Browsing School of Public Policy Theses and Dissertations by Type "Dissertation"
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A cross country investigation of social enterprise innovation: a multilevel modelling approach
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-04-08)This dissertation presents a multilevel model of national-level factors and their impact on the organizational-level characteristics of social enterprises and their innovations. This study builds on the foundations of ... -
A holistic approach to address deforestation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-05-19)The establishments of property rights and collective actions are viewed as key strategies to support sustainable management of forests and other common pool resources. However, previous discussion of the theories either ... -
Accelerating energy innovation: Can energy efficiency policy make a difference?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-06)The objective of the first essay is to examine the impact of the voluntary environmental policy on technological innovation in household appliance firms. The key hypothesis is that firms participating in the ENERGY STAR ... -
American cities in turbulent economic times: An exploration of financial slack in municipal finance
(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 ... -
An empirical study of attitudes towards green urban development
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-08-28)This study focuses on how spatial circumstances affect property owners’ preference toward sustainable urban development, in the form of three-essays. In the first essay, property owners’ preference toward the concept of ... -
Assessing the prevalence, participants, and predictors of coproduction: The case of Atlanta, Georgia
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-11-10)In municipalities across the globe, traditional forms of governance are being supplemented by collaborative arrangements between governments and their constituencies toward jointly produced public services. Since the late ... -
BEYOND CARBON MITIGATION: UNDERSTANDING THE CO-BENEFITS AND CO-COSTS OF GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION POLICIES IN BROADER CONTEXTS
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-05-01)The use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is firmly entrenched in U.S. policy-making and other regulatory processes. The validity of CBA relies on the systematic and comprehensive understanding of the co-benefits and co-costs ... -
Bridging the valley of death in biomedicine with translational research: Assessing the impact of National Institutes of Health’s Clinical and Translational Science Award
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-06-21)Despite large investment in biomedical research by government, foundations and private organizations around the world, we are not experiencing an increase in the new medicine reaching the market. Many studies point out ... -
The building of agro-biotechnology capabilities in small countries: The cases of Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-07-09)The building of agro-biotechnology capabilities in small countries: The cases of Costa Rica, New Zealand and Uruguay. Isabel Bortagaray 411 pages Directed by Dr. Susan E. Cozzens This dissertation has studied ... -
Collaboration and creativity: effects of tie strength
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-08-01)This dissertation studies the relationship between collaboration networks and scientific creativity. It finds significant knowledge spillover from new collaborations to repeated collaborations, and proposes a network ... -
Collaboration patterns and patenting in nanotechnology: exploring gender distinctions
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-05-08)Drawing upon the research on gender in science (especially gender and publication and patent productivity), social network studies, and social studies of interdisciplinary research and nanotechnology, this dissertation ... -
Community-based innovation dynamics in the water supply and sanitation (wss)sector
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-07-03)For most of the one billion people living in extreme poverty worldwide, access to an adequate water supply and basic sanitation (WSS) is limited, resulting in substantial health, economic and social burdens. Although the ... -
Cooperative and non-cooperative decision behaviors in response to the inspection and maintenance program in the Atlanta Airshed, 1997-2001
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004-07-12)When confronted with decisions involving the provision of environmental resources, such as clean air, do individuals act cooperatively with societal regulations? This study employs a quasi-experimental design to investigate ... -
Decision-making in the human subjects review system
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-01-18)Issues involving the use of human subjects converge at the intersection of research in engineering, science, ethics, medicine, and technology and society. Questions arise about risks and benefits to research participants ... -
Determinants of new technology-based firms performance in catch-up regions: evidence from the U.S. biopharmaceutical and IT service industries 1996-2005
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-04-01)This study investigates the impacts of regional characteristics on the early-stage performance of New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs) in catch-up regions where a mature industrial cluster has yet to be formed. It hypothesized ... -
Do Different Expenditure Mechanisms Invite Different Influences? Evidence from Research Expenditures of the National Institutes of Health
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-07-05)This study examines 1) whether the different expenditure mechanisms used by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invite different sources of influences on the budget process and thus on the expenditure outcomes and 2) ... -
Does Patient-Centered Care Affect Racial Disparities in Health?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-01-16)This thesis presents a challenge to policy initiatives that presume that patient-centered care will reduce racial disparities in health. Data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey were used to test patient assessment ... -
Driving green: Employment effects, policy adoption, and public perceptions of electric vehicles
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-06-03)Energy for usage in the transportation sector is primarily derived from petroleum products and accounts for 14% (EPA 2017a) of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide and 28% (EPA 2018b) of total emissions in the US. In the US. ... -
The Duality of Innovation: Liberation and Economic Competitiveness
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-07-19)Economic competitiveness and liberation are treated as dual objectives of innovation in traditional industries in developing countries that have endured both slavery and colonization. In developing nations that slave and ... -
Dynamics of innovation of biofuel ethanol. three decades of experience in the U.S. and in Brazil
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-11-15)This dissertation draws on the burgeoning field of innovation of low carbon technologies. Using the functions of innovation systems, this study explores the process of innovation of biofuel ethanol in the U.S. and in Brazil. ...