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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.)
- January–February 2018
- Article
Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality
By: Robert S. Kaplan, George Serafeim and Eduardo Tugendhat
More than a billion people in the developing world remain in extreme poverty and outside the formal economy. Traditional CSR programs have done little to alleviate the situation and rarely produce transformative change.
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Instead of trying to fix local problems,... View Details
Keywords:
Inclusive Growth;
Sustainability;
Social Impact;
Business Strategy;
Shared Value;
Impact Investing;
Inequality;
Corporate Governance;
Balanced Scorecard;
Strategy Execution;
Economic Growth;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Poverty;
Equality and Inequality;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Strategy;
Investment
Kaplan, Robert S., George Serafeim, and Eduardo Tugendhat. "Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 1 (January–February 2018): 127–133.
- 2007
- Working Paper
Coupled Search Processes: Why Is it so Difficult to Find that Organizational Design Matters?
By: Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan Rivkin
Organizational design affects performance via coupled search processes. At low frequency, managers search for appropriate organizational designs. At higher frequency, managers use designs to search for high-performing operational choices. The two searches are coupled:...
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Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Operations;
Organizational Design;
Performance;
Networks;
Research;
Cognition and Thinking;
Strategy
Siggelkow, Nicolaj, and Jan Rivkin. "Coupled Search Processes: Why Is it so Difficult to Find that Organizational Design Matters?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-106, June 2007.
- Teaching Interest
Digital Marketing Strategy
By: John A. Deighton
When the tools of marketing change, strategies change too. The focus of this course is on firms trying to navigate the transition from offline to online market-making and strategy development. Our concern is primarily with corporations that have products and... View Details
- Nov 17 2022
- Testimonial
Searching For New Insights And Ideas
- April 2005 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Ilene Lang and the Catalyst Search (A)
By: Myra M. Hart and Laura L. Nash
Catalyst, the nonprofit organization dedicated to championing women in professional ranks, is searching for a new president--only the third in its 42-year history. Ilene Lang, a corporate executive and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in high-tech...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Work-Life Balance;
Job Search;
Gender;
Service Industry
Hart, Myra M., and Laura L. Nash. "Ilene Lang and the Catalyst Search (A)." Harvard Business School Case 805-074, April 2005. (Revised July 2005.)
- 27 Sep 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Large-Scale Demand Estimation with Search Data
- April 2011
- Case
Online Portals: Searching and Shaping Opportunities
The case illustrates the strategic history of the internet portal business.
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Gavetti, Giovanni M., and John Lafkas. "Online Portals: Searching and Shaping Opportunities." Harvard Business School Case 711-528, April 2011.
- 30 Nov 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Sponsored Links’ or ’Advertisements’?: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines
- 14 Jan 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Optimal Auction Design and Equilibrium Selection in Sponsored Search Auctions
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by Benjamin G. Edelman & Michael Schwarz
- March 2002
- Case
2002 Global Coffee Summit: Searching for Solutions
By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle
Global coffee leaders gathered in 2002 to develop alternative market-based approaches that would ensure a sustainable supply of coffee and address the social and ecological issues confronted by a global depression in coffee prices.
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- November 2008 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
a-connect: In Search of Talent Partners (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Dilyana Karadzhova
a-connect was started in 2002 by three former McKinsey partners who wanted to develop an alternative business model consulting firm, which they have positioned as a high-end staffing company. The company has been very successful, growing to revenues of CHF 30 million...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Initial Public Offering;
Selection and Staffing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketplace Matching;
Expansion;
Consulting Industry
Eccles, Robert G., and Dilyana Karadzhova. "a-connect: In Search of Talent Partners (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-036, November 2008. (Revised March 2011.)
- February 13, 2011
- Article
Google's Search Gold Mine Could Tap Out
Rayport, Jeffrey F. "Google's Search Gold Mine Could Tap Out." Bloomberg Businessweek Online (February 13, 2011).
- 2009
- Chapter
Organizational Design: Balancing Search and Stability in Strategic Decision Making
By: Jan Rivkin and Nicolaj Siggelkow
Managers often must make decisions that depend on decisions in other parts of the organization. These interactions create a network of interdependent choices and make strategizing difficult. In this chapter, the authors explore the intersection between organizing and...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Design;
Strategy;
Balance and Stability
Rivkin, Jan, and Nicolaj Siggelkow. "Organizational Design: Balancing Search and Stability in Strategic Decision Making." In The Network Challenge: Strategy, Profit, and Risk in an Interlinked World, edited by Paul R. Kleindorfer and Yoram Wind. Wharton School Publishing, 2009.
- 05 Mar 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impacts of Increasing Search Frictions on Online Shopping Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment
- 07 Oct 2012
- News
In Search of Funds That Don't Rock the Boat
- November 1990 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
First Chicago Corp.: Corporate Strategy
Lays out the business challenges facing First Chicago Corp. in 1986: the banking industry has been deregulated, many corporations are bypassing banks in their search for capital, and foreign competition has increased. Their traditional market--corporate banking--has...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Investment Banking;
Corporate Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Commercial Banking;
Banking Industry;
United States
Friedman, Raymond A. "First Chicago Corp.: Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 491-056, November 1990. (Revised September 1991.)
- March 2004
- Case
L.L. Bean: A Search for Growth
By: Rajiv Lal, Walter J. Salmon and James Weber
In mid-2003, CEO Chris McCormick felt L.L. Bean was in a good position to begin to grow again. For nearly 90 years, the company sold clothing and gear for outdoor enthusiasts through its catalogs and a single retail store in Freeport, Maine. In the three decades prior...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Restructuring;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Cost Management;
Sales;
Performance Improvement;
Diversification;
Distribution Channels;
Resignation and Termination;
Retail Industry;
Web Services Industry
Lal, Rajiv, Walter J. Salmon, and James Weber. "L.L. Bean: A Search for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 504-080, March 2004.
- 28 Oct 2014
- News
There’s No Excuse for Avoiding Strategy
- December 2009
- Article
Hiding the Evidence of Valid Theories: How Coupled Search Processes Obscure Performance Differences Among Organizations
By: Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan Rivkin
Theorists argue that an organization's high-level choices, such as its organizational design or the attributes of its top management team, should influence its performance, yet empirical researchers have struggled to detect such influence. The impact of high-level...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Management Teams;
Organizational Design;
Performance Effectiveness;
Power and Influence;
Balance and Stability
Siggelkow, Nicolaj, and Jan Rivkin. "Hiding the Evidence of Valid Theories: How Coupled Search Processes Obscure Performance Differences Among Organizations." Administrative Science Quarterly 54, no. 4 (December 2009): 602 – 634.