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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Strategic challenge"”.
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The physiological role and characterization of melanin produced by Shewanella algae BrY
… cell to an insoluble compound presents a strategic challenge for this organism. This dissertation focuses on understanding the mechanism of electron transfer from S. algae BrY to insoluble iron minerals and characterizing the component used in bacterial-mineral electron transfer. Here I …
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Platform leadership in open source software
… This thesis aims to understand those challenges by analyzing the Android and Hadoop ecosystems through an augmented version of Porter's Five Forces framework proposed by Intel's Andrew Grove. The analysis finds that platform contenders in open source behave differently depending on …
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Mitigating Investment Risks in Nature-Based Solutions: A Strategic Approach Towards Sustainable Project Implementation
… environmental goals. This thesis focuses on the strategic challenge of developing large-scale investments in reforestation, considering both scientific and economic perspectives. It first applies analytical workflows to explore the relationship between changes in soil carbon and above-ground …
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Leveraging Analytics for Improved Supply Chain Operations
Decision making under ambiguity is a central challenge for supply chain organizations. Key obstacles to optimal decisions include insufficient data, opaque and complex processes, and uncertainty about the future. Traditionally, organizations have relied upon internal heuristics and “gut feels” to …
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Intangible heritage and livelihoods : a case study on the heritage of Purulia chhau dance from India
… and management. It also offers an interesting strategic challenge to unpack the role of intangible heritage in a rural livelihoods system. This PhD shows that the concept of livelihood as an analytical approach furthers the understanding of intangible heritage and shows the limitation of …
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European Construction Companies as Global Players Towards the New Millennium
… of European contractors has approached this strategic challenge.<br/><br/>In this thesis "global player" is defined qualitatively as a firm that regards the whole world as a playing field, and shows that some European contractors are leading global players. This research study determines the …
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Optimization-based auctions and stochastic assembly replenishment policies for industrial procurement
… designed. The second part is motivated by a strategic challenge faced in particular by electronic goods manufacturing companies. Because most of their assembly operations are highly automated, procurement delays typically account for most of the total production lead-time, and have a major …
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Afghanistan and transnational war: Interlocking security dilemmas and strategic challenges
… security dilemmas, involving benign actors, and strategic challenges, involving actors with malign intent. Operationally, bilateral formulations of the security dilemma are expanded to demonstrate the occurrence of multiple interlocking security dilemmas. Thematically, a case study method is used …