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Chirico, Jennifer M.
Solid waste management: the barriers to sustainability on remote islands.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2011, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45901 
► Waste generation rates continue to grow around the world, creating a need for more comprehensive waste management strategies to meet sustainability needs. Remote islands are…
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▼ Waste generation rates continue to grow around the world, creating a need for more comprehensive waste management strategies to meet sustainability needs. Remote islands are profoundly affected by the growth in waste and have a critical need to develop policy that addresses their unique characteristics, such as limited land space for waste disposal, higher per capita waste generation rates due to tourism, and lack of opportunities for interstate waste transport. This case study investigated one Hawaiian County's collaborative approach to adopting a new solid waste management policy. Ostrom's Institutional Analysis and Development Framework (IAD) was utilized to examine the facilitating and impeding institutional factors that affect the adoption of more sustainable waste management approaches on remote islands. The impeding factors that created barriers to sustainability included blueprint models, lack of financial incentives, financial cost, infrastructure, exclusion from waste services, remoteness, and illegal dumping. Facilitating factors were environmental concerns and exemplary waste examples by other communities. Recommendations are provided for addressing these barriers and using the available opportunities to work toward greater sustainable resource management on remote islands.
Advisors/Committee Members: Rogers, Juan (Committee Chair), Kingsley, Gordon (Committee Member), Melkers, Julia (Committee Member), Mirsky, Rebecca (Committee Member), Norton, Bryan (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Waste management; Sustainability; Islands; Refuse and refuse disposal; Island ecology
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Chirico, J. M. (2011). Solid waste management: the barriers to sustainability on remote islands. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45901
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Chirico, Jennifer M. “Solid waste management: the barriers to sustainability on remote islands.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45901.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Chirico, Jennifer M. “Solid waste management: the barriers to sustainability on remote islands.” 2011. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Chirico JM. Solid waste management: the barriers to sustainability on remote islands. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45901.
Council of Science Editors:
Chirico JM. Solid waste management: the barriers to sustainability on remote islands. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45901
Georgia Tech
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Fantauzza, Jill.
A third space: technological art as artistic production and technology research and development.
Degree: PhD, Literature, Media, and Communication, 2013, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51924
► While the visual arts and technology development map oppositionally in our culture, there are similarities in work. Visual artists and technology developers imagine, conceptualize, design,…
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▼ While the visual arts and technology development map oppositionally in our culture, there are similarities in work. Visual artists and technology developers imagine, conceptualize, design, and build artifacts and then release them into the world. As part of this work, many artists and technologists develop high levels of conceptualization, technical, and fabrication skill. While artists have always worked with industrial technologies such as paint and pigment chemistry, metalworking equipment, heavy machinery, and kilns, for example, many postindustrial artists are using high technology both as medium and highly-charged cultural material. These artists work with similar materials as technology developers: electronics, computation, robotics, bioengineering materials, and smart materials, for example. Their work often bleeds into technological development as they create new technologies and new interactions with technologies in the course of their projects. This dissertation traces the evolution of the ideas of art and technology from foundations in ancient Greece through the present. There are tensions between technological art, or art that uses high technologies as a medium, and the contemporary art world, as well as between technological art and engineering practice. This dissertation locates technological art along a spectrum between traditional fine art and engineering practice, in a third space of both artistic production and technological R&D. Through examples from my work and the work of others, I surface the dynamics of practice in this third space and how these practices can lead to emergent art and technology.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bolter, Jay David (advisor), DiSalvo, Carl (committee member), Rogers, Juan D. (committee member), Mazalek, Alexandra (committee member), Vito, Raymond P. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Art; Creative process; Research and development; Technology; Art and technology; Creative thinking
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Fantauzza, J. (2013). A third space: technological art as artistic production and technology research and development. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51924
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Fantauzza, Jill. “A third space: technological art as artistic production and technology research and development.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51924.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Fantauzza, Jill. “A third space: technological art as artistic production and technology research and development.” 2013. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Fantauzza J. A third space: technological art as artistic production and technology research and development. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51924.
Council of Science Editors:
Fantauzza J. A third space: technological art as artistic production and technology research and development. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51924
Georgia Tech
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Huang, Xi.
Immigration, regional resilience, and local economic development policy.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2017, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59231
► The rapid growth of immigrants across a wide range of U.S. metropolitan areas has brought increasing attention to immigration and its impacts on regional development.…
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▼ The rapid growth of immigrants across a wide range of U.S. metropolitan areas has brought increasing attention to immigration and its impacts on regional development. Recent economic recessions have also stimulated a renewed interest in sustainable development among urban planners and scholars. This dissertation examines the role of immigrants in regional economic resilience and the effects of the rising wave of local immigrant integration policies.
Drawing on data from various sources, including the U.S. Decennial Census, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Building Resilient Regions (BRR) database, this dissertation explores three independent but interconnected themes. The first theme focuses on resilience capacity and examines how immigrants have helped U.S. regions build resilience capacity over the period 1980-2010. With a fixed effects approach, this investigation finds that immigrants contribute to the development of the economic capacity, socio-demographic capacity, and community connectivity capacity of regional systems, though some of the effects are small.
The second theme considers regional economic resilience in the face of the recent Great Recession. Its focus is on how regions respond to and recover from the recession, different from the resilience capacity perspective that emphasizes preparedness for disturbances. To address the potential endogeneity of immigrants’ residential choice, this analysis employs an instrumental variable approach to isolate the portion of immigration exogenous to the local economic conditions. It finds that high levels of immigration lead to regional resilience during and after the recession in both employment and per capita income growth. This positive relationship is independent of other regional capacities identified in previous studies, suggesting that the resilience literature should broaden its scope and consider local immigration as a critical
contributor to resilience building.
Focusing on the Global Detroit initiative as a case study, the third theme investigates whether the latest local immigrant policies have achieved their intended goals. Global Detroit is one of the earliest regional immigrant integration efforts in the country, therefore providing a long enough post-treatment period for evaluation. This analysis constructs a synthetic control group almost identical to Detroit and finds mixed evidence of the program effects on local immigration level, immigrant employment, and immigrant entrepreneurship. While the Global Detroit initiative has increased immigrants’ shares in the local population and workforce, it has not increased their upward mobility as indicated by the average wage earning and self-employment rate. These findings underscore the potential of immigrant integration programs in attracting and retaining immigrants as well as the need for program improvement to address broader labor market dynamics and developmental issues.
Advisors/Committee Members: Liu, Cathy Y. (advisor), Esnard, Ann-Margaret (committee member), Patrick, Carlianne E. (committee member), Rogers, Juan (committee member), Rubenstein, Ross (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Immigration, Regional Development; Regional development
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Huang, X. (2017). Immigration, regional resilience, and local economic development policy. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59231
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Huang, Xi. “Immigration, regional resilience, and local economic development policy.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59231.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Huang, Xi. “Immigration, regional resilience, and local economic development policy.” 2017. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Huang X. Immigration, regional resilience, and local economic development policy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59231.
Council of Science Editors:
Huang X. Immigration, regional resilience, and local economic development policy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59231
Georgia Tech
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Boyd, Jonathan R.
