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Santos, Lara da Silva. "O reflexo da liderança ao ritmo da MIT Sloan Management Review." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/1620.
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Mestrado em Ciências Empresariais<br>O presente trabalho tem como objectivo o estudo da temática da liderança, a partir da análise dos artigos da revista MIT Sloan Management Review (SMR). Num primeiro momento, é apresentada a evolução teórica e conceptual do estudo da liderança, identificando as suas teorias mais relevantes. Na segunda parte, é apresentado um estudo de caso: utilizando uma metodologia qualitativa, a partir da análise de conteúdo dos artigos da revista SMR no período compreendido entre 1977 e 2008, onde se procura identificar e analisar de que forma a SMR tem desenvolvido a temática da liderança no referido período. Desta forma, a presente investigação parte de um tema central - a liderança - e culmina na identificação de outros conteúdos que são inerentes à análise e desenvolvimento da temática inicial e que contribuíram para a sua evolução, segundo a SMR. Concretamente, neste estudo de caso evidencia-se a evolução do pensamento que modela as acções de todos os elementos participativos no jogo da liderança, e ainda, a correlação da temática da liderança com a gestão estratégica e a inexistência de fórmulas de sucesso para líderes ideais. Como corolário, salienta-se, a contínua procura e desenvolvimento da motivação do lideres, enquanto seres individuais, no intuito de antecipar possíveis jogadas estratégicas futuras - no curto, médio e longo prazo - do mundo, não só económico, como social.<br>The present thesis has as main objective the study of the thematic of leadership, based on the analysis of the articles of the MIT Sloan Management Review (SMR). On a first approach is presented the theoretical and conceptual evolution of the study of leadership, through the identification of its most relevant theories. The second part of the work shows a case study: using a qualitative methodology, based on the content analysis of the articles of the SMR Management during a period between 1977 and 2008, where we intend to identify and analyse the way SMR Management has developed the theme of leadership along the mentioned period. In this way, the present research starts with a central theme - leadership - and ends with the identification of other contents that are connected to the analysis and development of the main theme that contributed towards its evolution, according to SMR. Namely, in this case study the evolution of the thinking that shapes the action of all members participating in this leadership game is showed, as well as the correlation of the theme of leadership with the strategic management and the inexistence of success formulas for the ideal leaders. As corollary, we stress the continuous search and development of the motivation of the leaders, while individual beings, aiming the anticipation of possible future strategic moves - in the short, medium and long terms - in the world, not only economic, as well as social.
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Balachandra, Lakshmi 1974. "Experimental learning programs : an analysis and review." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28687.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2004.<br>"June 2004 -- revised October 2004."<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-48).<br>Experiential Learning programs have increasingly been included in corporate training programs. Today there is a wide range of experiential learning programs using a variety of methodologies. However, there is a surprising dearth of research on the effectiveness of such programs for learning in business. This thesis reviews and analyzes one form of experiential learning--a program that utilizes outdoor activities for leadership and teamwork training--to understand the value proposition of such education for corporate clients. From this, a framework for implementing a successful experiential learning program was suggested and then analyzed by the design and delivery of a new, original experiential training program utilizing improvisational theater techniques. Finally, a method to evaluate experiential learning programs both before and after purchase is suggested.<br>by Lakshmi Balachandra.<br>M.B.A.
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Dwek, Julian 1974. "The municipal puzzle : a review of the literature." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28245.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2002.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 38-39).<br>Numerous papers have explored the pricing of municipal bonds relative to taxable instruments. An emerging theme of this literature is the persistently steep municipal term structure, and its incompatibility with prevailing notions of capital market equilibrium. This contradiction is known as the Municipal Puzzle. In this thesis, we critically assess the various theories advanced so far to explain the municipal puzzle. After considering the evidence, we identify the tax avoidance theory as being on balance the most likely candidate. The thesis then develops a helpful variation on the original tax avoidance view developed by Green. In addition, we propose a theoretical framework to overcome the apparent incompatibilities between the opportunity for tax avoidance and overall asset market equilibrium.<br>by Julian Dwek.<br>M.B.A.
