seem logical that the more money a company spends on R&D, the more successful …
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R&D organizational reform to provide profitable products
Providing profitable products for corporate business success is an important mission for the R&D organization. Although good organization design may not guarantee corporate business success, it can be a critical factor to determining a company's ability to extract value from its R&D spending. There …
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The role of R&D in construction firms
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1992.
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Architecting a valuation system for R&D investments
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, February 2002.
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