Postsecondary success outcomes for veteran and nonveteran students at a public university in Georgia.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2017, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59265
► Every year, the federal government distributes $11 billion in education benefits to nearly one million veterans (GAO, 2013). Despite the substantial price tag and reach…
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▼ Every year, the federal government distributes $11 billion in education benefits to nearly one million veterans (GAO, 2013). Despite the substantial price tag and reach of these benefits, we understand very little about how veteran students fare in postsecondary programs and why outcomes may be different for veteran students. Theory and related evidence predict that veteran students should be less successful than their nonveteran peers, yet the limited past research suggests that they are actually as successful as, if not more successful than, nonveterans. This is the student veteran paradox. I posit seven potential explanations to resolve this paradox: bias in past research, background characteristics of veterans, enrollment behaviors of veterans, maturation from delayed entry, education aid benefits for veterans, unobservable factors associated with selection into the military, or the direct effects of military service. I use OLS regression and logistic regression to assess three metrics of student success: grades, retention, and completion. I also leverage variations in the GI Bill program to assess whether higher levels of funding lead to better student success outcomes. Finally, I use matching to test whether unobservable factors associated with military enlistment or the direct effects of military service could drive veteran student success. Student veterans hold many characteristics that predict lower probabilities of college success, but veterans and nonveterans generally have similar academic outcomes. When controlling for background characteristics, enrollment patterns, age, and term of entry, predicted first year GPA is lower for veterans, but veterans are more likely to return after the first year and are more likely to graduate. Generally, students with higher levels of veteran education benefits xii have better retention and graduation outcomes, but aid levels seem to have little impact on first year grades. Veterans still have lower grades than similar matched nonveterans, but the veterans are more likely to return after the first year and are more likely to graduate. For retention and graduation, these results rule out the bias, background characteristics, and maturation explanations, but support the enrollment patterns and funding explanations. The results are consistent with the direct effects explanation, but the selection explanation cannot be ruled out completely.
Advisors/Committee Members: Lewis, Gregory B. (advisor), Capers, K. Juree (committee member), Rogers, Juan D. (committee member), Rubenstein, Ross (committee member), Thomas, John C. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Veterans; College; Postsecondary education; Graduation; College completion; Retention; Grades
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Boyd, J. R. (2017). Postsecondary success outcomes for veteran and nonveteran students at a public university in Georgia. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59265
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Boyd, Jonathan R. “Postsecondary success outcomes for veteran and nonveteran students at a public university in Georgia.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59265.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Boyd, Jonathan R. “Postsecondary success outcomes for veteran and nonveteran students at a public university in Georgia.” 2017. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Boyd JR. Postsecondary success outcomes for veteran and nonveteran students at a public university in Georgia. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59265.
Council of Science Editors:
Boyd JR. Postsecondary success outcomes for veteran and nonveteran students at a public university in Georgia. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59265
Georgia Tech
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Van Holm, Eric Joseph.
Minor league metropolis: Urban redevelopment surrounding minor league baseball stadiums.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2017, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59805
► Special Activity Generators have been a redevelopment tool utilized by governments in order to revitalize lethargic downtowns. For small and mid-sized cities, minor league baseball…
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▼ Special Activity Generators have been a redevelopment tool utilized by governments in order to revitalize lethargic downtowns. For small and mid-sized cities, minor league baseball stadiums have become a popular anchor development as a type of Special Activity Generator; while sports facilities are well studied, minor league stadiums have not been the focus of significant research. My dissertation uses a sequential explanatory mixed methodology to answer whether minor league baseball stadiums are successful as Special Activity Generators. I first use a quantitative analysis of sixteen stadiums built around the year 2000 that shows a large effect for the areas around the stadium compared to the rest of the city. However, that growth is created by concentrating redevelopment, not creating new activity. Two case studies clarify that the stadiums were critical to the observed redevelopment efforts, but also highly the need for thorough planning and collocated amenities prior to construction in order to maximize the results from the public investment.
Advisors/Committee Members: Liu, Cathy (advisor), Lecy, Jesse (committee member), Esnard, Ann-Margaret (committee member), Rogers, Juan (committee member), Hacker, Joseph (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Sports stadiums; Urban redevelopment; Special activity generator
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Van Holm, E. J. (2017). Minor league metropolis: Urban redevelopment surrounding minor league baseball stadiums. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59805
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Van Holm, Eric Joseph. “Minor league metropolis: Urban redevelopment surrounding minor league baseball stadiums.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59805.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Van Holm, Eric Joseph. “Minor league metropolis: Urban redevelopment surrounding minor league baseball stadiums.” 2017. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Van Holm EJ. Minor league metropolis: Urban redevelopment surrounding minor league baseball stadiums. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59805.
Council of Science Editors:
Van Holm EJ. Minor league metropolis: Urban redevelopment surrounding minor league baseball stadiums. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59805
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Spivey, Wanda Wall.
Public contracting performance measurement: a study of social relations.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2013, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47666
► This research questions whether there is evidence that contract performance measurement is influenced by the social structure in which it is embedded. I question whether…
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▼ This research questions whether there is evidence that contract performance measurement is influenced by the social structure in which it is embedded. I question whether the strong ties between a prime contractor and its subcontractors lead to higher performance scores in public contracting. I also question if prior relations between a
Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) manager and the private firm project manager whose work is being evaluated lead to higher performance scores.
Advisors/Committee Members: Kingsley, Gordon (Committee Chair), Cozzens, Susan (Committee Member), Green, Lisa (Committee Member), Leggon, Cheryl (Committee Member), Rogers, Juan (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Performance measurement; Public contracting; Embeddedness; Public contracts; Contracting out; Subcontracting; Performance; Interpersonal relations
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Spivey, W. W. (2013). Public contracting performance measurement: a study of social relations. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47666
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Spivey, Wanda Wall. “Public contracting performance measurement: a study of social relations.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47666.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Spivey, Wanda Wall. “Public contracting performance measurement: a study of social relations.” 2013. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Spivey WW. Public contracting performance measurement: a study of social relations. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47666.
Council of Science Editors:
Spivey WW. Public contracting performance measurement: a study of social relations. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47666
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Kiopa, Agrita.
The prevalence and productivity effects of close friendship in academic science.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2013, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47695
► This dissertation examines the prevalence of friendship and its effects on productivity in academic science from the perspective of networked social capital. It seeks to…
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▼ This dissertation examines the prevalence of friendship and its effects on productivity in academic science from the perspective of networked social capital. It seeks to understand what friendship is in the context of the professional environment, what distinguishes it from other professional relationships, and how it affects the function and the outcomes of science. The study was motivated by the increased emphasis of collaboration as a means of fostering research competitiveness. The research reported here was performed as part of the National Science Foundation project "NETWISE I: Women in Science and Engineering: Network Access, Participation, and Career Outcomes" (Grant REC-0529642).
The importance of friendship in the context of academic science has often been implied and anecdotal, but it has not been elucidated or empirically tested. This dissertation seeks to address this gap. The unit of analysis in the model is the individual. The dissertation conceptualizes friendship as one aspect of a collaborative relationship and thus an important determinant of a scientist's social capability of pool relevant resources for the purposes of productivity. It hypothesizes that professional and personal roles form an integrative relationship within collaborative ties and that such complementarity benefits individual goal attainment, specifically with regard to publication productivity.
The results of the study show that friendship has a strong positive effect on an individual's publication productivity, which is comparable to the effect of collaboration across organizational boundaries. The results also show that while friendship is fairly prevalent in collaborative relationships, some groups of scientists are more likely to have friends among their closest collaborators than other groups; that friendships differ from other collaborative relationships in that they more often form between individuals of the same status, provide a greater variety of productivity-relevant resources such as knowledge, advice, endorsements of one's reputation, and introductions to potential collaborators; and that friendship facilitates the mobilization of these resources from personal collaborative networks for productivity purposes.
Advisors/Committee Members: Melkers, Julia (Committee Chair), Fox, Mary (Committee Member), Hicks, Diana (Committee Member), Rogers, Juan (Committee Member), Welch, Erik (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Friendship; Social capital; Publication productivity; Academic science; Social networks; Academic achievement; Friendship; Success in business
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Kiopa, A. (2013). The prevalence and productivity effects of close friendship in academic science. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47695
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kiopa, Agrita. “The prevalence and productivity effects of close friendship in academic science.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47695.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kiopa, Agrita. “The prevalence and productivity effects of close friendship in academic science.” 2013. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Kiopa A. The prevalence and productivity effects of close friendship in academic science. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47695.
