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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"industry research"”.
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The economics of university-industry research relationships
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1992.
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The Role of Trust in University-Industry Research Partnership Performance
Academia and industry both report benefits to forming and maintaining collaborative research partnerships. As organizations come together to participate in these partnerships, each brings their own set of operational norms and strategic goals. Some of these norms and goals are complementary, but …
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Markets for Research: A Matching Approach to University-Industry Research Collaborations
"This dissertation makes several contributions. First, it provides a theoretical foundation and a methodology for estimating sources of complementarity and substitution among the alliance partners. Second, by identifying the characteristics that drive the matching of firms and faculty, the model …
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The reshaping of the traditional television advertising model: An analysis of media agency perceptions and decision-making processes regarding the effects of digital video recorders on television commercial effectiveness.
This research analyzes media agency executives' perceptions and strategic decision-making processes when accessing the impact of digital video recorders (DVRs) on the traditional television commercial spot. Strategic decision-making models, as well as major industry research, forms the theoretical …
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Image acquisition and storage for medical imaging systems
… develop a medical imaging system for the dental industry. Research was conducted through studying image acquisition and digitization systems, image file format standards, and data image distribution techniques in a medical facility. Furthermore, the future trends in medical imaging industry were …
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Buying a Green Image or Investing in a Green Future?
… with regard to investing in renewable energy research and development. In doing so, five distinct methodologies are employed in examining five distinct facets of the topic. Precedent research is reviewed to determine if consumers are drawn to renewables. Oil industry advertisements are …
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University-industry-relations - their role in technological innovation:the case of biotechnology in the UK
… promote and exploit the underpinning scientific research for biotechnology. The approach I have taken involves an in-depth analysis of the role of university-industry research relations in the development of biotechnology. To this end I carried out a detailed survey of biotechnology companies in …
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Moving beyond diversity by numbers : new approaches to fostering healthy intercultural climates in human services organizations supporting people with disabilities
<p>The purpose of this research study was to foster improved intercultural communication and understanding in the studied organizations and to foster diversity related discussion in the Oregon developmental disabilities services industry. Research was conducted by collecting data from 16 human …
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Tactical Rhetoric: User Experience Analysis & Strategies for Game Developers
… experience for players. However, within current research and critiques, there is a lack of specific reasoning for how exactly developers can use this knowledge to create better, more immersive gaming experiences. Ultimately, a game’s success depends on its audience and, thus, it is crucial for …
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Performance and microbial community structure of Midwestern groundwater pretreatment reactors
… ammonia oxidation has received considerable industry research recently as water utilities seek to minimize chlorine demand and potential disinfection byproduct formation. Many plants are forced to chlorinate before primary filtration in order to meet disinfection requirements, so a …
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ARE GRADUATE STUDENTS RATIONAL? MACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF GRADUATE ENROLLMENT AND COMPLETIONS IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
… relative wages and employment. However, because research doctorates in these fields may take six years or more to complete, there is a substantial lag in the labor supply response to changing market conditions. Rational expectations models assume that prospective graduate students can forecast …
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Assembling the crystal ball : using demand signal repository to forecast demand
… that might affect demand, using interviews and industry research. We tested more than 200 causal models of the relationship between observed demand and the predicting factors. The resulting model explained almost 60% of demand for two out of three customers using daily buckets and over 85% using …
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Analysis of the current state of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) adoption
… adopting loT as complex systems. The research consists of an analysis and synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data from organizations around the world, of existing theory, of recent industry research along with the application of systems thinking techniques. The outcome of the …
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Emerging Capabilities and Firm Performance in the Cloud Computing Environment
… growth of the market, the traditional software industry has been disrupted. The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze which capabilities are driving the performance of software firms in today’s cloud-computing environment by drawing upon the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm. What is …
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Estimating and interpreting shoe sole wear for forensic investigation
… techniques with current academic and industry research in the area of forensic<br/>shoemark evidence assessment.<br/><br/>Experiments with the SIFT-based algorithm showed that SIFT feature matching, although effective in shoe pattern classification, is not adept at detecting …
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“It’s not banter, it’s called sexual harassment!” Symbolic violence and gender relations in UK horseracing
… therefore hinders their opportunities within the industry. Research was carried out through a multidimensional approach. Firstly, a media analysis was conducted analysing the way in which female jockeys are portrayed in The Racing Post, the most popular horseracing newspaper in the United Kingdom. …
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Human development, capabilities and university-industry partnerships: A case study of the Institute for Postharvest Loss
… U.S. universities have become entwined with industry, creating research centers and institutes that are increasingly innovative and entrepreneurial in solving real-world problems. However, university-industry research captures a strong tension between the profit-driven imperatives of …
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How Small Apartment Assets Outperform their Larger Counterparts: An Analysis of Investment Risk and Returns, Price Dynamics, and Leverage Points by Property Size
… small properties. Based on academic literature, industry research, and original empirical analysis, this paper identifies six apartment property size categories (by unit count). It explores key leverage points that arise from the fundamental nature of properties of different sizes, investors of …
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Performance measurement of English public sport facilities: aggregate analysis and its practicability
<p>The aim of this research is to adopt aggregate performance analyses to measure the performance of English public sport facilities and examine the practicability of these analyses. Based on the National Benchmarking Service for Sports Halls and Swimming Pools (NBS), provided for Sport England by …
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Solar Roof Monetization in US Industrial Real Estate
… approach, including structured interviews with industry stakeholders and an extensive review of public databases and industry research reports, the research delineates the nuanced dynamics of the industrial solar market, marked by state-dependent variability and diverse regulatory environments, …
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