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Han, Jiwon S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Historical review of Samsung's innovations and further steps." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65802.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2011.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 82).<br>Samsung Group has been growing rapidly for the last ten years, based on Korean exclusive historical and economic backgrounds. Especially, Samsung Electronics, the biggest subsidiaries in the Samsung Group has grown very fast in that period with the technological background - the features of the digital era and disruptive technology and the other background - Korean domestic situation also makes Samsung Group grow so fast. In the most adverse economic environment the Korean government supported Samsung Group entirely and their "Frankfurt Announcement" in 1993 was meant to get over Asian Financial Crisis in 1997. Their distinctive factors to be successful are their structures, the triangle structure and the vertically integrated structure among the subsidiaries. The triangle structure stands for the ownership, future strategy office, and the professional CEOs of subsidiaries and it provides the fast decision making process and the vertically integrated structure helps Samsung Group finding the new opportunity. I review their history and the backgrounds which influenced on them and diagnose their internal successful factors with the specific cases, and try to find out their factors by comparing them with LG Electronics, the domestic competitor which went through the same historical and economic situation and with Sony which used to the insurmountable top company to Samsung Electronics and currently becomes the big competitor.<br>by Jiwon Han.<br>S.M.
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Hachiya, Masanori. "Historical review of Sony's innovations and future steps." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59120.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2010.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74).<br>This thesis reviews Sony's successes and failures in product innovations from the 1950s into the 2000s. It analyzes key success factors in Sony's significant sales and profit growth in each decade. Sony's first business success-the transistor radio and TV business in the 1950s and 1960s-was based on a process that combined new technologies to improve affordability and create new markets. During the video product development of the 1970s, Sony created three core competences: a knowledge-sharing culture, a knowledge management system for tuning technology, and a "waterfall" strategy, which increased market value and maximized opportunities for Sony and its partners. As a result, Sony became competitive in new businesses and technology idea generation, resource utilization, and cost reduction and premium pricing. This contributed to rapid revenue and profit growth during the 1970s and the 1980s. The turning point was the 1990s when Sony's knowledge-sharing culture disintegrated, and the R&D organization structure became a divisional self-supporting system. As a result, Sony lost its key advantages and subsequently delayed development of its core hardware and PC software-the keys to maintaining competitive advantage in the digital consumer electronics industry. Thus, from the mid-1990s, Sony began to lose market share even in areas where it had held a dominant position since the 1980s. By analyzing these successes and failures, I determined six key factors of success: (1) value capturing (cost) advantage, (2) strong leadership, (3) strong technology advantage, (4) efficient use of HR, internal/external know-how, (5) a rich flow of business/ technology ideas, and (6) incentives for suppliers. These factors meant the difference between success and failure, and they are now what Sony should focus on in order to succeed in the future. Finally, I propose two solutions that will enable Sony to fulfill the six success factors and regain its knowledge-sharing culture. These solutions are: (1) unification of the microprocessor platform, and (2) development of an open application aggregation platform. Both are practical and strong solutions, which Sony should aggressively adopt in order to revive its corporate culture and R&D structure of the Golden Decades.<br>by Masanori Hachiya.<br>M.B.A.
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Ong, Poh Kwee 1961. "Sustaining Singapore marine industry's premier position : a strategic review." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9196.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2000.<br>Also available online on DSpace at MIT.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaf 121).<br>Since the late 60's, Singapore Marine Industry went through a healthy period of growth and earned itself the reputation of world's No.1 ships repair center. However, from the late 80's onward Singapore Marine Industry's leadership position has been threatened due to both internal and external factors such as the costs escalation, strengthening of Singapore dollar against most of the major currencies, shortage of skilled workers and new repair facilities established in the low cost countries. The thesis analyzes both the international operating environment and the internal industry structure to obtain a clear view of the Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing Singapore Marine Industry. In response to the challenges ahead, the thesis examines the strategies that Singapore has to adopt to strengthen its core competencies in order to widen the gap with its competition. The thesis would further explore the strategies of spreading the operations beyond just Singapore. Suitable location along the main shipping routes should be identified and developed. This strategy will allow the Singapore yard to offer services to its customers with wider geographical coverage. The analysis reveals the importance of forming strategic alliances with the customers and the key suppliers in order to extract more values out of the integrated value-chains. The analysis suggests that, to retain its leadership position, Singapore Marine Industry must move away from offering the traditional "Total Customer Solution" to its customer. The Singapore Marine Industry should further strengthens its one-stop maritime centre concept and the geographical advantage in order to move itself towards the "system lock-in" position.<br>by Poh Kwee Ong.<br>M.B.A.
