Research News
To Outsource or Not: Tadelis Study Sheds Light on Pitfalls and Benefits
The popularity of outsourcing has led to some spectacular washouts totaling billions of dollars in recent years. Given its high failure rate, is outsourcing still a smart strategy? In the 50th anniversary edition of California Management Review, Associate Professor Steven Tadelis answers "yes" -- but with substantial caveats.
Quok Shee on Angel Island
A new book by Robert Barde, deputy director of the Institute of Business and Economic Research, follows individual experiences like Quok Shee's as a portal for exploring the immigration process in San Francisco during the time of the Chinese Exclusion Acts of 1882-1943 and all the anti-immigration laws that followed it.
The Yin and Yang of US Debt
With the US economy reeling from multiple shocks, economists have another source for concern – the increasing role played by foreign institutions and sovereign wealth funds in financing imports of goods and services to the US. Senior Research Associate Ashok Bardhan and Professor Dwight Jaffee explore the consequences of the growing American debt for both lenders and borrowers.
Professor Staw To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
The Academy of Management will honor Professor Barry Staw with the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the field of organizational behavior at the academy's annual meeting in August in Anaheim, Calif.
Prof. Hennessy Awarded Third Brattle Prize for Finance Research
Associate Professor Christopher Hennessy has won his third Brattle Prize in four years for a distinguished paper in the Journal of Finance.
Study Finds Cloudy Outlook for Solar Panels
Despite increasing popular support for solar photovoltaic panels in the United States, their costs far outweigh the benefits, according to a new analysis by Severin
Borenstein, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business and director of the UC Energy Institute.
"Congress Must Act in Housing Crisis"
Kenneth Rosen, chairman of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, proposes a solution to the housing crisis.
