What’s at Stake in the Debt-Ceiling Standoff?
Defaulting would be an unmitigated disaster, quickly felt by ordinary Americans.
Researchers: David A. Besanko
May 22, 2023
Podcast: How Last Fall’s Climate Bill Is Creating Opportunities for Businesses
With major incentives starting to kick in, here’s how the legislation is poised to affect the economy.
Researchers: David A. Besanko
February 8, 2023
What the New Climate Bill Means for the U.S.—and the World
The Inflation Reduction Act won’t reverse inflation or halt climate change, but it’s still a big deal.
Researchers: David A. Besanko
October 13, 2022
Why Spending Big on U.S. Infrastructure Makes Sense
A Kellogg professor explains the new appetite for large public investment—and how the American Jobs Act would deliver.
Researchers: David A. Besanko
May 4, 2021
Robots Are Taking Americans’ Jobs. What Can Be Done?
Four concrete policy proposals to get people back to work.
Researchers: David A. Besanko
October 2, 2017
What Happens to Quality When One Company Builds the Tracks and Another Runs the Trains?
Governments looking to improve their infrastructure will want to know the answer.
Researchers: David A. Besanko and Shana Cui
August 2, 2017
An Illustrated Guide to the Value of an MBA
A professor urges graduates to both celebrate their accomplishments and remember their good fortune.
Researchers: David A. Besanko
June 14, 2016
Can the Private Sector Solve the U.S. Infrastructure Crisis?
Why it may take public-private partnerships to keep our bridges from crumbling.
Researchers: David A. Besanko
January 4, 2016
The Games Companies and Activists Play
When is corporate activism most effective?
Researchers: Jose Miguel Abito, David A. Besanko and Daniel Diermeier
July 1, 2013
Remaining the Market Leader
The role of learning-by-doing and organizational forgetting
Researchers: David A. Besanko, Ulrich Doraszelski, Yaroslav Kryukov and Mark Satterthwaite
June 1, 2011
Reading the Org Chart
What a firm’s structure can tell us
Researchers: David A. Besanko, Pierre Régibeau and Katharine E Rockett
October 1, 2009
Seeing Profit Despite Misunderstood Pricing Strategy
Implications in real-world market situations
Researchers: Nabil Al-Najjar, Sandeep Baliga and David A. Besanko
December 1, 2008
Own-Brand and Cross-Brand Retail Pass-Through
How much of a manufacturer’s promotional pricing gets passed through to the end customers?
Researchers: David A. Besanko, Jean-Pierre Dubé and Sachin Gupta
August 1, 2008
April 1, 2008