Susan Helper

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Susan Helper
Education Oberlin College (BA)
Harvard University (MA, phD)

Susan Helper is the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. [1]

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Education

Helper received a Bachelors of Arts in Economics, Government, and Spanish from Oberlin College [2] and a PhD in Economics from Harvard University. [1]

Career

In 2021 Helper joined the Biden Administration as the Senior Economic Advisor. In 2012-13, Helper was a Senior Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration. [1] She then served as the Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2013-15. [1] In addition to her position as a professor of economics at Case Western Reserve University, Helper is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, [1] a committee member of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Manufacturing, a department editor for the Journal of Operations Management, and an editorial review board member for the Strategic Management Journal. [2] She has been a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford, the University of California, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [2]

Most of Helper's research focuses on the United States manufacturing system and ways in which it can be strengthened and revitalized, including bringing back industries that have moved overseas (reshoring). [3] While at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Helper encouraged corporations to consider all costs associated with producing goods overseas, rather than just the upfront costs, and analyzed ways to increase domestic innovation. [4] In 2015, she contributed to the U.S. Department of Commerce report "Supply Chain Innovation: Strengthening America's Small Manufacturers", which analyzed the importance of reinvesting in America's supply chain, especially small manufacturers, and the barriers to innovation they currently face. [5] More recently, her research has focused on the globalization of supply chains and the effects they have regionally, with emphasis in the automotive industry in the United States, Mexico, and China. [3]

Honors and Accomplishments

In 2009, Helper received the Women of Achievement Award from the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. [2] Case Western Reserve University awards this honor biannually to women of the faculty, staff, and student body who have made a significant impact on their community with their "professional accomplishments, leadership, and service". [6]

Publications

Helper has contributed works to journals such as the American Economic Review, the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, and the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, among others. [7] Her published works cover a diverse range of topics—from automotive supply chain innovation to international differences in productivity and employee attitudes. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Susan Helper". Brookings. 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Susan Helper, Ph.D." Center for Automotive Research. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  3. 1 2 "CWRU professor Susan Helper appointed chief economist for U.S. Commerce Department". Cleveland.com . Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  4. ↑ "Economist Susan Helper extols link between manufacturing and innovation". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  5. ↑ "Reinvesting in America's Supply Chain Innovation". Department of Commerce. 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  6. ↑ "Women of Achievement Awards | Flora Stone Mather Center for Women". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  7. ↑ "Publications - Susan Helper". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  8. ↑ "Susan Helper". www.nber.org. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
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