Definition
- Harvard Business School defines a working paper as summarizing "original research in a narrow segment of a field of study, and is intended by publication within a period of one to three years".
- Working papers are issued by such institutions as think tanks, universities, various Federal Reserve banks international agencies and foreign central banks.
- One of the best known publishers of working papers is the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Sources
- National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
- Harvard Business School Working Papers Collection
- Office of Tax Policy Research at the University of Michigan
- Library of Congress, Business Reference Services: Working Papers and Technical Reports in Business, Economics and Law
Other Sources
- Centre for Economic Forecasting (London Business School)
- Center for Manufacturing and Operations Management (University of Rochester, William E. Simon Graduate School Of Business Administration, Rochester, New York)
- Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science (Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois)
- Center for the Study of American Business (Washington University, St. Louis)
- Columbia International Affairs Online
- C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics (New York University)
- Erasmus, Research Institute of Management Report Series
- Faculty of Business Administration (National University of Singapore)
- Finance and Economics Discussion Series
- Graduate School of Business (Stanford University)
- Industrial Relations Section (Princeton University, New Jersey)
- Institute of Finance and Accounting (London Business School)
- John M. Olin School of Business (Washington University, St. Louis)
- Management Information Systems Research Center (University of Minnesota)
- Marketing Science Institute
