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- 2010
- Working Paper
Advertising Disclosures: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines
By: Benjamin Edelman and Duncan S. Gilchrist
In an online experiment, we measure users' interactions with search engines, both in standard configurations and in modified versions with clearer labels identifying search engine advertisements. In particular, for a random subset of users, we change "Sponsored links"...
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Keywords:
Online Advertising;
Interactive Communication;
Corporate Disclosure;
Labels;
Marketing Strategy;
Consumer Behavior;
Internet;
Search Technology
Edelman, Benjamin, and Duncan S. Gilchrist. "Advertising Disclosures: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-048, November 2010. (Revised January 2011, January 2012.)
- November 2001 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Audio Spotlight, The
By: Youngme E. Moon
Joe Pompei, a graduate student at the MIT Media Lab, has invented a breakthrough audio invention. The invention is an "Audio Spotlight" that projects a narrow beam of sound in the same way a laser beam projects a narrow beam of light. He must now decide how to...
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Marketing;
Demand and Consumers;
Value Creation
Moon, Youngme E. "Audio Spotlight, The." Harvard Business School Case 502-014, November 2001. (Revised August 2002.)
- December 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 15: Using the Levers of Control to Implement Strategy
By: Robert Simons
This module reading pulls together key concepts and techniques from the Strategy Execution series into an integrated model—the levers of control. The four levers are: (1) belief systems, (2) boundary systems, (3) diagnostic control systems, and (4) interactive control...
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Implementing Strategy;
Execution;
Levers Of Control;
Balancing Innovation And Control;
Managing Growing Businesses;
Turn Around Management;
Human Behavior;
Organizational Life Cycle;
Strategy;
Management Systems;
Performance;
Measurement and Metrics;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Behavior
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 15: Using the Levers of Control to Implement Strategy." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-115, December 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- Research Summary
Social Determinants of Health
By: Susanna Gallani
Healthcare provider organizations are becoming progressively more involved in ways to improve health equity and address social determinants of health (SDOH). In this line of work, Prof. Gallani studies organizational factors interacting with the implementation of SODH...
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- August 2005 (Revised April 2014)
- Teaching Note
Innocents Abroad: Currencies and International Stock Returns
By: Mihir A. Desai, Kathleen Luchs, Elizabeth A. Meyer and Mark Veblen
What do international stocks contribute to the portfolio of a U.S. investor? How do currencies interact with stock price movements in determining the benefits of international diversification? This case helps students compare the risks and returns of foreign stock...
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Keywords:
Diversification;
International CAPM;
CAPM;
Home Bias;
Currency Risk;
Exchange Rate Risk;
International Stock Market Returns;
Financial Services Industry;
United States;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Stocks;
Financial Markets;
International Finance;
Investment Return;
Currency;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Emerging Markets;
Investment Portfolio;
United States;
Australia;
Canada;
China;
Germany;
India;
Japan;
United Kingdom
- April 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
The Blair Wealth Project: Antecedents and Prospects
By: Huw Pill and Ingrid Vogel
Discusses the macroeconomic and political situation in the United Kingdom from the end of World War II through 2001. Focuses on the interactions among macroeconomic performance, labor relations, the corporate governance system, and social services. In particular,...
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Keywords:
Welfare;
Corporate Governance;
Labor and Management Relations;
Government and Politics;
Macroeconomics;
United Kingdom
Pill, Huw, and Ingrid Vogel. "The Blair Wealth Project: Antecedents and Prospects." Harvard Business School Case 702-008, April 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- August 1997 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
South Africa: Getting in GEAR
In 1997, Thabo Mbeki is contemplating South Africa's performance since the end of Apartheid in 1994. The economy has done fairly well, but the government's macroeconomic strategy calls for higher growth and employment creation. The case describes the country's history,...
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Vietor, Richard H.K. "South Africa: Getting in GEAR." Harvard Business School Case 798-012, August 1997. (Revised September 2004.)
