Past Theses

Recent doctoral dissertations illustrate the range of research on strategy, entrepreneurship, and technological change.

Thomas Bertil Astebro, WHY SIZE AND ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS ARE RELATED: THE CASE OF THE ADOPTION OF COMPUTER-RELATED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE UNITED STATES METAL-WORKING INDUSTRIES,1994, Wesley Cohen, Advisor.

Jennifer Burton Bannister, FROM LABORATORY TO LIVING ROOM: THE DEVELOPMENT OF TELEVISION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1920-1960, 2001, David Hounshell, Advisor.

Marco Ceccagnoli, ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICS OF R&D AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGIES, 2001, Ashish Arora and Wesley Cohen, Advisors.

John Chung-I Chuang, ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN INFORMATION DISSEMINATION OVER THE INTERNET, 1998, Marvin Sirbu, Advisor.

Eric D Darr, PARTNER SIMILARITY AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN ENGLISH FRANCHISE ORGANIZATIONS, 1994, Linda Argote, Advisor.

Jon P Gant, GETTING THE JOB DONE IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE WORK SYSTEMS: EXPLORATORY COMPARISON OF INFORMATION PROCESSING CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKERS IN CONTROL-ORIENTED AND INVOLVEMENT-ORIENTED HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTS,1999, Kathryn Shaw, Advisor.

Faison P Gibson, LEARNING IN DYNAMIC DECISION TASKS,1997, Mark Fichman, Advisor.

Hugh S. Gormam, FROM CONSERVATION TO ENVIRONMENT: THE ENGINEERING RESPONSE TO POLLUTION CONCERNS IN THE UNITED STATES PETROLEUM INDUSTRY, 1921-1981, 1996, David Hounshell, Advisor.

Daniel Ulrik Holbrook, TECHNICAL DIVERSITY AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE AMERICAN SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY, 1952-1965,1999, David Hounshell, Advisor.

Fernando Olivera, MEMORY SYSTEMS IN ORGANIZATIONS,1999, Paul Goodman, Advisor.

Paul Walter Parfomak, ELECTRIC UTILITY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS: EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF IMPACTS AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS, 1996, Lester Lave, Advisor.

Lucien Paul Randazzese, PROFIT AND THE ACADEMIC ETHOS: THE ACTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY RESEARCH CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1996, Wesley Cohen, Advisor.

Mark David Samber, NETWORKS OF CAPITAL: CREATING AND MAINTAINING A REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY IN PITTSBURGH, 1865-1919, 1995, David Hounshell, Advisor.

Sally Deborah Sleeper, THE ROLE OF FIRM CAPABILITIES IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE LASER INDUSTRY: THE MAKING OF A HIGH-TECH MARKET, 1998, Steven Klepper, Advisor.

Kenneth Leroy Simons, SHAKEOUTS: FIRM SURVIVAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN NEW INDUSTRIES, 1995, Steven Klepper, Advisor.

Gavin William Sinclair, LEARNING AND PROGRESSIVE COST REDUCTION IN A SPECIALTY CHEMICALS BUSINESS UNIT,1994, Wesley Cohen and Stephen Klepper, Advisors.

Margaret R Taylor, THE INFLUENCE OF GOVERNMENT ACTIONS ON INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TO CONTROL SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY SOURCES, 2001, David Hounshell and Edward Rubin, Advisors.