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Maroju, Venkateshwarlu. "Growth of Indian microfinance : a case-study-based review of trends and challenges." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39523.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2007.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-69).<br>The microfinance industry in India experienced extraordinary evolution throughout the 1990s and into the new century, and it is now entering a new phase of rapid expansion. But there is still a huge gap between the demand for and supply of microfinance services in India. With its enormous population of poor people, India is attracting increasing attention from commercial players and government agencies, both of which are instrumental to furthering the growth of microfinance. This study reviews the current state of microfinance in India using the case-study approach. Two examples were chosen as representatives of the most prevalent forms of microfinance delivery-the Grameen model and the Self Help Group model. The two cases also represent two diverse schools of thought that dominate the worldwide microfinance industry: for-profit commercial microfinance institutions (MFIs) and not-for-profit NGO MFIs. The study discusses evolving legal structures, strategies, financing models, and operating models used by Indian MFIs to rapidly grow their operations in order to fulfill the huge unmet demand. It also covers the legal, financial, and operational challenges facing MFIs, and concludes with recommendations for remedial measures and policy changes that are required to support the urgent need to expand microfinance services in India.<br>by Venkateshwarlu Maroju.<br>M.B.A.
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Eberlein, John A. (John Arthur). "Technology transfer at MIT : an analysis of the technology licensing office." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14311.
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McBratney, Robert Bruce. "The MIT Leaders for Manufacturing program : a case study of implementing change." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46406.
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Yoo, Phillip Seung-Ho. "Data communication networks--a comparative evaluation of the MIT and Harvard environments." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61045.
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Hatakenaka, Sachi 1961. "Flux and flexibility : a comparative institutional analysis of evolving university-industry relationships in MIT, Cambridge and Tokyo." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8434.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2002.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-293).<br>University-industry relationships are in a state of flux. They represent important strategic issues for universities, for industry, and for governments alike. This confluence of interests has led to experimentation in which universities and industry seek to work together, often with strong government support. And yet partnerships are not easy. Academics and industrialists live in two different worlds, and universities are not known for their organizational flexibility. Some universities appear to change flexibly, while others change more slowly and with difficulty. The purpose of this dissertation is three-fold: to identify the nature of change taking place in university-industry relationships; to understand the underlying factors that influence that change; and to explore the underlying process of change. Three cases of MIT, Cambridge University, and Tokyo University are examined to compare their experiences in developing new types of university-industry relationships. I argue that internal and external organizational boundaries have influenced the evolution of the new types of relationships, and that the three universities have defined these boundaries differently. MIT's regulated external boundaries permitted close but bounded relationships with industry, but, on the other hand, its one-way permeable internal boundaries enabled its administration to amplify and institutionalize initiatives. This is contrasted with Cambridge's fuzzy boundaries, which appeared to elicit deeper and more informal and personal relationships in specific local settings. Tokyo's apparently impermeable boundaries, in contrast, led both to formal arm's length relationships as well as to informal but closer and invisible relationships<br>(cont.) The emergence of these relationships has not been a mechanical and deterministic process. Individuals have played an active and important role through "storytelling" to persuade different players to participate in the new relationships. Individuals also developed individual sub-stories that explained the rationale for their own participation. I argue that there are three different types of compatibility between role-stories as told by the players: individual role compatibility, partnership compatibility and organizational compatibility. I then argue that it is these three types of compatibility that have determined the overall strengths of the new behavioral patterns, their ultimate sustainability over time and their replicability across space:<br>by Sachi Hatakenaka.<br>Ph.D.
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Rao, Nitin Bantwal. "Entrepreneurial ventures launched by graduating MIT students : insights on founding teams, business models, execution challenges and impact." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65787.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2011.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>This thesis examines entrepreneurial ventures launched by graduating MIT students with the goal of understanding entrepreneurship activities of students while in full-time graduate degree programs and drawing insights on founding teams, business models, execution challenges and impact. These insights are key around the world as universities decide their approach to entrepreneurship education, and also relevant to academics, prospective founders, and early stage investors. I developed qualitative and quantitative insights on survival rates of founders from MIT Sloan MBA Class of 2010 graduates based on their demographics, experiences, businesses, resources and challenges. Students with prior experience in entrepreneurship or at a small company, who choose to intern at a small company, or who build diverse teams, are correlated with higher survival rates. Further, I present a methodology for a longitudinal study on studying venture creation by graduating students considering entrepreneurship. In conclusion, I provide early recommendations. Universities could facilitate early crosscampus collaboration, provide tactical support, and adapt their strategy for encouraging entrepreneurship by industry. Academics can leverage data in this thesis to both provide examples of founders among recent alumni, and offer advice on team building. Prospective student entrepreneurs could consider data in this thesis while identifying co-founders, develop early relationships across campus, and start early on ventures.<br>by Nitin Bantwal Rao.<br>M.B.A.
