Publications

Educators

2021
Chapter

Digital Infrastructure

By: Shane Greenstein

What determines the supply of innovative digital infrastructure and how does variance in supply shape the performance of digital services? The essay reviews research into the economic impact of deployment, innovation, and adoption of digital infrastructure. It... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Infrastructure; Economics; Policy; Research; Analysis; United States

29 Jul 2015
News

Ailing infrastructure

12 Oct 2017
News

Financing Africa’s infrastructure

19 May 2015
News

Reviving America's Infrastructure

11 May 2015
News

What It Will Take to Fix America’s Crumbling Infrastructure

29 Jan 2012
News

India's wasting infrastructure

10 May 2021
News

Biden’s Holistic Approach to Infrastructure

2012
Chapter

Internet Infrastructure

By: Shane Greenstein

06 Jan 2017
News

Our crumbling infrastructure

19 May 2015
News

America's infrastructure isn't sexy

Forthcoming
Article

Infrastructure and Privatization

By: Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: Infrastructure; Privatization

winter–spring 1998
Article

Building Institutional Infrastructure

By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Infrastructure

01 Jan 2000
Conference Presentation

Privatization of Infrastructure

By: Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: Privatization; Infrastructure

15 Oct 2015
News

Bonding with Infrastructure

February 2018
Case

Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments

By: John Macomber and Pippa Tubman Armerding

The so-called “infrastructure finance gap” was a problem in Nigeria as in many parts of the world. Infrastructure projects like power plants and dams were very large capital investments that could generate long-term consistent cash flows, but their financing and... View Details

Keywords: Pension Fund Investing; Infrastucture; Power/Energy; Credit Enhancement; Infrastructure; Project Finance; Investment Funds; Emerging Markets; Nigeria; Africa

Educators

25 Mar 2018
News

Modernizing Infrastructure Management

In this interview, Joseph Heieck (MBA 2014), CEO and President of gWorks, describes how his company makes it easier for municipalities to track their infrastructure needs—and stay resilient. “I was in the Navy for a long time, but I am... View Details

May 1999 (Revised July 1999)
Background Note

Global Friction Among Information Infrastructures

By: George C. Lodge and Cate Reavis

Examines the conflicts in international communications that result from changing technologies and divergent country policies toward developing infrastructures. Examines a number of different national information infrastructures (NIIs). Points of friction, such as... View Details

Keywords: Conflict Management; Infrastructure; Communication Technology; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues

Awards

Boston Society of Civil Engineers Award for Best Writing

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Recipient of the 2016 Journalism Award from the Boston Society of Civil Engineers for the book, MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead (W.W. Norton & Company, 2015). View Details

Spring 2020
Article

The Basic Economics of Internet Infrastructure

By: Shane Greenstein

The internet's structure and operations remain invisible to most economists. What determines the economic value of internet infrastructure and the incentives to improve it? What are the open research questions for the most salient policy issues? This article reviews... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Infrastructure; Operations; Economics; Value