Council of Science Editors:
Kiopa A. The prevalence and productivity effects of close friendship in academic science. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47695
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Kay, Luciano.
How do prizes induce innovation?
learning from the Google Lunar X-prize.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2011, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41193
► Inducement prizes-where cash rewards are given to motivate the attainment of targets – have been long used to encourage scientific research, develop technological innovations, or stimulate…
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▼ Inducement prizes-where cash rewards are given to motivate the attainment of targets – have been long used to encourage scientific research, develop technological innovations, or stimulate individuals, groups, and communities to accomplish diverse goals. Lately, prizes have increasingly attracted the attention of policy-makers, among others, due to their potential to induce path-breaking innovations and accomplish related goals. Academic research, however, has barely investigated these prizes in spite of their long history, recent popularity, and notable potential.
This research investigates prizes and the means by which they induce innovation. It uses an empirical, multiple case-study methodology, a new model of innovation applied to prizes, and multiple data sources to investigate three cases of recent aerospace technology prizes: a main case study, the Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) for robotic Moon exploration; and two pilot cases, the Ansari X Prize (AXP) for the first private reusable manned spacecraft and the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge (NGLLC) for flights of reusable rocket-powered vehicles.
The investigation unveils the dynamics of prizes and contributes a better understanding of their potential and disadvantages in a context in which more traditional mechanisms are used to induce innovation. This research shows that prizes are a more complex mechanism and their investigation requires analyzing entrant- and context-level factors generally not considered by the literature. Prizes complement and not replace patents and other incentive mechanisms.
The incentives offered by prizes attract entrants with diverse characteristics, including unconventional entrants – individuals and organizations generally not involved with the prize technologies. Entrants are generally attracted by the non-monetary benefits of participation and the potential market value of the technologies involved in competitions. Many more volunteers, collaborators, and partners also participate indirectly and support official entries as they also perceive opportunities to accomplish their personal and organizational goals. The monetary reward is important to position the competition in the media and disseminate the idea of the prize.
Prizes can induce increasing R&D activities and re-direct industry projects to target diverse technological goals, yet the evolution of prize competitions and quality of the technological outputs is generally difficult to anticipate. The overall organization of prize R&D activities and their outputs depend on entrant-level factors and can only be indirectly influenced by setting specific competition rules. The most remarkable characteristic of prize R&D activities is their interaction with fundraising efforts which, in some circumstances, may constrain the activities of entrants.
Prizes can also induce innovation over and above what would have occurred anyway, yet their overall effect depends significantly on the characteristics of the prize entrants and the evolution of the context of the competition.…
Advisors/Committee Members: Shapira, Philip (Committee Chair), Hicks, Diana (Committee Member), Kingsley, Gordon (Committee Member), Rogers, Juan (Committee Member), Wilhite, Alan (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Inducement prizes; Innovation policy; Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge; Ansari X Prize; Google Lunar X Prize; Aerospace industry; Lunar robotic exploration; Incentive mechanisms; Technological innovation; Incentive awards; Technological innovations
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Kay, L. (2011). How do prizes induce innovation?
learning from the Google Lunar X-prize. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41193
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kay, Luciano. “How do prizes induce innovation?
learning from the Google Lunar X-prize.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41193.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kay, Luciano. “How do prizes induce innovation?
learning from the Google Lunar X-prize.” 2011. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Kay L. How do prizes induce innovation?
learning from the Google Lunar X-prize. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41193.
Council of Science Editors:
Kay L. How do prizes induce innovation?
learning from the Google Lunar X-prize. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41193
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Carley, Stephen.
Valuing additive involvement in university-industry partnerships: do government collaborators engage at scales that optimize their value-added?.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2013, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50274
► Collaboration between academic and corporate entities has increased in recent years. On many occasions Government actors (e.g. federal laboratories) will participate in these collaborations, especially…
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▼ Collaboration between academic and corporate entities has increased in recent years. On many occasions Government actors (e.g. federal laboratories) will participate in these collaborations, especially when advanced technologies are involved. The following inquiry considers the degree to which the federal entities add (scientific) value to University-Industry partnerships and how this value is spatially mediated. Quantifying degrees of the value that Government actors induce across the spectrum of University-Industry collaborative arrangements is useful for identifying scales at which intervention by federal agents is more effective and/or justified. It is anticipated that the value-added by federal agents in University-Industry collaboration is not spatially uniform but will exhibit greater profitability across specific scales of interaction. Comparing these against actual scales of interaction provides room for discussion on whether Government actors engage Universities and Industry at scales that optimize the value they introduce to these partnerships.
Advisors/Committee Members: Shapira, Philip (advisor), Porter, Alan L. (committee member), Rogers, Juan (committee member), Breznitz, Shiri (committee member), Rafols, Ismael (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Triple helix; UIG; Proximity studies; Spatial scientometrics; Research valuation; Technology transfer; Academic-industrial collaboration; Public-private sector cooperation; Research and development partnership
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Carley, S. (2013). Valuing additive involvement in university-industry partnerships: do government collaborators engage at scales that optimize their value-added?. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50274
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Carley, Stephen. “Valuing additive involvement in university-industry partnerships: do government collaborators engage at scales that optimize their value-added?.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50274.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Carley, Stephen. “Valuing additive involvement in university-industry partnerships: do government collaborators engage at scales that optimize their value-added?.” 2013. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Carley S. Valuing additive involvement in university-industry partnerships: do government collaborators engage at scales that optimize their value-added?. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50274.
Council of Science Editors:
Carley S. Valuing additive involvement in university-industry partnerships: do government collaborators engage at scales that optimize their value-added?. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50274
10.
Canellas, Marc Christopher.
Decision making with incomplete information.
Degree: PhD, Aerospace Engineering, 2017, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58631
► Decision makers are continuously required to make choices in environments with incomplete information. This dissertation sought to understand and, ultimately, support the wide range of…
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▼ Decision makers are continuously required to make choices in environments with incomplete information. This dissertation sought to understand and, ultimately, support the wide range of decision making strategies used in environments with incomplete information. The results showed that the standard measure of incomplete information as total information, is insufficient for understanding and supporting decision makers faced with incomplete information. The distribution of information was shown to often be a more important determinant of decision making performance. Two new measures of the distribution of incomplete information were introduced (option imbalance and cue balance) and tested across three computer simulations of 18 variations of decision making strategies within hundreds of environments and millions of decision tasks with incomplete information, and one human-subjects study. The simulations were powered by a new general linear model of decision making which can efficiently and transparently model a wide range of strategies beyond the traditional set in the literature. Of the many potential mediators of the relationship between the distributions of incomplete information and performance, only the strategies' estimates of missing information were significant in the computational studies. Accurate estimates resulted in total information being the only meaningful determinant of accuracy while inaccurate estimates resulted in low option imbalance and high cue balance causing high accuracy. The simulation results were partially contradicted by a study in which human decision makers with accurate estimates were affected by option imbalance and cue balance in the same manner as inaccurate estimates – suggesting that some distributions might simply be difficult regardless of the estimates. These results argued that decision support should modify the presentation of information away from difficult distributions. These arguments were codified as heuristic information acquisition and restriction rules which, when tested, increased accuracy without probability and cue weight information.
Advisors/Committee Members: Feigh, Karen (advisor), German, Brian (committee member), Pritchett, Amy (committee member), Cross, Steve (committee member), Rogers, Juan (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Decision making; Incomplete information; Computational cognitive modeling; Judgment; Mathematical models; Behavioral decision making; Decision analysis; Human-subject studies; Command and control; Degraded and denied information environments; Mathematical psychology
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Canellas, M. C. (2017). Decision making with incomplete information. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58631
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Canellas, Marc Christopher. “Decision making with incomplete information.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58631.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Canellas, Marc Christopher. “Decision making with incomplete information.” 2017. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
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Canellas MC. Decision making with incomplete information. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58631.