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Leavitt, Wilder John. "Health care delivery systems : using the MIT CCS proces handbok to create organizations for the 21st century." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11478.
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Rosenberg, Scott A. (Scott Alden) 1973. "Managing a data analysis production line : an example from the Whitehead/MIT Center for Genomic Research." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87865.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and, (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2003.<br>Vita.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 93).<br>by Scott A. Rosenberg.<br>S.M.<br>M.B.A.
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Schori, Baruch. "Market application of a novel stent-based patency monitor to the management of ischemic vascular disease." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35516.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; and, (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2006.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-82).<br>The use of stents following angioplasty in ischemic arterial beds is limited by complications and continuing vascular deterioration. A phenomenon called stent restenosis post procedure exists which puts patients at a relatively high risk for vessel stenosis and occlusion. Stent restenosis may eventually lead to clinical symptoms such as myocardial infarction, stroke or limb loss, and if overlooked might lead to death. Within five years of stenting, a significant portion of patients require additional surgical intervention. A novel stent-based, implantable, and wireless approach for real-time monitoring of vessel patency at the site of coronary stents is proposed, will provide a measure of efficacy of stenting and of the pharmacologic regiment to mitigate the risk of vessel stenosis and narrowing due to the underlying. The purpose of this thesis is to explore and test the Hypotheses that there is a market for a direct, non-invasive monitoring of vessel patency at the site of a coronary stent; and that an implantable, wireless, stent-based device to monitor blood flow rate through a coronary stent can be designed and built.<br>(cont.) A literature survey of late clinical studies and the opinion of numerous specialist clinicians collected in interviews and preliminary questionnaire, demonstrate sufficient clinical ambiguity regarding the safety of coronary stents, including Drug-Eluting Stents (DES) portrait an underserved clinical need to justify the introduction of a direct, non-invasive modality for post-op monitoring of vessel patency at the site of a coronary stent.<br>by Baruch Schori.<br>M.B.A.<br>S.M.
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Cheng, Hong Hocking. "Faculty as founder? : an examination of faculty's role in biomedical start-ups." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33079.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2005.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-57).<br>Executive Summary: In this thesis, I examine faculty inventors' involvement in university spin-off firms formed to commercialize their inventions. In particular, I analyze the association between a faculty inventor's various roles in commercializing his/her invention and the performance of the ensuing fledging ventures. The study is based on a group of spin-off firms from MIT in the biomedical/life science sector between 1976 and 2003. Structured questionnaires were distributed to the 110 faculty inventors identified by the technology licensing office (TLO) in April 2005, yielding 31 valid responses covering 60 companies.<br>by Hong Hocking Cheng.<br>S.M.
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Behrens, Jeffrey S. "Investment performance of life-science venture capital investment funds, persistence, and subsector analysis." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38334.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; and, (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2007.<br>Vita.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaf 28).<br>Venture capital investment performance data and performance attribution are not typically published. Venture investors articulate (and sell to LPs) conflicting strategies; the popular business literature and culture is rife with rapidly changing beliefs about the relative attractiveness of healthcare venture subsectors, particularly therapeutics and devices. To examine these issues in a more rigorous format I developed a dataset of healthcare venture deals, scored each deal with a new metric ("jb-score"), and assigned each portfolio company to appropriate subsectors. This dataset was then used to examine subsector performance, persistence, and fund strategy attribution (pure vs. mixed healthcare strategies.) Specifically, I found that the performance characteristics of device and therapeutic (aka biotech or drug) investments are similar: both subsectors evidence similar jb-scores and firms who invest heavily in these subsectors show similar levels of persistent overperformance with devices showing somewhat higher persistence. Firms that focus on one subsector do not perform as well as firms that follow a more balanced strategy. Finally, I examine the validity of the jb-score and offer some suggestions for future improvements.<br>by Jeffrey S. Behrens.<br>M.B.A.<br>S.M.
