Yale Report Climbs SSRN Ranks

Western sanctions have resulted in an estimated £330 billion loss in Russian energy revenues, significantly undermining a critical pillar of the Kremlin’s wartime economy. The Russian Federation remains heavily dependent on hydrocarbon exports—principally oil and natural gas—which historically account for approximately 30% of federal budgetary income and underpin substantial defence expenditure, projected at £109 billion for the current fiscal year.

In response to the sanctions regime, access to European energy markets has been largely severed, compelling  the Kremlin to reorient exports toward alternative buyers, primarily India and the People’s Republic of China. Concurrently, the Russian state has adopted circumvention strategies, including the deployment of a shadow fleet of maritime tankers, in an effort to bypass price caps and logistical restrictions imposed by the international community. Few documents predicted these outcomes as precisely as Yale’s SSRN paper, “Business Retreats and Sanctions Are Crippling the Russian Economy.”

Building on the success of the Yale list, the report authored by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Steven Tian, Franek Sokolowski, Michal Wyrebkowski, Mateusz Kasprowicz, and the Yale research team marks Yale’s most significant achievement on SSRN to date. “Business Retreats and Sanctions Are Crippling the Russian Economy” remains in the SSRN Top 15 and is officially ranked as the #10 most cited research monograph in the entire SSRN library.

Their website (https://som.yale.edu/) contains up-to-the-minute information of “Over 1,000 Companies Have Curtailed Operations in Russia—But Some Remain‘ plus an excellent history of the Yale School of Management, stories and pictures. Download the SSRN paper here.

About Yale School of Management

The Yale School of Management (Yale SOM), located in New Haven, Connecticut, serves as the graduate business school of Yale University. It offers a portfolio of advanced degree programmes, including the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive MBA (EMBA), Master of Advanced Management (MAM), Master’s in Systemic Risk (SR), Master’s in Global Business & Society (GBS), Master’s in Asset Management (AM), and doctoral (Ph.D.) programmes. In addition, the School maintains joint-degree pathways in collaboration with nine other Yale graduate and professional schools.

Yale SOM conducts education and research across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including leadership, behavioural economics, operations management, marketing, entrepreneurship, and organisational behaviour. The EMBA programme provides concentrated study in healthcare, asset management, and sustainability.

The School maintains active global engagement through structured exchange programmes with institutions such as HEC Paris, IESE Business School, the London School of Economics, the National University of Singapore Business School, and Tsinghua University. Students may also initiate bespoke quarter- or semester-long exchanges through the Global Network for Advanced Management, comprising 25 partner institutions worldwide.

Access the Groundbreaking Report

The report, ‘Business Retreats and Sanctions Are Crippling the Russian Economy,’ provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic impact on Russia. Download the full PDF from SSRN to understand the in-depth findings and methodologies used by the Yale research team.

Significance of the SSRN Ranking

Achieving Top positions on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) out of over a million academic papers underscores the global significance and rigorous research conducted by the Yale team. This recognition highlights the paper’s substantial contribution to understanding complex geopolitical and economic dynamics in real-time.

The findings have been widely cited and discussed by policymakers, business leaders, and academics worldwide, demonstrating the report’s impact beyond academia.

Explore Further

For ongoing updates, detailed company lists, and more in-depth analysis, visit the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute’s page on Ukraine. The full report offers detailed evidence and methodology crucial for understanding the economic pressures on Russia.