Council of Science Editors:
Canellas MC. Decision making with incomplete information. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58631
11.
Chandler, Sharon.
Sustainable metropolitan development: a look at planning and development in Atlanta, Georgia.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2011, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/39546
► This study analyzes the relationship between comprehensive planning and actual development (as measured by changes in welfare) for 158 jurisdictions in metropolitan Atlanta. Relying on…
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▼ This study analyzes the relationship between comprehensive planning and actual development (as measured by changes in welfare) for 158 jurisdictions in metropolitan Atlanta. Relying on ecological economics for a method to measure welfare and planning literature for a method to evaluate the content of comprehensive plans, this dissertation uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods.
Development is measured for four dimensions of sustainable development (economic, social, environment, and resource) using a modified Genuine Progress Indicator, and the metropolitan Atlanta area is found to have had weakly sustainable development from 1980 to 2000. In all places, economic welfare increased and resource welfare decreased. Social and environmental development had mixed results with about half of jurisdictions showing increases in environmental welfare while less than a handful showed increases in social welfare.
Comprehensive plans were found to have a range of overall plan quality scores (the average of scores of policy statements in a plan) from 1.3 to 3.2 with a mean of 2.3 out of a maximum of 4. Of 2564 policy statements, 541 (or 21%) were high quality statements scoring 4/4 points while 708 (or 28%) received no quality points - they were weakly worded, vague, and not measurable. The average commitment to sustainable development (percent of policy statements in a plan that are related to a principle of sustainable development) is 39% with a minumum of 9% and a maximum of 80%. Plan policy statements coded for principles of sustainable development were found to have significantly higher quality scores while overall plan quality scores were not found to be correlated to the plan commmitment to sustainable development; this implies that plans are generally either rigid (having highs scores) or visionary (having high commitment to sustainable development) overall.
Plan quality was found to have a significant negative relationship with sustainable development, when dimensions are considered. This relationship was stronger for plans completed within the study time period (before 2000), suggesting that this relationship may be causal. The negative result is unexpected and leads to a rejection of the hypothesis that high quality planning would be significantly and positively related to development.
On the other hand, plan commitment to sustainable development was found to be weakly positively related to sustainable development although the dimensions of this relationship changed over time. As such, the hypothesis that commitment to sustainable development would be significantly and positively related to development cannot be rejected.
These results hold even when looking at distinct growth patterns across the metropolitan region, suggesting that the relationships between plans and development may be applicable to other places.
Advisors/Committee Members: Brown, Marilyn (Committee Chair), French, Steve (Committee Member), Kingsley, Gordon (Committee Member), Rogers, Juan (Committee Member), Thomas, Valerie (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Metropolitan Atlanta; Progress; Planning; Sustainable development; Sustainable urban development; City planning
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Chandler, S. (2011). Sustainable metropolitan development: a look at planning and development in Atlanta, Georgia. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/39546
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Chandler, Sharon. “Sustainable metropolitan development: a look at planning and development in Atlanta, Georgia.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/39546.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Chandler, Sharon. “Sustainable metropolitan development: a look at planning and development in Atlanta, Georgia.” 2011. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Chandler S. Sustainable metropolitan development: a look at planning and development in Atlanta, Georgia. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/39546.
Council of Science Editors:
Chandler S. Sustainable metropolitan development: a look at planning and development in Atlanta, Georgia. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/39546
12.
Li, Yin.
Innovation pathways in the Chinese economy.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2017, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59127
► This study investigates emerging innovation pathways in the Chinese economy. An innovation pathway is defined as the historical and evolutionary process through which business firms…
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▼ This study investigates emerging innovation pathways in the Chinese economy. An innovation pathway is defined as the historical and evolutionary process through which business firms establish and accumulate capabilities in technology development and market access that enables them to compete with international technology and market leaders. The study proposes a framework for understanding the development of innovation capabilities through the interactions of institutional forces of state, market, and globalization. The main proposition is that innovation pathways in China emerge when the government policy synchronizes with domestic market development and global industry evolution in providing opportunities, resources, and a broad set of complementary capabilities necessary for technology development. Conversely, where public policy is out of step or asynchronous with global industry and domestic market institutions, this delays or inhibits the emergence of innovation pathways. Searching for synchronization requires the co-evolution of government policy and business strategy. The framework and theory is used to explore case studies of leading Chinese firms in two critical information technology industries: the telecom equipment industry and the semiconductor industry. In the semiconductor industry, leading Chinese firms struggled to close technological gaps with international leaders. This was because state-led development was out of step with global industry evolution while business-led development was decoupled from domestic markets. In comparison, in the telecom equipment industry, innovative indigenous companies emerged from a synchronization of public research, government investment in infrastructure, multi-layer domestic markets, and accessible global suppliers in the 1990s. The exceptional case of Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese telecom equipment maker that has become an international innovation leader, shows how innovative Chinese firms capitalize on and complement government policies by strengthening internal R&D and aggressive internationalization. This study contributes to economic theories on how firms from emerging economies can learn to innovate. Traditional views emphasize transferring technologies from advanced economies, following a learning sequence of reverse product cycles, and more recently, specializing in manufacturing in the global value chains. This study offers an alternative view that in today’s advanced industrial and globalized world, emerging economy firms can succeed in innovation by exceling in new technology development and market access capabilities, provided that government policy synchronizes with domestic market and global industry conditions to offer a broad range of complementary capabilities.
Advisors/Committee Members: Shapira, Philip (advisor), Youtie, Jan L. (committee member), Rogers, Juan (committee member), McIntyre, John (committee member), Lazonick, William (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Innovation; Economic development; Industrial policy; China
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Li, Y. (2017). Innovation pathways in the Chinese economy. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59127
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Li, Yin. “Innovation pathways in the Chinese economy.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59127.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Li, Yin. “Innovation pathways in the Chinese economy.” 2017. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
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Li Y. Innovation pathways in the Chinese economy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59127.
Council of Science Editors:
Li Y. Innovation pathways in the Chinese economy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59127
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Leonardo, Gabriel.
Politics and tax morale. the role of trust, values, and beliefs, in shaping individual attitudes towards tax compliance.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2011, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43733
► Traditional models of tax evasion cannot explain why most people comply with their taxes. It has been proposed that taxpayers may have an intrinsic motivation…
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▼ Traditional models of tax evasion cannot explain why most people comply with their taxes. It has been proposed that taxpayers may have an intrinsic motivation (or willingness) to comply with taxes - Tax Morale. Empirical studies found that trusting government, upholding religious beliefs, and supporting democratic regimes, increase individual Tax Morale. Based on those results and drawing from related literature in Political Science, this study tests the role of trusting government institutions delivering public goods to taxpayers, ideological beliefs, individual support for political regimes, and upholding post-materialist values, on Tax Morale. Results for individuals living in democratic countries show a positive relationship between trust in government institutions and upholding democratic values on Tax Morale; a negative relationship between upholding ideological (conservative) beliefs and Tax Morale, and no relationship between upholding post-materialist values and Tax Morale. Results for individuals living under non-democratic regimes differ in some respects; whereas support for democracy is related with higher Tax Morale, other results - trust in government and ideological beliefs - differ from theoretical expectations. Overall, higher trust in government increases willingness to comply with taxes, and support for democracy elicits higher Tax Morale.
