Abstract
A renormalization-group analysis is performed for supersymmetric models of the O'Raifeartaigh type coupled to a Yang-Mills supermultiplet. For an appropriate range of coupling constants, we find that large mass ratios can be naturally generated by one-loop corrections to the effective potential. The results confirm Witten's recent observation that these models provide a potential solution to the gauge hierarchy problem. The general renormalization-group analysis of symmetry breaking developed in this paper is applicable in contexts other than supersymmetry. We also give a simple argument that the canonical form of the supersymmetric Ward identities can be maintained in the presence of quantum effects.
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