Susan Helper

Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics

Cleveland, OH 44106

United States

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1.

Who Profits from Industry 4.0? Theory and Evidence from the Automotive Industry

NYU Stern School of Business
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 May 2019 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2020
Susan Helper, Raphael Martins and Robert Seamans
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics, New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
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automation, industry architecture, industry 4.0, value capture, value creation, value migration

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Why Does Manufacturing Matter? Which Manufacturing Matters? A Policy Framework

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 31 Mar 2021
Susan Helper, Timothy Krueger and Howard Wial
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics, Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management and Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
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manufacturing, industrial policy

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Management Practices, Relational Contracts, and the Decline of General Motors

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Management Practices, Relational Contracts, and the Decline of General Motors

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Jan 2014
Susan Helper and Rebecca M. Henderson
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and Harvard Business School
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Relational Contracts, Managerial Capabilities, General Motors

Management Practices, Relational Contracts, and the Decline of General Motors

NBER Working Paper No. w19867
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 31 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2023
Susan Helper and Rebecca M. Henderson
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and Harvard Business School
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Supplier Innovation Strategy: Transactional Hazards and Innovation in the Automotive Supply Chain

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Feb 2015
Jennifer W. Kuan, Daniel C. Snow and Susan Helper
California State University Monterey Bay, College of Business, Brigham Young University - J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott School of Management and Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics
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transaction costs, automotive, supply chain, innovation

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International Differences in Lean Production, Productivity and Employee Attitudes

NBER Working Paper No. w13015
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 06 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2022
Susan Helper and Morris M. Kleiner
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and Humphrey School of Public Affairs
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Promoting Win/Win Development of Global Value Chains

Working Paper, East-West Center Workshop on Mega-Regionalism - New Challenges for Trade and Innovation
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 Feb 2016
Susan Helper and Timothy Krueger
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management
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Locating American Manufacturing: Trends in the Geography of Production

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 31 Mar 2021
Susan Helper, Timothy Krueger and Howard Wial
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics, Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management and Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
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manufacturing, metropolitan areas, economic geography

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What Goes on Under the Hood? How Engineers Innovate in the Automotive Supply Chain

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What Goes on Under the Hood? How Engineers Innovate in the Automotive Supply Chain

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Feb 2015
Susan Helper and Jennifer W. Kuan
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and California State University Monterey Bay, College of Business
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engineering, innovation, automotive, supply chain, small- and medium-sized enterprises

What Goes on Under the Hood? How Engineers Innovate in the Automotive Supply Chain

NBER Working Paper No. w22552
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 31 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2023
Susan Helper and Jennifer W. Kuan
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and California State University Monterey Bay, College of Business
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Complementarity and Cost Reduction: Evidence from the Auto Supply Industry

NBER Working Paper No. w6033
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2022
Susan Helper
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics
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Analyzing Compensation Methods in Manufacturing: Piece Rates, Time Rates, or Gain-Sharing?

NBER Working Paper No. w16540
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2022
Susan Helper, Morris M. Kleiner and Yingchun Wang
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics, Humphrey School of Public Affairs and University of Houston - Downtown
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Supplier Relations and Adoption of New Technology: Results of Survey Research in the U.S. Auto Industry

NBER Working Paper No. w5278
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Susan Helper
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics
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Strengthening American Manufacturing: A New Federal Approach

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Mar 2021
Susan Helper and Howard Wial
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
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manufcaturing, industrial policy, innovation policy

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Accelerating Advanced Manufacturing with New Research Centers

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 31 Mar 2021
Susan Helper and Howard Wial
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
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manufacturing, industrial policy, research policy, innovation, innovation policy, research and development

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Management Innovation in Supply Chain: Appreciating Chandler in the Twenty-First Century

Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 399-429, 2010
Posted: 26 Apr 2010
Susan Helper and Mari Sako
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and University of Oxford - Said Business School

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The 'Close But Adversarial' Model of Supplier Relations in the Us Auto Industry

Strategic Management Journal, Vol.19, No. 8, pp. 775-792, 1998
Posted: 25 Oct 2004
Ram Mudambi and Susan Helper
Temple University - Department of Strategic Management and Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics

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buyer-supplier relations, automobile industry, game theoretic models

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The Boundaries of the Firm as a Design Problem

Posted: 08 Feb 1999
Susan Helper, John Paul MacDuffie and Charles Sabel
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and Columbia University - Columbia Law School

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