Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management. Thesis. 1969. M.S. / Bibliography: leaves 82-83. / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management. Thesis. 1969. M.S.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-114). / The objective of the research is to examine Israeli women in management, and to illuminate the problems that characterize both women on their way to the top and those who have already reached t he top. In order to see whether Israel is different from other countries in this aspect, I present a comparison between women managers worldwide, followed by a survey of the Israeli social infrastructures which deal with working women compared with those in the United States. Four portraits of women executives illustrate characteristic struggles and conflicts in the career life of Israeli women. Regarding the comparison between Israeli and North American career women, in addition to a great deal of similarity I also find differences which result from both institutional and ideological attitudes concerning family roles. Finally, the research explores the explanations for lack of women in top management positions and offers recommendations. / by Hagit Yerushalmi. / M.B.A.

Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references. / From its start in the early 1900's, the communications business has been a regulated industry with little or no competition. The economic incentives to deploy new technological innovations were often overshadowed by the regulatory environment and a lack of competitive pressures. The 1982 divestiture of AT&T successfully created competition in the long distance market, however the local access market continued to operate as regulated monopoly. As the primary access point between users and the telecommunications network, the local access providers have extracted significant value from the telecommunications market. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (T A96) was designed to open up the local access market to competition. The incumbent suppliers were required to enable competition by making their assets available to competitors. At the same time, Internet data transport was becoming the dominant telecommunications revenue source and new technologies that offered high-speed Internet access were becoming available. This thesis demonstrates that the three types of competitors defined by TA96 have evolved different strategies for maximizing the value that they can capture from the telecommunications market. By applying a case study for Cable Modems and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) modems, it is shown that the economic incentives to deploy new technologies are not necessarily aligned with the needs of the telecommunications consumer. / by Bruce R. Wolfeld. / S.M.M.O.T.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves 180-188. / by Deborah Jane Dougherty. / Ph.D.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves 77-81. / by Robert A. Ellis. / M.S.

Thesis: S.M. in Management Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2019 / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-25). / A range of U.S. organizations such as workforce intermediaries, community colleges, and early college high schools have attempted to connect schools and employers to give young people the combination of academic, social, and technical skills, credentials, and work experience needed to launch them into careers in high-growth, high-demand fields. While these organizations have successfully connected the supply side and demand side of the labor market in particular regions, they have had difficulty building statewide labor market systems that support worker training and employment. In this 20-month field study, I examined the successful building of statewide labor market systems in four U.S. states in the context of a specific programmatic idea-the implementation of career pathways spanning from high schools to colleges to employers. I found that state-movement coalitions can effectively scale labor market systems statewide by using three kinds of tactics: organizing tactics (building statewide governance structures and modifying governance processes over time), cultural tactics (providing new frames and building social accountability), and political process tactics (creating new policies and piloting and broadening the set of stakeholders over time). / by Jenna Myers. / S.M. in Management Research / S.M.inManagementResearch Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves 135-139. / by Glenn E. Nedwin. / M.S.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1987. / Title as it appeared in M.I.T. Graduate List, June 1987: New product development in the service sector. / Bibliography: leaves 97-98. / by Richard B. Anderson. / M.S.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1987. / Bibliography: leaf 71. / by Kum-Yew Lai. / M.S.

Thesis (S.M. in Management Research)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2013. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-63). / One of the major objectives of implementing service-oriented architecture (SOA) is to enhance IS agility and improve IT-business alignment. However, the contradictory experiences about SOA implementation turn out to be a paradox: why many organizations failed to meet their expectations about SOA implementation efforts, while others succeeded? Contrast to prior research on SOA, this study adopts the process perspective and provides plausible theoretical explanations for the "SOA implementation paradox". The study uses multiple case studies and literature review to develop a system dynamics model which highlights the feedback loops and time delay during the SOA implementation process. The results reveal the dynamic characteristics of learning curve of SOA implementation and two organizational traps (technology learning trap and implementation effectiveness trap) associated with SOA implementation. The theory of the organizational traps can be generalized to a broad context of innovative IS implementation. Further, the theoretical causes of the traps are discussed. / by Xitong Li. / S.M.in Management Research