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Showing 1 to 20 of 118 for “"Research & Development"”.
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Strategic technology investment decisions in research & development
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Technology and Policy Program, 1999.
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Technology strategy : real options in research, development and engineering
… develops a framework for valuing projects in research, development and engineering (R,D&E) environments using real options valuation (ROV) concepts. It proves that the often-used discounted cash flow (DCF) techniques do not properly capture the uncertainty and flexibility of platform projects …
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Federal investment in aeronautical research & development : analyzing the NASA experience
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1987.
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Systems Thinking for Prioritizing Technology Research & Development in Public Administration
In Japan's policies on science and technology, the distribution of resources may be done without any theoretical basis. The Cabinet Office, which prepares the basic plan for science and technology policy, and the ministries and agencies that specifically implement science and technology policy …
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Portfolio evaluation of advanced coal technology : research, development, and demonstration
This paper evaluates the advanced coal technology research, development and demonstration programs at the U.S. Department of Energy since the 1970s. The evaluation is conducted from a portfolio point of view and derives implications for future program design and implementation. The evaluation …
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A simulation model of pharmaceutical research, development and product life cycles
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1994.
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The role of research in improving infrastructure : an analysis of U.S. transportation research & development
… service provision. An effective and efficient research and development (R&D) system is needed to support the search for solutions to these problems; the nation is served by a large and well-developed transportation R&D system, but given the magnitude of outstanding needs for new technologies, …
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Technological innovations and public research & development policies : a case study of the photovoltaic industry
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1998.
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An investigation of the technical effectiveness of a government research, development, test and evaluation organization
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Management, 1963.
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A formative evaluation of the gainsharing system of a small, public-sector, research & development organization
… Inc. (CMD) is a small, public-sector, research and development organization. CMI has had a gainsharing system in place since 1987. Over the years CMI's gainsharing system has been altered and modified to incorporate the experiential learnings in the areas of motivation, compensation …
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Integrating technological innovations with advances in vocational interest research: Development of a career guidance chatbot prototype
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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Towards a developmental approach : an evaluation of a participatory action research development process with the NGO, WARMTH
… is an evaluation of a year-long participatory development intervention with the non-governmental organisation (NGO), WAR on Malnutrition Tuberculosis and Hunger (hereafter WARMTH). It looks at the attempts by the organisation to make the ideological and practical shift from welfare to …
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The further research, development and design of a Robotic Unmanned Ground Vehicle Platform for Urban Search Rescue
This report details the further research, development and design of a Robotic Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Platform for use in Urban Search And Rescue (USAR). The platform depicted in the figure 0.1 is dubbed Ratel (the Afrikaans name for honey badger) and it is the 5th generation UGV developed in …
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Research, development, and validation of a school leader's resource guide for the facilitation of social media use by school staff
… education. This dissertation was designed to research, develop, and validate a resource guide school leaders can use to facilitate social media use by school staff. Research, Development, and Validation of a School Leader’s Resource Guide for the Facilitation of Social Media Use by School …
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Perspectives on strategic transformation drivers for national and supra-national policy delivery in the future internet and high-tech research & development
… the Future Internet by practitioners involved in development of parts of the Future Internet meta-agenda. This is contextualised with policy objectives and actions at a high level (national or supra-national) institution such as the European Commission (EC). The meta-agenda for the Future Internet …
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ESTIMATION OF UNITED STATES IMPORT DEMAND AND EXPORT SUPPLY IN A MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT MODEL, USING HUMAN CAPITAL AND R & D AS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT)
<p>Traditionally the estimation of the import and export functions has been done by specifying either linear or loglinear functions of some income and relative price variables then using, usually, ordinary least squares technique. This procedure is subject to a wide range of criticisms due to its …
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Return
… and cinematic meditations via my own research practice heavily embedded in the formal cinematic, several years of field research, development, and contexts around Return, my dissertation project.
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Multi-Objective Optimization for Large-Scale Highway Construction Projects
The main research development of this study contribute to the advancement of current practice in highway construction planning and can lead to: (1) an increase in the efficiency of resource utilization in highway construction projects which can ultimately produce significant savings in public …
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The information needs of finance executives in the hospitality industry
… function, it was found that the marketing and research & development functions were more involved in environmental scanning; and in organizations with neither an environmental scanning nor a research & development function, the accounting function was more involved in environmental scanning.
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