Advisors/Committee Members: Hankla, Charles (Committee Member), Lewis, Gregory (Committee Member), Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge (Committee Member), Rogers, Juan (Committee Member), Torgler, Benno (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Trust in government; Trust; Political trust; Support for democracy; Ideology; Tax morale; Tax evasion; Tax compliance; Taxpayer compliance; Morale; Social psychology
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Leonardo, G. (2011). Politics and tax morale. the role of trust, values, and beliefs, in shaping individual attitudes towards tax compliance. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43733
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Leonardo, Gabriel. “Politics and tax morale. the role of trust, values, and beliefs, in shaping individual attitudes towards tax compliance.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43733.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Leonardo, Gabriel. “Politics and tax morale. the role of trust, values, and beliefs, in shaping individual attitudes towards tax compliance.” 2011. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
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Leonardo G. Politics and tax morale. the role of trust, values, and beliefs, in shaping individual attitudes towards tax compliance. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43733.
Council of Science Editors:
Leonardo G. Politics and tax morale. the role of trust, values, and beliefs, in shaping individual attitudes towards tax compliance. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43733
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Wang, Jian.
Collaboration and creativity: effects of tie strength.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2013, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50221
► This dissertation studies the relationship between collaboration networks and scientific creativity. It finds significant knowledge spillover from new collaborations to repeated collaborations, and proposes a…
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▼ This dissertation studies the relationship between collaboration networks and scientific creativity. It finds significant knowledge spillover from new collaborations to repeated collaborations, and proposes a network approach to understand scientific creativity at the egocentric network level beyond the boundary of teams. To understand the network effect (specifically, effects of tie strength) on creativity, it integrates literature on small groups and social networks and adopts a creative-process model. An inverted U-shaped relationship between tie strength and creativity is observed, because of the mixed impacts of tie strength at different stages of the creative process. Furthermore, it explores the effect of tie configurations and finds that the skewness of tie strength distribution moderates the effect of tie strength. In addition, it also tests two competing explanations for the association between strong tie and low creativity: creativity-decline hypothesis versus cost-reduction hypothesis. Finally, there is no evidence that collaboration networks would raise the visibility of previously published papers, but there is a significant prestige effect in gaining citations.
Advisors/Committee Members: Hicks, Diana (advisor), Melkers, Julia (committee member), Walsh, John (committee member), Rogers, Juan (committee member), Mei, Yajun (committee member), Hinze, Sybille (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Creativity; Research collaboration; Networks; Creative ability in science; Creative ability in technology; Group problem solving
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Wang, J. (2013). Collaboration and creativity: effects of tie strength. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50221
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wang, Jian. “Collaboration and creativity: effects of tie strength.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50221.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wang, Jian. “Collaboration and creativity: effects of tie strength.” 2013. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Wang J. Collaboration and creativity: effects of tie strength. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50221.
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Wang J. Collaboration and creativity: effects of tie strength. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50221
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Berzins, Kaspars.
Social capital and research productivity of foreign-born scientists in the United States.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2017, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58232
► Professional social capital of foreign-born scientists and its implications for their scientific performance is researched. The theoretical framework is based on the network theory of…
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▼ Professional social capital of foreign-born scientists and its implications for their scientific performance is researched. The theoretical framework is based on the network theory of social capital and the scientific and technical human capital model extending it with knowledge from the immigration literature pertaining to the differential social capital of immigrants. Major focus is on the network sizes, relational properties, and geographic locations of professional social capital of foreign- and US-born scientists. Netwise II survey data on 760 foreign-born and 963 US-born scientists are used and quantitative measures of scientists' social capital, demographic and professional attributes, and research outputs are constructed. Statistical comparison of means and multivariate regressions are used to verify the differences between populations and to test hypotheses. Results indicated significant differences between professional social capitals of foreign- and US-born scientists suggesting insufficient social integration. Potential mechanisms for mitigating the social capital shortages and role of foreign social capital are discussed. Implications for academic, immigration, and diaspora policies of the US and sending countries are provided.
Advisors/Committee Members: Melkers, Julia E. (advisor), Hicks, Diana M. (committee member), Youtie, Jan (committee member), Rogers, Juan D. (committee member), Gaughan, Monica (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Social capital; Research productivity; Immigrants; Foreign-born scientists; Social networks
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Berzins, K. (2017). Social capital and research productivity of foreign-born scientists in the United States. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58232
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Berzins, Kaspars. “Social capital and research productivity of foreign-born scientists in the United States.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58232.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Berzins, Kaspars. “Social capital and research productivity of foreign-born scientists in the United States.” 2017. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Berzins K. Social capital and research productivity of foreign-born scientists in the United States. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58232.
Council of Science Editors:
Berzins K. Social capital and research productivity of foreign-born scientists in the United States. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58232
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Karmakar, Krishanu.
Essays in fiscal policy and budgeting.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2016, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/55596
► Tax competition literature predicts a world where countries will suppress taxes on mobile capital to attract it from elsewhere. Do the countries of South East…
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▼ Tax competition literature predicts a world where countries will suppress taxes on mobile capital to attract it from elsewhere. Do the countries of South East Asia interact with each other strategically and compete when setting corporate taxes or do they compete for capital through other incentives? Data was collected from World Bank and American Enterprise Institute to model the tax interaction across these countries as a spatially dependent process. Findings indicate that these countries compete in terms of taxes amongst themselves only to a limited extent, but try to attract capital through non-tax incentives. Moreover, the spread of production processes by MNCs in these countries are such that they can act as a block to attract capital from the rest of the world, while not competing too much amongst them.
Does Soft Budget Constraint exist in Indian State finances? If it does what is its extent and how does it manifest itself? Using data from Reserve Bank of India and Ministry of Finance sources our analysis indicate that states in India do indeed enjoy the benefits of soft budget constraint and expect the Central government to bail them out through regular resource transfers.
Can the Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium of policy making explain the pattern of jumps and stasis in Indian state budgets? Or can explanations like political business cycle and forecast error correction be sufficient to explain such patterns? A detailed study of the annual budgetary changes indicate that although such competing explanations can partly explain the pattern, but still the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory is strongly applicable in explaining the leptokurtic pattern of annual budgetary changes in India.
Advisors/Committee Members: Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge L. (advisor), Hildreth, Bartley (committee member), Feltenstein, Andrew (committee member), Liu, Yongzheng (committee member), Rogers, Juan (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Tax competition; Strategic interaction; Soft budget constraint; Punctuated equilibrium theory
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Karmakar, K. (2016). Essays in fiscal policy and budgeting. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/55596
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Karmakar, Krishanu. “Essays in fiscal policy and budgeting.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/55596.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Karmakar, Krishanu. “Essays in fiscal policy and budgeting.” 2016. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Karmakar K. Essays in fiscal policy and budgeting. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/55596.
Council of Science Editors:
Karmakar K. Essays in fiscal policy and budgeting. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/55596
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Tang, Li.
The US - China scientific collaboration, knowledge moderation, and China's rise in nanotechnology.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2011, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41051
► In the emerging knowledge economy, scientific pursuit in the form of international collaboration has escalated. Studies consistently report that such collaboration, which has been intensifying…
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▼ In the emerging knowledge economy, scientific pursuit in the form of international collaboration has escalated. Studies consistently report that such collaboration, which has been intensifying in the last several decades, is common among not only advanced economies but also in emerging scientific nations such as China, India, and Brazil. The emergence of a "new invisible college" of international knowledge exchange has aroused interest from social scientists and captured the attention of policymakers. Indeed, recognizing its importance as a means of monitoring and exploiting other countries' R&D investment, more and more countries champion and participate in international joint research.
International collaboration between the United States (US) and China is particularly interesting. The US has been and will continue to be the leader in scientific development for the foreseeable future. However, as a rising scientific power, China is changing the global landscape of ideas and innovation along with other emerging countries. The growing significance of the US-China relationship and worldwide interest in China's development suggest that the characteristics of the scientific collaboration of these two countries and its associated knowledge dissemination across national borders are timely topics to study.
