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The Impacts of Gameful and Interactive Technologies on Hindering or Promoting Self-regulation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-14)Self-regulation is the essential component of goal pursuit that allows us to make better decisions and resist temptation of unwanted desires, which ultimately impacts our well-being. It is essential to identify and ... -
The Implementation Continuous Improvement Program: a Case Study for a Canadian Job Shop Manufacturer
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-19)The purpose of this thesis is to study and to understand the impact of implementing a Continuous Improvement (CI) program with employees. The study has covered ideas generated by employees, and their impact on the ideas’ ... -
An Improved Convex Optimization Model for Two-Dimensional Facility Layout
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-23)The facility layout design problem is a fundamental optimization problem encountered in many manufacturing and service organizations that was originally formulated in 1963 by Armour & Buffa. This thesis derives a convex ... -
Incentive compatibility in prediction markets: Costly actions and external incentives
(Elsevier, 2019-01)We consider a multi-round prediction market in which two agents, Alice and Bob, are trading on an event on which each may take action to influence its outcome. The existing literature assumes that there is no net difference ... -
Including Ramping Constraints in the Electric Capacity Expansion Model
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-29)In the long term electricity capacity expansion problem, operators attempt to make decisions years ahead of time on what generator types to invest in in order to meet future electricity needs. In such a model an approximate ... -
The Influence of Inward Technology Transfers and International Entrepreneurial Orientation on the Export Performance of Egyptian SMEs
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-24)This study examines the influence of inward technology transfers and international entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) on the export performance of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). IEO and innovation are frequently cited ... -
The Influence of Performance Measurement on Actor?s Perception of Task in Goal Oriented Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2005)This thesis addresses the problem of the influence of a control system on the behaviour of an actor in a social or socio-technical system. In particular, the influence of a performance measurement mechanism on the behaviour ... -
The Influence of Product Design on Switching Decisions for Capital-intensive Technologies: The Case of MRI Purchasing in Research Facilities
(University of Waterloo, 2009-12-07)This research investigates the role of product design on technology switching in the context of a capital-intensive product. I focus on switching rather than on new sales because switching is the primary means of changing ... -
Information and Knowledge: A Duality in the Communication Process
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-24)Communication is very common in human life. In fact, we take communication for granted and do not think about the challenges involved except when miscommunication happens. When two people communicate, information is ... -
An information technology adoption model for the rural socio-cultural context in developing countries
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-30)This exploratory research focuses on impacts of the rural socio-cultural context on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adoption for business information needs using the Maldives as the study context, and attempts ... -
Infrastructure Design for Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-29)This thesis focuses on infrastructure design for the disruptive transportation technologies of electric vehicles (EVs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs) to enable their adoption at large scale. Particularly, two EV-related ... -
Innovation and Competition in Standard-Based Industries: An Analysis of the High Definition U.S. Home Video Market
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-27)This paper examines the competitive dynamics in a standard-based industry through a historical examination of the U.S. home video industry. It analyzes how the Blu-ray technology wins the battle of the high definition DVD ... -
Innovation in e-Business Models: a Net-Enabled Business Innovation Cycle (NEBIC) Theory Perspective
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-10)Despite potentially increased sales and operational efficiencies, a surprising number of firms have not adopted e-business. Annual surveys of e-business use in Canada and other Organization for Economic Co-operation and ... -
Innovation Intermediaries: Practice and Use of Evidence
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-25)Governments of the G7 have relied primarily on two strategies to develop their respective economies, the commercialization of research using licensing models and new venture creation. Yet, they have acknowledged no specific ... -
Innovation-Performance relationship: the moderating role of the Degree of Internationalization
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-28)Moderator variables are typically introduced when there is an unexpectedly weak or inconsistent relationship between a predictor and a criterion variable (Baron and Kenny, 1986). Holak, Parry and Song (1991) and Zhang, Li, ... -
Integration of Learning, Situational Power and Goal Constraints Into Time-Dependent Electronic Negotiation Agents
(University of Waterloo, 2002)In the past decade, electronic negotiation has become an important research topic in the field of information systems. A desirable goal of negotiation agents is to understand their owners' requirements, and to learn ... -
The Intensity of the Insight Experience in Problem Solving: Structural and Dynamic Properties
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-19)Field theory of Lewin was used to analyze the experience of insight problem solving. It was proposed that insight is characterized by the intensity of the experience at the moment of solution. It was argued that the intensity ... -
The Intentional Base-on-ball Phenomenon in Baseball: A Statistical Analysis and Strategic Recommendations
(University of Waterloo, 2005)The game of baseball is amenable to a variety of strategies that affect short-term outcomes. This paper employs regression analysis, simulation, and cognitive analysis of mental biases to analyze the strategic scenario ... -
Interior Point Cutting Plane Methods in Integer Programming
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-22)This thesis presents novel approaches that use interior point concepts in solving mixed integer programs. Particularly, we use the analytic center cutting plane method to improve three of the main components of the ... -
Interorganizational Partner Selection as Negotiation: A Study of Two Distance Education Consortia
(University of Waterloo, 2005)The choice of appropriate collaborative partners has consistently been reported as a key issue for contemporary managers. This study reports findings from a study which explored the process and criteria of partner ...