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Technology-Scanning Capability and Market-Scanning Capability as Drivers of Product Innovation Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-26)Changing trends in customer preference, competitors’ offerings, new technologies and development techniques may disrupt a firm from its current leading market position and may favor other firms that prioritize innovation. ... -
Text Mining to Understand Emotion Triggers
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-15)In computational linguistics, most sentiment analysis builds binary classification models on customer reviews data to predict whether a review is positive or negative. In this thesis, we go a step further and build ... -
Three Essays on Business Analytics: time-series causality, panel data analysis, and design of experiments
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-13)This dissertation includes three empirical studies focusing on the applications of Business Analytics in the context of financial markets and the online advertisement industry. The first essay examines the existence of a ... -
THREE ESSAYS ON VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY IN SUPPLY CHAINS
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), Consignment Inventory (CI) and a combination of both (C&VMI) are supply-chain sourcing agreements between a vendor and customer. VMI allows the vendor to initiate orders on behalf of the ... -
Three-dimensional Bin Packing in Mixed-case Palletization
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-19)The Three Dimensional Bin Packing Problem (3DBPP) is within one of the broad categories of the Bin Packing Problem. The other broad categories include the One Dimensional and the Two Dimensional Bin Packing Problem. As we ... -
Three-Dimensional Optimization of Touch Panel Design with Combinatorial Group Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-25)This thesis documents the optimized design of a touch screen using infrared technology as a three dimensional problem. The framework is fundamentally built on laser diode technology and introduces mirrors for signal ... -
Time-Cost Optimization of Large-Scale Construction Projects Using Constraint Programming
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-22)Optimization of time and cost in construction projects has been subject to extensive research since the development of the Critical Path Method (CPM). Many researchers have investigated various versions of the well-known ... -
TimeFabric: Trusted Time for Hyperledger Fabric
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-01)Since the advent of Bitcoin in 2008, the interest in blockchain technology has surged tremendously. Numerous applications have been proposed in the field of finance, healthcare, and supply chain over the last decade. And, ... -
Toward A Value Proposition of Digital Opportunity Trust
(University of Waterloo, 2011-10-28)This study aims to advance the understanding of Digital Opportunity Trust’s (DOT) value proposition by characterizing the ‘modus operandi’ and to develop a method to explore the impact of entrepreneurship in the developing ... -
Toward an Understanding of "Weak Signals" of Technological Change and Innovation in the Internet Industry
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-02)Identifying the emergence and development of new technologies has become an essential ability for firms competing in dynamic environments. Nonetheless, current technology intelligence practices are unstructured and vaguely ... -
Towards a Trait Model of Video Game Preferences
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-04-19)Typologies for understanding players’ preferences toward different gameplay styles have gained popularity in research. However, attempts to model players’ preferences are based on type models instead of trait models, ... -
Towards an Understanding of Board IT Governance: Antecedents and Consequences
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-09)Board involvement in Information Technology (IT) governance and the antecedents and consequences of such involvement are examined from both a theoretical and practical perspective. Practitioner and academic IT governance ... -
Towards Increased Understanding of Innovation Intermediaries
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-27)Canada spends almost 2% of its GDP on publicly funded research (OECD, 2009). However, a high percentage of research results is never put to work for the benefit of society. Of the subset of research that becomes protected ... -
Towards Measuring Coherence in Poem Generation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-11)Large language models (LLM) based on transformer architecture and trained on massive corpora have gained prominence as text-generative models in the past few years. Even though large language models are very adept at ... -
A Tractable Approach To Inverse Optimization Under Euclidean Norm
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-11)The conventional optimization assumes that the problem and its parameters are known, and it utilizes this information to determine the optimal solution. Inverse optimization works in reverse by determining different ... -
Trade-off between Innovation and Sustainability: Perceptions from Students from Developed and Developing Countries
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-26)This study investigated the human perception of certain social values to improve national well-being. It focused on the relative importance of two values, innovation and sustainability. Finally, it examined the possibility ... -
Trade-offs in Design: A Theory Building Qualitative Study on the Role of Problem Formulation and Framing in Resolving Trade-offs in Design
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-12)Design projects are complex problem-solving endeavors that can involve many goals that are often conflicting. These trade-offs between goals have been primarily studied through the lens of optimization, attempting to create ... -
“Transport Me Away”: Fostering Flow in Open Offices through Virtual Reality
(ACM, 2020-04-21)Open offices are cost-effective and continue to be popular. However, research shows that these environments, brimming with distractions and sensory overload, frequently hamper productivity. Our research investigates the ... -
Tunnel Divisions: Interactive Sound Mapping of Transitory Public Spaces
(ACM, 2016-11-06)We present Tunnel Divisions, an interactive musical installation designed for ephemeral interaction in public spaces. Informed by concepts from cultural and media studies along with existing literature on interactive public ... -
Two-Class M/M/1 Make-to-Stock Queueing Systems with Both Backlogs and Lost Sales
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-26)We introduce a new simple allocation policy which is a very good approximation of the optimal allocation policy in an inventory system with a single product and two priority classes of customers. A production facility ...