Surprisingly, few studies have examined research collaboration between a scientific superpower and an emerging scientific power, particularly in the context of emerging state-of-the-art technology. This dissertation seeks to address this research gap by examining patterns of collaboration in the US-China scientific community and its impact on China's rapid knowledge accumulation in nanotechnology, if any, through Chinese knowledge moderators (CKMs) – Chinese scholars who bridge two otherwise distant scientific communities through intensive collaboration with both sides.
The research focuses on the following three aspects: firstly, built upon the notions of the boundary spanner and the structural hole, the study develops the concept of Chinese knowledge moderators and uses it as an instrument to examine the relationship between international collaboration and knowledge spillover across national boundaries. Secondly, it operationalizes and tests the impact of US-China collaboration using multiple methods. In addition to citation-based indicators, based on the turnover of nanotechnology keywords, the study investigates the impact of collaborating with US scholars on CKMs' research trajectory and the international knowledge spillover facilitated by CKMs. Thirdly, utilizing a longitudinal publication dataset of 77 CKMs and their CV data, this study is able to quantify the dynamic impact of US collaboration on the quality of CKMs' research over time. The combination of bibliometric analyses, empirical testing, and case studies allows for the development of a comprehensive blueprint of US-China scientific collaboration in the field of nanotechnology.
This research yields several significant findings. First, the…
Advisors/Committee Members: Shapira, Philip (Committee Chair), Hinze, Sybille (Committee Member), Rogers, Juan D. (Committee Member), Walsh, John P. (Committee Member), Wang, Zhong Lin (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Research evaluation; Public policy; International collaboration; US-China collaboration; Nanotechnology; Nanotechnology; China Relations United States; United States Relations China; China Technological innovations; Technology transfer China; Technology International collaboration
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Tang, L. (2011). The US - China scientific collaboration, knowledge moderation, and China's rise in nanotechnology. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41051
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Tang, Li. “The US - China scientific collaboration, knowledge moderation, and China's rise in nanotechnology.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41051.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Tang, Li. “The US - China scientific collaboration, knowledge moderation, and China's rise in nanotechnology.” 2011. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Tang L. The US - China scientific collaboration, knowledge moderation, and China's rise in nanotechnology. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41051.
Council of Science Editors:
Tang L. The US - China scientific collaboration, knowledge moderation, and China's rise in nanotechnology. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41051
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Lee, Sooho.
Foreign-born scientists in the United States –do they perform differently than native-born scientists?.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2004, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4885
► Are foreign-born scientists different from native-born scientists with respect to research activity and performance? This question has important policy implications not only for immigration policy…
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▼ Are foreign-born scientists different from native-born scientists with respect to research activity and performance? This question has important policy implications not only for immigration policy but also for science policy because a substantial part of scientific research in the United States is conducted by foreign-born scientists. This study examines the differences between foreign-born and native-born scientists in research collaboration, grants, and publication productivity. The data for this study are 443 curricula vitae (CVs) and survey of scientists and engineers that Research Value Mapping Program (RVM) at
Georgia Tech conducted from 2000 to 2001.
By using the multiple indicators, the findings show that foreign-born scientists do not differ significantly in research collaboration and grants from their native-born counterparts. But in terms of publication productivity, foreign-born scientists are consistently more productive than their native-born counterparts. This study also examines the impact of being foreign-born on research collaboration, grants, and productivity, and which factors account for the differences between foreign-born and native-born scientists in collaboration, grants, and productivity. When other relevant variables are controlled for, being foreign-born still has a strong positive effect on publication productivity. Collaboration and grants have a significant positive effect only on the productivity of native-born scientists, whereas strong research preference of foreign-born scientists contributes to their relatively higher productivity. Differences are also found among foreign-born scientists, largely depending on their national origin categorized by the similarity of language and culture. The theoretical and policy implications are also discussed.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bozeman, Barry (Committee Chair), Gaughan, Monica (Committee Member), Rogers, Juan (Committee Member), Stephan, Paula (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Science policy; Immigration policy; Foreign-born scientists; Research collaboration; Research productivity
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Lee, S. (2004). Foreign-born scientists in the United States –do they perform differently than native-born scientists?. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4885
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lee, Sooho. “Foreign-born scientists in the United States –do they perform differently than native-born scientists?.” 2004. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4885.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lee, Sooho. “Foreign-born scientists in the United States –do they perform differently than native-born scientists?.” 2004. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Lee S. Foreign-born scientists in the United States –do they perform differently than native-born scientists?. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2004. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4885.
Council of Science Editors:
Lee S. Foreign-born scientists in the United States –do they perform differently than native-born scientists?. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2004. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4885
Georgia Tech
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Wang, Jue.
Resource Spillover from Academia to High Tech Industry: Evidence from New Nanotechnology-Based Firms in the U.S.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2007, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19778
► The role of universities in supporting economic development has been explored in numerous studies emphasizing the mechanisms of technology transfer and knowl-edge spillover. However, in…
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▼ The role of universities in supporting economic development has been explored in numerous studies emphasizing the mechanisms of technology transfer and knowl-edge spillover. However, in addition to these forms of intellectual capital, university scientists bring other resources into research collaboration and contribute to firm part-nerships in both direct and indirect ways. This thesis proposes the concept of resource spillover, which captures the various ways in which university scientists can benefit col-laborating firms. The study first analyzes firms, university scientists, and collaboration along with the concepts of ego, alter, and network ties in social capital theory; then it categorizes the resources possessed by university scientists into human capital, social capital, and positional capital, and tests the impact of each on the performance of a firm. The study finds that firms benefit from research collaboration in terms of both increased research capability and research output and improved public relations and research credibility.
The study is carried out using a sample of new nanotechnology-based firms in the United States. As the U.S. government recognizes nanotechnology as providing scientific and technological opportunities with immense potential, this industry has be-come the recipient of significant federal R&D funding. In turn, because academic re-search has proven to be important to not only overall nanotechnology R&D but also in-dustrial R&D, it necessitates appropriate policy programs that support successful re-source spillover from academia and promote the development of industry.
Advisors/Committee Members: Shapira, Philip (Committee Chair), Hicks, Diana (Committee Member), Porter, Alan (Committee Member), Rogers, Juan (Committee Member), Schmoch, Ulrich (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Technology policy; University-industry relationship; Resource spillover; Nanotechnology; Social capital; Academic-industrial collaboration; Nanostructured materials industry
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Wang, J. (2007). Resource Spillover from Academia to High Tech Industry: Evidence from New Nanotechnology-Based Firms in the U.S. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19778
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wang, Jue. “Resource Spillover from Academia to High Tech Industry: Evidence from New Nanotechnology-Based Firms in the U.S.” 2007. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19778.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wang, Jue. “Resource Spillover from Academia to High Tech Industry: Evidence from New Nanotechnology-Based Firms in the U.S.” 2007. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Wang J. Resource Spillover from Academia to High Tech Industry: Evidence from New Nanotechnology-Based Firms in the U.S. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2007. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19778.
Council of Science Editors:
Wang J. Resource Spillover from Academia to High Tech Industry: Evidence from New Nanotechnology-Based Firms in the U.S. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2007. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19778
Georgia Tech
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Oh, Eunjoo.
Project Organization, Diverse Knowledge, and Innovation Systems in the Korean Game Software Industry.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2007, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14516
► This research was initiated in the belief that new product development requires the integration of diverse knowledge located in different units or organizations. In recent…
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▼ This research was initiated in the belief that new product development requires the integration of diverse knowledge located in different units or organizations. In recent decades, evolutionary scholars have emphasized the importance of coherent systems and regional scientists have highlighted the importance of geographical proximity for easier transfer of tacit knowledge. Despite the strength of these explanations, they do not adequately address the balance between tacit and explicit knowledge, ignoring different types of knowledge conversion process (Nonaka and Takeuchi, 1995).
