• Doctoral dissertation research: International collaboration and research capabilities 

  Cozzens, Susan (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-04)

• Workshop: Social organization of science and science policy 

  Cozzens, Susan E.; Regan, Priscilla; Rubin, Beth (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-10)

• Pay for performance, position, or place: 

  Gehl, Sarah Beth (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-07-29)

  This dissertation examines organizational influences on gender and racial salary equity among tenured and tenure-track faculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The study argues that ...

• Economic determinants of multilateral environmental agreements and their timing 

  Tian, Xinping (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-07-19)

  This dissertation examines the economic factors that contribute to countries’ cooperation on multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). Our results indicate that extensive economic interactions may help countries overcome ...

• American Cities in Turbulent Economic Times: An Exploration of Financial Slack in Municipal Finance 

  Su, Min (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-07-06)

  This dissertation is a comprehensive study of financial slack’s roles in municipal finance. Drawing theories and hypotheses in various fields of disciplines, the dissertation explores both the causes and impacts of financial ...

• Competition and Innovation in Automobile Markets 

  Ni, Jiayao (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06-23)

  Innovation is viewed as critical to fostering the growth of markets, generating efficiencies, and improving welfare. In this study we examine the determinants and the shifting dynamics of innovation in the U.S. automobile ...

• Site-based Management, Job Autonomy, and Principal Turnover in the Public Education System 

  Sai, Na (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06-20)

  The purpose of this dissertation is to examine whether the implementation of site-based management leads to higher levels of principal autonomy and more collaborative decision-making processes between principals and teachers. ...

• Three essays on human capital: Development and impact 

  Tong, Tingting (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06-28)

  This dissertations investigates the development and impact of human capital, and it includes three essays. The first essay evaluates the impact of cognitive and noncognitive ability on leadership. We find that in additional ...

• THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS ON TRADE MARGINS AND INVESTMENT FLOWS 

  Wang, Jianqiu (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-06-17)

  This dissertation consists of three essays that examine the impact of environmental agreements on member countries' trade flows and bilateral trade margins. The precise relationship between environmental regulation, the ...

• Spatial Cognition Based Design of Embodied Interfaces for Supporting Spatial Cognition 

  Clifton, Paul Gordon (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-05-20)

  In this dissertation, I apply research from cognitive science that describes the roles that people’s bodies play in their perceptions and mental representations of spaces to the design of tangible and embodied interactive ...

• Essays in Fiscal Policy and Budgeting 

  Karmakar, Krishanu (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-05-20)

  Tax competition literature predicts a world where countries will suppress taxes on mobile capital to attract it from elsewhere. Do the countries of South East Asia interact with each other strategically and compete when ...

• Storied Numbers: Enhancing Public Opinion Practices Using Digital Media Affordances 

  Robinson, Susan J. (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-07-27)

  This dissertation investigates how digital media affordances may be used to enhance public opinion practices by altering the ways in which opinions are gathered and represented in the media. Digital media affordances ...

• Panel Data Analysis Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act 

  Sullere, Shivang (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-07-18)

  The proposed study seeks to evaluate the merits of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (commonly referred to as the “stimulus”) against its trifold objectives of: (a) creation of new jobs and protection of ...

• Design agency: Dissecting the layers of tabletop role-playing game campaign design 

  Gasque, Travis M. (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-05-27)

  In the field of digital media, the study of interactive narratives holds the aesthetics of agency and dramatic agency as core to digital design. These principles hold that users must reliably be able to navigate the interface ...

• Storyscape, a new medium of media 

  Blumenthal, Henry (Hank) (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-03-31)

  A storyscape is the new medium of storytelling. It originates in the model of transmedia storytelling defined by Henry Jenkins (2006a) in Convergence Culture and applied to The Matrix franchise. The storyscape medium is ...

• Policy entrepreneurs, windows, and cycles: Exploring policy change through bicycle infrastructure at the municipal level 

  Weber, Johann C. (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-03-30)

  Although bicycling has been the subject of increasing academic attention, particularly in the areas of mode choice, benefit analyses, and discussions of policies/treatments, much less attention has been devoted to actually ...

• Explaining policy differences as a function of diverse governance institutions 

  Flowers, Jim David (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04-08)

  This study asks the question: “How does the structure of cybersecurity policy relate to differences in structure of policy governance of universities and colleges?” The study has three objectives. First, the study seeks ...

• The role of policy and markets in the development of the solar photovoltaic industry: Evidence from China 

  Sun, Xiaojing (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-01-19)

  This dissertation looks at the technological innovation and market competitiveness of the solar PV industry in China, and examines the role played by policy and markets in the development of the industry. Using solar cell ...

• Social media and innovation ecosystems 

  Arora, Sanjay (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-01-14)

  The innovation ecosystem’s online presence continues to grow with the emergence and maturation of ICT-based platforms. With these new channels, a diversity of actors, including firms, scientists, universities, media entities, ...

• Consuming science: A history of soft drinks in modern China 

  Yao, Liang (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-01-14)

  This dissertation investigates the development of the soft drink market in China from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century, with particular attention to the rise of Coca-Cola. It examines how soft ...

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