Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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Why did they comply while others did not? : environmental compliance of small firms and implications for regulation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)This doctoral dissertation aims to offer new insights into the environmental compliance behavior of small firms (SFs). Specifically, the dissertation examines the impacts of two categories of factors. The first category ... -
Why do poor people demand accountability from some participatory programs and not others?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)There is a consensus that citizen oversight, or the capacity of citizens to demand accountability, over government programs improves program performance. Yet little is known about the conditions that enable citizens/beneficiaries ... -
Why does a lightning flash have multiple strokes?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) -
Why even ask? : on the pragmatics of questions and the semantics of answers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This work investigates the semantics-pragmatics and syntax-pragmatics interface of interrogatives, focusing on the effect of presupposition-triggering expressions like even and Negative Polarity Items (NPIs). In exploring ... -
Why hospital admissions have declined : technologic change and changing patterns of care for cataract and diabetes mellitus
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990) -
Why knot?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991) -
Why so little trade : externalities asymmetry of information, and welfare
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Why some were so fast while others not : speed of entry as a new competitive asset in late-industrialization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The object of this dissertation is to gain an understanding of the speed of entry into high-tech industries by "latecomers," private and national firms from late-industrializing countries. While entry is traditionally ... -
Why the garden club couldn't save Youngstown : social embeddedness and the transformation of the rust belt
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)In 1975, Allentown, Pennsylvania and Youngstown, Ohio could be considered of a piece. Both were mid-sized cities in which nearly 35% of the local work force was employed in manufacturing. By 1983, both had taken on the ... -
Wide area optical backbone networks
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Wide band-gap nanowires for light emitting diodes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Wide band-gap nanowires composed of GaN and ZnO are promising materials for unique designs and potential efficiency improvement of light emitting diodes (LEDs) for solid state lighting. The large surface-to-volume ratio ... -
A wide dynamic range CMOS imager with parallel on-chip analog-to-digital conversion
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Wide-bandgap integrated photonics for quantum technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)Development of quantum networks is necessary for quantum communication and distributed quantum computing. This requires the distribution of entanglement across many stationary qubits in the network. Solid state defect ... -
A wide-dynamic-range time-based CMOS imager
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This thesis describes a novel dual-threshold time-based current sensing algorithm suitable for use in wide-dynamic-range CMOS imagers. A prototype 150 x 256 pixel imager employing this algorithm experimentally achieves ... -
Wide-field structured illumination microscopy for fluorescence and pump-probe imaging
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)The optical resolution of microscopy is limited by the wave-like characteristic of the light. There are many recent advances in overcoming this diffraction limited resolution, but mostly focused on fluorescent imaging. ... -
Will they buy?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The proliferation of inexpensive video recording hardware and enormous storage capacity has enabled the collection of retail customer behavior at an unprecedented scale. The vast majority of this data is used for theft ... -
Will to war, will to art : cultural internationalism and the modernist aesthetics of monuments, 1932-1964
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This dissertation examines a period around World War II when the prospect of widespread destruction provoked a profound re-evaluation of Europe's landmarks, their material value, and their ethical significance. Between ... -
William Robert Ware and the beginnings of architectural education in the United States, 1861-1881
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)William Robert Ware (1832- 1915) planned and directed the first collegiate program in architectural education i n the United States. He was educated in the liberal arts and civil engineering at Harvard University and ... -
Wills and ways : policy dynamics of HOPE IV from 1992-2002
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)(cont.) thorough analysis of the stability and change of HOPE VI policy offers insights into the potentials and the pitfalls of this major public housing program and similar federal policies in the American political system. ... -
Wind excited vibration of square section beam and suspended cable.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972)