My research aims to bring a greater understanding of the integration of diverse knowledge for innovation achievements among different actors. Specifically, this thesis deals with project organization for new product development, exploring three main research areas: (1) company utilization of external companies and freelancers for project formation in relation to resource mobilization of companies; (2) types of knowledge conversion among employees within and between departments; and (3) the impacts of several meditating factors on clustering orientations of companies. These meditating factors include knowledge codification, IT technology for communication, and trust mechanisms that help to mobilize external knowledge and reduce friction among team members.
In this study, data are collected from questionnaire survey (104 firms) and interviews with 34 persons in the Korean game industry. Probit model, tobit model, and OLS regression model were used. The main findings are as follows. First, codified knowledge concept reports, prototypes, and manuals is produced through externalization as a game development project is in progress. Second, among several indicators of internal capability of companies, the type of initial industry whether game companies started their business in the game industry and expenditures on the purchase of intellectual property rights from other cultural industries have significant and positive impacts on the utilization of external partners. Third, information communication technology has a significant, negative impact on clustering orientation of companies while reliance on communities of practice and built-in trust have significant, positive impacts on that.
Advisors/Committee Members: Shapira, Philip (Committee Chair), Kingsley, Gordon (Committee Member), Lewis, Greg (Committee Member), Noonan, Douglas (Committee Member), Rogers, Juan (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Project organization; Communities of practice; Regional cluster; Externalization; Knowledge conversion; Diversity; Knowledge management; New products; Communication in organizations
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Oh, E. (2007). Project Organization, Diverse Knowledge, and Innovation Systems in the Korean Game Software Industry. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14516
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Oh, Eunjoo. “Project Organization, Diverse Knowledge, and Innovation Systems in the Korean Game Software Industry.” 2007. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14516.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Oh, Eunjoo. “Project Organization, Diverse Knowledge, and Innovation Systems in the Korean Game Software Industry.” 2007. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Oh E. Project Organization, Diverse Knowledge, and Innovation Systems in the Korean Game Software Industry. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2007. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14516.
Council of Science Editors:
Oh E. Project Organization, Diverse Knowledge, and Innovation Systems in the Korean Game Software Industry. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2007. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14516
Georgia Tech
21.
Bortagaray, Isabel.
The building of agro-biotechnology capabilities in small countries: The cases of Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2007, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16206
► The building of agro-biotechnology capabilities in small countries: The cases of Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay. Isabel Bortagaray 411 pages Directed by Dr. Susan…
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▼ The building of agro-biotechnology capabilities in small countries:
The cases of Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay.
Isabel Bortagaray
411 pages
Directed by Dr. Susan E. Cozzens
This dissertation has studied the role of institutional environments on the building of agro-biotechnological capabilities in small countries, through a comparative case study design. The key question was whether the institutional environments in Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay have evolved in a way that have fostered or hindered the transition towards modern biotechnology at the level of firms and sector. Biotechnology provided a particularly interesting area of study because of the dramatic changes it has undergone since the 1970s and consequently, it facilitated to study the transition from second generation to third generation biotechnology. Innovation studies have trend to focus on pharmaceutical biotechnology. This research however, attempted to understand the dynamics behind biotechnology applied to agriculture, in countries with agricultural-based economies. In this context three small countries were selected: Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay, based on some commonalities in terms of size (population), their reliance on agriculture, and some historical features that inter-connect them. The choice of biotechnology applied to agriculture enabled to study the extent to which the institutional environments have changed and processed change vis a vis fundamental technological development. The institutional environment was defined as composed by institutions (rules of the game), the web of organizations (players of the game), and policies. Technological capabilities were defined as composed by skills, processes and resources. Primary data was collected based on in-depth interviews to research organizations, hybrid research-related organizations, firms, and policy-making agencies in each country. These findings suggest that institutional thickness (number and variety of organizations and institutions), cohesiveness (shared sense of strategic purpose), and coherence between institutions and policies with regard to their goals and means are crucial for strengthening more complex, cumulative, encompassing (different biotechnologies with multiple focuses), and expanding biotechnologies.
Advisors/Committee Members: Cozzens, Susan (Committee Chair), Bowman, Kirk (Committee Member), Herrera, Hector (Committee Member), Rogers, Juan (Committee Member), Shapira, Philip (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Small countries; Technological capabilities; Science and technology policy; Innovation studies; Institutional environments
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Bortagaray, I. (2007). The building of agro-biotechnology capabilities in small countries: The cases of Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16206
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bortagaray, Isabel. “The building of agro-biotechnology capabilities in small countries: The cases of Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay.” 2007. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16206.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bortagaray, Isabel. “The building of agro-biotechnology capabilities in small countries: The cases of Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay.” 2007. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Bortagaray I. The building of agro-biotechnology capabilities in small countries: The cases of Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2007. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16206.
Council of Science Editors:
Bortagaray I. The building of agro-biotechnology capabilities in small countries: The cases of Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2007. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16206
Georgia Tech
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Zhang, Jingjing.
Technological Innovation of Chinese Firms: Indigenous R and D, Foreign Direct Investment, and Markets.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2006, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11461
► What are the factors behind the recent development of industrial technology in China? Does China follow the path of learning technology from outside through direct…
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▼ What are the factors behind the recent development of industrial technology in China? Does China follow the path of learning technology from outside through direct foreign investment and international trade as other Asian newly industrialized economies, or imitate the U.S. model that develop science and technology within the country based on the strong domestic research capacity? This study examines these questions using a comprehensive research model and a new Chinese patent dataset.
The patent statistics in this study are created based on more than 120 thousand granted invention patent abstracts in China between 1985 and 2003. Compared with the Chinese patent data used in prior studies, this dataset distinguishes firm patents from patents awarded to universities and research institutes. The dependent variable for regression analysis is the technological innovation performance of Chinese domestic firms as measured by the number of patents awarded to firms in 30 Chinese provinces from 1989 to 1999. The final panel data for regression analysis were completed with other provincial indicators for the same years on research and development (R and D) expenditures by firms and public institutions, foreign direct investment (FDI), domestic consumption, and foreign exports.
The results of count data fixed effect regression approaches show that the efforts of firms, measured by industrial R and D expenditures, spillovers from R and D activities conducted at universities and public institutions in the same region, and demand driven mainly by foreign exports are the most prominent positive factors in the domestic firms technological innovation performance. While the net impact of FDI on domestic firms patenting activity is mostly insignificant and sometimes negative
Advisors/Committee Members: Rogers, Juan (Committee Chair), Castillo, Marco (Committee Member), Hicks, Diana (Committee Member), Li, Haizheng (Committee Member), Shapira, Philip (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Innovation; Patents; China; R&D; FDI; Technological innovations China; Regression analysis; Patents China; Investments, Foreign China; Industrialization China
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Zhang, J. (2006). Technological Innovation of Chinese Firms: Indigenous R and D, Foreign Direct Investment, and Markets. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11461
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Zhang, Jingjing. “Technological Innovation of Chinese Firms: Indigenous R and D, Foreign Direct Investment, and Markets.” 2006. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11461.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Zhang, Jingjing. “Technological Innovation of Chinese Firms: Indigenous R and D, Foreign Direct Investment, and Markets.” 2006. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Zhang J. Technological Innovation of Chinese Firms: Indigenous R and D, Foreign Direct Investment, and Markets. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2006. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11461.
Council of Science Editors:
Zhang J. Technological Innovation of Chinese Firms: Indigenous R and D, Foreign Direct Investment, and Markets. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2006. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11461
Georgia Tech
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Hassebroek, Pamela Burns.
