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Opportunistic supply chain design in agile manufacturing: Models and heuristics
(2010)
The characteristics of today's competitive environment, such as the speed with which products are designed, manufactured, and distributed, and the need for higher production efficiency and lower operational cost, are forcing ...
The politics of the present: A relational theory of the self as a basis for political theory: Dewey, Arendt, and Levinas
(2010)
This dissertation is centrally concerned with the development of a theory of the self, through the works of John Dewey, Hannah Arendt, and Emmanuel Levinas, that can be of service to the theory of participatory democracy. ...
Resource management and risk mitigation in online storage grids
(2010)
This dissertation examines the economic value of online storage resources that could be traded and shared as potential commodities and the consequential investments and deployment of such resources. The value proposition ...
Essays on recidivism
(2010)
This dissertation presents four essays that delineate four aspects of recidivism. The four aspects are: (1) rate of reoffending, (2) cure from crime, (3) destination specific transitions to crime ex post release from prison, ...
An examination of linguistic and sociocultural variables in writing a dissertation among Turkish doctoral students
(2010)
Throughout the world, an increasing number of graduate students pursue advanced degrees in English medium universities or departments where English is a foreign language. Yet so far, researchers have focused on international ...
Economic and institutional determinants of geographical concentration of industries in transition economies: Evidence from China
(2010)
This thesis investigates the determinants of geographical concentration of industries during the market-oriented reform period 1984-2005 in China, paying particular attention to both economic and institutional forces and ...
Impact of parental education on children's development
(2010)
Parents' education, and in particular, mother's education is shown to have a positive effect on their children's outcomes. However, questions on its causality, channels by which the effect transmits and the relative ...
Spatial dreams, social plans: Early English utopias and the capitalist imperialist imaginary
(2010)
This dissertation explores the early modern utopia as a significant, unique vantage point from which to understand the experience of capitalism's emergence. As a genre of new worlds, pioneered by Sir Thomas More's publication ...
How professional socialization and practice characteristics shape culturally competent care
(2010)
For this research, I used a sociological framework that draws on theoretical and empirical works that seek to understand health disparities and the social organization of health care. My purpose is to understand the factors ...
Examining partner experiences of returning Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom veterans
(2010)
This study investigated the experiences of partners of Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom veterans. The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between grief in the partners of the veterans and ...