Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Economic Institutions, Behavior and Performance - Grants

Recent grants in this program include:
Organization NameProject DirectorProject Title
New America FoundationSteven C. ClemonsTo develop new ideas about U.S. competitiveness and economic policies through a series of conferences, workshops and articles.
Economic Strategy InstituteClyde V. PrestowitzSupport for Web-based magazine devoted to globalization-related issues.
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Assn., Inc.Paul SolmanTo produce and broadcast an eight-part series on America's response to globalization.
University of California at BerkeleyHenry W. ChesbroughTo study the development of the Chinese Semiconductor Industry.
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.Ernst R. BerndtTo perform an in-depth empirical study of the strategic, economic and epidemiological factors affecting the global location of clinical trials in the biopharmaceutical industry
National Opinion Research CenterJulia I. LaneTo create a unique dataset consisting of individual Americans' views on the impacts of globalization and technological change on their own individual economic security.
Vanderbilt UniversityMargaret BlairTo support a program on the Study of Corporations, Law and the Governance of Global Economic Activity.
University of ChicagoGary HerrigelTo analyze and compare the offshoring strategies of firms in the component manufacturing industry, including governmental policies influencing these companies' decisions, in four developed countries: the U.S., Germany, Italy & Denmark.
Harvard UniversityDavid M. CutlerSupport for meeting to explore issues of IT diffusion in U.S. health care and determine if there is a feasible and important research agenda in this area.
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.James PoterbaResearch on Market Institutions and Financial Market Risk
University of California, IrvineJason DedrickFor support to determine global distribution of wages and labor in iPod manufacture.
University of California at BerkeleyJohn ZysmanTo support research on the policies adopted by various countries to sustain the growth of employment and productivity on behalf of their citizens.

Program Director: Daniel Goroff Bio
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