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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"mature industry"”.
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Entering a mature industry : a case study of strategic innovation
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1995.
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Commercial lending strategy for mature industry : the case of the motorcycle industry in Taiwan
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1986.
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Does thorium have a place in the future U.S. electricity mix?
… the two have the ability to disrupt the nuclear industry and power sector. Nuclear energy is a clean and reliable source of energy; however, it generates hazardous waste that must be stored away for hundreds of thousands of years and power plants are at risk of a catastrophic incident that can …
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Real estate property managers and tenants : opportunities for learning relationships and customization
… industries? Current trends in the real estate industry have driven the need to develop methods for creating additional value on the property management end of the real estate business. These trends signal the shift from a growth industry to a mature industry. As real estate becomes a matme …
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Six Sigma methodology in automobile industry.
In a mature industry like the Truck industry, competition is getting harder and harder. A few strong manufactures are doing there very best to cut cost in order to gain market shares from the others within the market. To be able to generate cost Savings Company must be flexible & prepare to adapt & …
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A make vs buy truck logistics decision for grain companies
… face many different challenges operating in a mature industry with a rich history in agriculture. The purpose of this thesis project is to examine a solution for a grain companies operating in a geographical region with considerable competition. By focusing on differentiation in level of …
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A systems-based approach to the design, management and integration of enterprise-level change in defense shipbuilding
… market. Shipbuilding in the United States is a mature industry that requires an experienced workforce and a predictable workload to design and construct an extremely complex product. However, naval planning and Congressional appropriations are volatile and discontinuous processes governed by a …
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Understanding Software Development in an Open Source Context:Network Analysis of Source Code Repositories
… prompting further research to understand how mature, industry grade, software can be produced in an online milieu with distributed and lightly managed developers contributing source code in their free time. The OSS has become also a major revenue generator for many commercial organizations, …
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Business-level competitive strategy in the United States hardwood lumber industry
… of competition in the U.S. hardwood lumber industry were investigated. First, product and supplier attributes that are determinant in hardwood lumber purchase decisions were investigated within four segments of the market for hardwood lumber: Millwork producers, hardwood dimension and …
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Understanding the External Firm Factors Impacting Innovation in the Hardwood Veneer Industry
Innovation research in the wood products industry has historically focused on factors that the firm can influence or control, as opposed to factors external to the firm. The purpose of this research is to understand how the external factors of the firm (i.e., social, technological, economic, …
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The development of a disruptive innovation response framework within the South African insurance context: adapt, regenerate, transcend (Art)
… platforms, and innovation ecosystems. For a mature industry to navigate potential disruption on this scale and possibly direct disruptive innovation of its own, will require a dramatic departure from innovation and business as usual. Christensen (1997) posits that disruptive innovation is the …
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New perspective and insights on business model innovation using systems thinking and action case studies
… and thus their business models (BMs). Firms from mature industries are increasingly realizing that BMs that worked successfully for years have become insufficient to stay on track in today’s “move fast and break things” economy. Firms must scrutinize the core logic that informs how they do …
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Managing Global Product Development Teams: a mixed-methods study of (Knowledge) Governance Mechanisms
… markets which operate in rather mature industry environments: In moderate-velocity markets, heavyweight team structures, top management attention, standard product development processes and rewards, in descending order, prove to be the most effective governance mechanisms for …