Institutionalized Environments and Information Security Management: Learning from Y2K.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2007, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16295
► The successful elimination of the Y2K vulnerability from the information technology (IT) systems of a large, complex critical sector organization provided a model to study…
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▼ The successful elimination of the Y2K vulnerability from the information technology (IT) systems of a large, complex critical sector organization provided a model to study how organizations contend with problems affecting the security of electronically stored and transmitted information, and how context influences their solutions. This dissertation proposed that the institutionalized environments of sub-unit business areas influenced compliance solutions during the Year 2000 Program process at Delta Air Lines, Inc. The investigation applied rival organization theories.
A comparative case study method was employed to explain the Y2K compliance solutions of four business areas as embedded sub-cases. Data for the study were the Delta Year 2000 Program archive, and personal interviews with individuals related to the Delta Year 2000 Program. Data analysis revealed characteristics of both the institutional and the rational-contingency models.
Case results showed that:
* A positive relationship among entities in the sectoral environment benefited the air transportation field in addressing the Y2K problem. In this cooperative setting, addressing common issues in one place helped a vast network of related organizations. Recognizing that all were stakeholders made it work.
* Business area decisions were influenced by the institutionalized environments of their respective fields.
* The Year 2000 Program team lacked awareness that the Y2K bug was an information security issue.
* In the process of eliminating the Y2K bug from the Delta systems, new vulnerabilities were introduced. While tradeoffs are always required among security, functionality, and efficiency within the IT structures and systems of the present time, this negative effect might have been anticipated; but it was not.
* The success of this complex, short-term project at Delta underscored the importance of leadership, understanding of IT, vision, motivation, IT skills, understanding of assets, and appropriate strategy.
The Delta case study contributes to the fields of information security and organization studies. Results have implications for policymaking and for future research in the field of information security.
Advisors/Committee Members: Rogers, Juan D. (Committee Chair), Bolter, Jay David (Committee Member), Kingsley, Gordon (Committee Member), Klein, Hans K. (Committee Member), Nelson-Palmer, Mike (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Enterprise transformation; Risk management; System failure; Organization theory; Organization transformation; Organization model; Air transportation; Organization structures; Information systems; Government structures; Environmental effects; Enterprise systems; Crisis management; Information security
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Hassebroek, P. B. (2007). Institutionalized Environments and Information Security Management: Learning from Y2K. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16295
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hassebroek, Pamela Burns. “Institutionalized Environments and Information Security Management: Learning from Y2K.” 2007. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16295.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hassebroek, Pamela Burns. “Institutionalized Environments and Information Security Management: Learning from Y2K.” 2007. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Hassebroek PB. Institutionalized Environments and Information Security Management: Learning from Y2K. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2007. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16295.
Council of Science Editors:
Hassebroek PB. Institutionalized Environments and Information Security Management: Learning from Y2K. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2007. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16295
Georgia Tech
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Libaers, Dirk.
Three essays on serial innovator firms and geographical clustering.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2008, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26480
► This study aims to elucidate firm and performance attributes of a population of small, elite firms that assume prominent positions in their respective technological spaces…
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▼ This study aims to elucidate firm and performance attributes of a population of small, elite firms that assume prominent positions in their respective technological spaces and product markets. More specifically, this study addresses the role and impact of industrial agglomeration on the location and performance characteristics of serial innovator firms. The dissertation was conceived as a collection of three distinct but related essays. The first essay on the geographical location of firms with high levels of innovative prowess i.e. serial innovator firms vis-à-vis technology clusters and research universities indicates that these firms are not necessarily located in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) with higher average levels of industry clustering than non-serial innovator firms of similar size. Serial innovator firms and their less innovative counterparts appear to have the same need and capacity to absorb knowledge spillovers in technology clusters. Further analysis, however, revealed that serial innovator firms in the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology and IT hardware industries are located in MSA's with significantly higher levels of regional specialization than non-serial innovator firms in that industry which suggests an asymmetric need for knowledge spillovers by these firms. Furthermore, serial innovator firms seem to be located in MSA's with a significantly higher number of research universities than a non-serial innovator firm although differences across industries can be noted. This again indicates an asymmetric use and need for academic knowledge spillovers and pecuniary advantages offered by these institutions. The analysis in the second essay reveals that serial innovator firms located in MSAs (Metropolitan Statistical Areas) with elevated levels of industrial clustering announce significantly more new products than their counterparts located in MSA areas with low levels of industrial clustering. However, no differences in the pace of technological progress of the technologies developed by serial innovator firms located in technology clusters and those outside of clusters was found. Finally, the research reported in the third essay indicates that the level of industrial agglomeration has a positive impact on the export performance of serial innovator firms and that these firms benefit proportionately more from technology clusters than non-serial innovator firms.
Advisors/Committee Members: Hicks, Diana (Committee Chair), Clark, Jennifer (Committee Member), Green Leigh, Nancey (Committee Member), Rogers, Juan (Committee Member), Shapira, Philip (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Firm performance; Innovation; Serial innovators; Geographic clustering; Technological innovations; High technology industries Location; Industrial location; Strategic alliances (Business); Industrial clusters
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Libaers, D. (2008). Three essays on serial innovator firms and geographical clustering. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26480
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Libaers, Dirk. “Three essays on serial innovator firms and geographical clustering.” 2008. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26480.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Libaers, Dirk. “Three essays on serial innovator firms and geographical clustering.” 2008. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Libaers D. Three essays on serial innovator firms and geographical clustering. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2008. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26480.
Council of Science Editors:
Libaers D. Three essays on serial innovator firms and geographical clustering. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2008. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26480
Georgia Tech
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Waschak, Michael R.
Evaluating the impacts of partnership: an electronic panel study of partnering and the potential for adaptive management.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2009, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31779
► There has been an increase in the use of partnerships as a policy prescription for improving education since the mid 1980's. This trend builds on…
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▼ There has been an increase in the use of partnerships as a policy prescription for improving education since the mid 1980's. This trend builds on nearly a century of reform movements in education. In order to improve education policy, this study focuses on the question of whether math and science education partnerships as typically constituted provide the necessary conditions for the adaptive management (sustainable and adaptable action) of local education problems by the participants. This qualitative study uses data derived from the views of 32 experts on math and science partnerships collected during an internet-based application of the Delphi methodology designed to develop testable elements of a logic model of partnerships in math and science education. The results of this study suggest that the implementation and content requirements built into grant programs that include partners as a condition in aid most often result in a narrow programmatic focus among the participants. Organizations choose to participate in disjointed serial interventions that support organizational needs or goals based on the availability of funding and partners for particular programmatic activities. They choose partners from among those who are interested in similar or complementary activities. The primary focus of STEM education partnerships is therefore on implementing and sometimes evaluating the funded programmatic activities and not on building a broader learning community. Activities or education problems that are not funded tend to be excluded from the activities and dialog of the policy-induced partnership. By limiting the scope of the collaboration we are limiting the potential for adaptive management and the value of these partnerships.
Advisors/Committee Members: Kingsley, Gordon (Committee Chair), Norton, Bryan G. (Committee Co-Chair), Cozzens, Susan E. (Committee Member), Henry, Ronald J. (Committee Member), Rogers, Juan D. (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: Qualitative methods; Public administration; Adaptive management; Education policy; Delphi method; Federal aid to education; Science Study and teaching; Technology Study and teaching; Engineering Study and teaching; Mathematics Study and teaching; College-school cooperation
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Waschak, M. R. (2009). Evaluating the impacts of partnership: an electronic panel study of partnering and the potential for adaptive management. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31779
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Waschak, Michael R. “Evaluating the impacts of partnership: an electronic panel study of partnering and the potential for adaptive management.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31779.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Waschak, Michael R. “Evaluating the impacts of partnership: an electronic panel study of partnering and the potential for adaptive management.” 2009. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Waschak MR. Evaluating the impacts of partnership: an electronic panel study of partnering and the potential for adaptive management. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2009. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31779.
Council of Science Editors:
Waschak MR. Evaluating the impacts of partnership: an electronic panel study of partnering and the potential for adaptive management. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31779
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