creator Van Vliet, Benjamin Edward advisor Bilson, John F. O. A firm is in a state of strategic competitiveness if it has a plan that it rationally and responsibly believes is capable of success. In the age of automation, what justifies a trading firm’s belief in its strategic competitiveness has changed. Rational and responsible belief in the capability of the firm’s trading strategies can be justified by a prudent process that defines conditions for both initial and sustained belief. The process of developing trading systems is itself systematic and a source of competitive advantage. In this thesis, I present three chapters that address strategic competitiveness in automated trading—ethics, methodology and quality control. These chapters examine responsibility, and develop processes for both initial and sustained belief in the competitiveness of trading systems and the trading firm. Submitted by Dana Lamparello (dlampare@iit.edu) on 2012-08-27T20:54:05Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Van Vliet_Dissertation_FINAL_4_18_12.pdf: 559037 bytes, checksum: 69c86318a9712e47819b8946dda0f596 (MD5) Ben's Title Page.pdf: 325291 bytes, checksum: af26250ec8408069f75324588d76d827 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-08-27T20:54:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Van Vliet_Dissertation_FINAL_4_18_12.pdf: 559037 bytes, checksum: 69c86318a9712e47819b8946dda0f596 (MD5) Ben's Title Page.pdf: 325291 bytes, checksum: af26250ec8408069f75324588d76d827 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05 Ph.D. in Management Science, May 2012 2012-04-18 2012-05 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2865 en Dissertation born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access SSB / Stuart School of Business Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department