Are growing companies better off acting on new, innovative ideas — or scaling their existing ones? In “Capital, Ideas, and the Costs of Financial Frictions,” Professor Thomas Winberry explores how firms balance investment in current operations with the pursuit of future innovations. This paper earned the 2024 Marshall Blume Prize…Read More The “Pecking Order” of Firm Growth
Are growing companies better off acting on new, innovative ideas — or scaling their existing ones? In “Capital, Ideas, and the Costs of Financial Frictions,” Professor Thomas Winberry explores how firms balance investment in current operations with the pursuit of future innovations. This paper earned the 2024 Marshall Blume Prize…Read More