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 12 Oct 2016
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
3 Keys to Authentic Success as a Parent and Professional
Authentic success is success on your own terms . . . it's the peace, purpose, and joy you feel when you let go of what others expect, re-discover what you truly want for yourself, and then take action to go get it. As an HBS graduate, you know what it's like to be...
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- 2009
- Chapter
Platform Rules: Multi-Sided Platforms As Regulators
By: Kevin J. Boudreau and Andrei Hagiu
This chapter provides a basic conceptual framework for interpreting non-price instruments used by multi-sided platforms (MSPs) by analogizing MSPs as "private regulators" who regulate access to and interactions around the platform. We present evidence on Facebook,...
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Boudreau, Kevin J., and Andrei Hagiu. "Platform Rules: Multi-Sided Platforms As Regulators." In Platforms, Markets and Innovation, edited by Annabelle Gawer. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009.
- 08 May 2017
- News
In Macron, supporters see a champion of optimism
- Research Summary
Technology and Operations Strategy
By: Marco Iansiti
Marco Iansiti studies the evolving nature of strategy, innovation and operations in the modern enterprise. Over the past 20 years, he has researched the processes for technology adoption, development, and integration in hundreds of firms across a wide...
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- 05 May 2015
- News
HBX Announces Additional Agreements with Liberal Arts Colleges
- 12 Aug 2021
- News
How To Talk Gooder
- 2022
- Working Paper
Feeling Seen: Leader Eye Gaze Promotes Psychological Safety, Participation, and Voice
By: Nicole Abi-Esber, Alison Wood Brooks and Ethan Burris
Psychological safety is a hallmark of effective team functioning. Although prior work shows that characteristics of the leader influence employee judgments of psychological safety (and subsequent decisions to speak up), we know very little about “the specific behaviors...
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Keywords:
Eye Gaze;
Psychological Safety;
Voice;
Participation;
Nonverbal Behavior;
Verbal Behavior;
Ostracism;
Conversation;
Groups;
Groups and Teams;
Social Psychology;
Safety;
Leadership;
Behavior
Abi-Esber, Nicole, Alison Wood Brooks, and Ethan Burris. "Feeling Seen: Leader Eye Gaze Promotes Psychological Safety, Participation, and Voice." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-048, January 2022.
Ethan S. Bernstein
Ethan Bernstein (@ethanbernstein) is an associate professor in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the second-year MBA course Managing Human Capital, the... View Details
- January – February 2011
- Article
How to Design a Winning Business Model
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart
Most executives believe that competing through business models is critical for success, but few have come to grips with how best to do so. One common mistake is enterprises' unwavering focus on creating innovative models and evaluating their efficacy in standalone...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Design;
Strength and Weakness;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan E. Ricart. "How to Design a Winning Business Model." Harvard Business Review 89, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2011): 100–107.
- January 1987 (Revised June 1989)
- Case
Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi-Cola (A)
Focuses on the competitive interaction between Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola specifically and the effect their dominance has on the other industry participants. Coke and Pepsi's competitive strategies are examined in an in-depth analysis; each firm's behavior is used to...
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Pearson, Andrall E. "Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi-Cola (A)." Harvard Business School Case 387-108, January 1987. (Revised June 1989.)
- April 2018
- Article
We Ask Men to Win & Women Not to Lose: Closing the Gender Gap in Startup Funding
By: Dana Kanze, Laura Huang, Mark Conley and E. Tory Higgins
Male entrepreneurs are known to raise higher levels of funding than their female counterparts, but the underlying mechanism for this funding disparity remains contested. Drawing upon Regulatory Focus Theory, we propose that the gap originates with a gender bias in the...
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Kanze, Dana, Laura Huang, Mark Conley, and E. Tory Higgins. "We Ask Men to Win & Women Not to Lose: Closing the Gender Gap in Startup Funding." Academy of Management Journal 61, no. 2 (April 2018): 586–614.
- Research Summary
Antecedents and Consequences of Trust in Intraorganizational Relations: An International Comparison
This project moves the level of analysis to the intraorganizational level. The empirical context consists of internal relationships between the Information Systems (IS) function and the user groups. Are better project management techniques, better software development...
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