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McGarvey, Patrick Brian. "An investigation of alliances between western life-science therapeutic and Indian firms." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55274.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2008.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-45).<br>Large pharmaceutical companies (Multinational Pharmaceutical Companies or MPCs) have struggled in recent years with the rapidly accelerating costs of drug-discovery research and development. These costs continue to rise while resulting in fewer drug leads. Several industries have realized significant cost savings by outsourcing operations to countries with low-cost labor like India and China. Several factors have traditionally kept MPCs from moving high value, patent-sensitive discovery operations to India despite these drastically lower labor costs. However recent improvements in the Indian patent system in response to WTO compliance have stimulated an increase in both domestic investment in innovative research and in deal making within the life science industry. Nonetheless, there are few systematic analyses of the quantity of deal making between international and domestic Indian firms. Based on our analysis, we conclude that MPCs are establishing alliances at a greater rate than Biotechnology-based firms. In addition, we find that the improvements in patent law have created the structures necessary to stimulate innovation-based life science companies to establish relationships with Indian firms that put their most important types of intellectual property at risk.<br>by Patrick Brian McGarvey.<br>S.M.
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Subramaniam, Sundar. "The pharmaco-economics of combination therapies : a study of the effects of component and market factors on combined therapy price." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35555.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; and, (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2006.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-48).<br>For a growing number of indications, combination therapies are becoming increasingly common due in part to their superior efficacy, as compared to monotherapies. In fact, in the case of infectious diseases such as AIDS and tuberculosis, combination therapies are now the standard of care. With the emergence of drug-device combinations, genetic testing, and individualized medicine, this trend towards combination therapies is likely to continue to grow. In this context the pricing of combination therapies is a critical component that needs to be understood by medical practitioners, payors and policy makers. There are three factors to consider in the pricing of combination therapies: the characteristics and structure of the market in which the combined product is sold, the absence or presence of market exclusivity, and the prices of the components of the combined product, when sold individually. When one or more of the components of the combined product has market exclusivity, additional factors such as exclusionary bundling, tying, and double marginalization may come into play.<br>(cont.) In this thesis I discuss combination therapies, describe the factors that can affect the pricing of combination therapies, and then attempt to identify the relationships among component pricing, market forces, market exclusivity and the pricing of combination therapies. To illustrate these relationships empirically, I will analyze data from a sample of unified combined drugs, a subset of combination therapies. The results of this analysis are consistent with a hypothesis that, for combination drugs with a patented ingredient, the elimination of double marginalization by efficient transfer pricing and economic and exclusionary bundling, lowers the price of the unified combination drug relative to the price of its constituents.<br>b y Sundar Subramaniam.<br>M.B.A.<br>S.M.
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Wine, David. "Valuation of the use of biomarkers predictive of drug efficacy to enrich responders in oncology drug clinical development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35679.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2006.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-59).<br>I study several aspects of the value in performing oncology clinical trials using screening biomarkers to preferentially select and enroll responders. From trial reports and investigational reports on potential biomarkers, I construct a series of six cases comparing the trial as conducted to a hypothetical trial using different screening and eligibility criteria. These cases illustrate, within limits of the model, what difference the use of a plausible biomarker test may have on trial size, cost, number of patients screened, and number of patients exposed to experimental treatment without benefit.<br>by David Wine.<br>S.M.
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Lehrich, Mark Jonathan. "A matter of science: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the transformation of American management education, 1950-1964." Thesis, 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/17104.
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In 1950, General Motors chairman Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. approached MIT’s leaders about establishing a business school. The result was the School of Industrial Management (SIM), founded in 1952 and renamed in 1964 the MIT Sloan School of Management. During these early years the SIM’s leaders and faculty sought to create something extraordinary: a business school housed, grounded, and inspired by an institute of engi-neering and technology. They strived to apply new scientific techniques to the nascent field of industrial management and to American industrial firms that increasingly demanded rational, analytical, rigorously trained executives. They struggled to integrate the physical and social sciences into their education and research, helping to blaze a trail that long-established peers would not follow until the 1960s. And they strained to balance relevance with independence, colliding repeatedly with Sloan and other external advisors over a proper understanding of academic research, institutions, and cooperation with industry.
By 1964 these efforts had developed a school at the forefront of business education’s “new look.” But as the extensive archival records demonstrate, it was never inevitable that they would succeed. Only by ongoing experimentation and agile diplomacy did the School become (in the words of the 1951 Deed of Gift) “a great center of research and education in the field of industrial management.” And although they helped transform management education through integrated, scientifically based study and teaching, the SIM’s deans, faculty, and leaders never found complete consensus on the extent to which industrial management was, in Alfred Sloan’s words, “a matter of science.”<br>2018-06-22T00:00:00Z
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ROSS, JEANNE W. "Center for Information Systems Research Research Briefings 2002." 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3518.
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This paper is comprised of research briefings from the MIT Sloan School of Management's Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). CISR's mission is to perform practical empirical research on how firms generate business value from IT.