Reports and Technical Reports
Transactions Cost from a Program Manager Perspective
(2009-05-01); NPS-AM-09-096
Determining the best loci of knowledge, responsibilities and decision rights in major acquisition organizations
(Naval Postgraduate School, 2005-06-30); NPS-PM-05-007
The DoD is a large, bureaucratic, rule-intensive organization that may not be suited well for its environment. Building upon prior research of acquisition centralization and knowledge dynamics, we employ computational ...
Transaction Costs from a Program Manager's Perspective
(2009-09-30); NPS-PM-09-142
This study analyzes results from a survey of US Air Force Program Managers undertaken in 2008 by the National Research Council. The theoretical foundations of our supporting inquiry come from Transaction Cost Economics ...
When Should You Terminate Your Own Program? Bad Business: The JASORS Debacle
(2006-04-01); NPS-PM-06-083
The Project Manager (PM) is typically the advocate for his program. He is the champion for his team of government and industry players, the spokesman to higher headquarters for progress in achieving the various parameters ...
The Logistics Support Resource Strategy Map: A Design and Assessment Tool
(2008-12-01); NPS-LM-08-149
Designing a resource strategy for logistics support includes choosing to use contracted, blended, or organic support, or a combination thereof, for acquisition products. Non-cost issues have received much less attention ...
A Transactions Cost Economics Approach to Defense Acquisition Management
(2006-12-01); NPS-LM-06-028
This study examines defense acquisition through the new lens of Transaction Cost Economics (TCE). TCE is an emergent field in economics that has multiple applications to defense acquisition practices. TCE''s original focus ...
A Transactions Cost Economics (TCE) Approach to Optimal Contract Type
(2006-04-01); NPS-FM-06-074
This study examines defense acquisition through the new lens of Transaction Cost Economics (TCE). TCE is an emergent field in economics that has multiple applications to defense acquisition practices. TCE''s original focus ...
Modeling Open Architecture and Evolutionary Acquisition in ARCI with Applications to RCIP
(2009-05-01); NPS-AM-09-104
Symposium Presentation
The Logistics Support Resource Strategy Map: A Design and Assessment Tool
(2009-05-01); NPS-AM-09-068
Symposium Presentation
Application of Transaction Cost Economics to Capabilities-based Acquisition: Exploring Single Service vs. Joint Service Programs and Single Systems vs. System-of-systems
(2008-04-01); NPS-AM-08-104
Symposium Presentation