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- 22 Oct 2015
- Video
Internship Search Q&A
- 2019
- Working Paper
The Impact of Increasing Search Frictions on Online Shopping Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment
By: Donald Ngwe, Kris J. Ferreira and Thales Teixeira
Many online stores are designed such that shoppers can easily access any available discounted products. We propose that deliberately increasing search frictions by placing small obstacles to locating discounted items can improve online retailers’ margins and even...
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Keywords:
E-commerce;
Online Retailing;
Friction;
Effor;
Search Costs;
Price Discrimination;
Consumer Behavior;
Price;
Search Technology
Ngwe, Donald, Kris J. Ferreira, and Thales Teixeira. "The Impact of Increasing Search Frictions on Online Shopping Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-080, January 2019.
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Do Search Ads Really Work?
- Research Summary
The Economics of Search
Utilizing data on web searches, we characterize the economics of search and estimate the path of diffusion for information, allowing us to specify how choice sets are actually formed among consumers and examine the impact of cybergeography vs. spatial geography. Joint...
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- December 2019
- Article
The Impact of Increasing Search Frictions on Online Shopping Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment
By: Donald Ngwe, Kris J. Ferreira and Thales Teixeira
Many online stores are designed such that shoppers can easily access any available discounted products. We propose that deliberately increasing search frictions by placing small obstacles to locating discounted items can improve online retailers’ margins and even...
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Keywords:
Online Retailing;
Friction;
Effor;
Search Costs;
Price Discrimination;
Marketing;
Consumer Behavior;
Strategy;
Price;
E-commerce;
Retail Industry;
Fashion Industry
Ngwe, Donald, Kris J. Ferreira, and Thales Teixeira. "The Impact of Increasing Search Frictions on Online Shopping Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 56, no. 6 (December 2019): 944–959.
- 22 May 2018
- Blog Post
How to Engage a Search Firm
The most important thing to remember when engaging with an executive search firm (or a recruiter), is that they do not work for you. Their client is the organization that engages them to find someone to fill a specific position. There are...
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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Search in Progress
Twelve senior HBS faculty are working with Harvard President Drew Faust and several other faculty members from across the University as part of an advisory search group to consider the opportunities and challenges facing HBS as it selects...
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- March 2004
- Background Note
Recent Facts About MBA Job Searches
Presents data on Harvard Business School MBA job searches from 1997 to 2002. Includes color exhibits.
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Keywords:
Job Search
Higgins, Monica C., and Christine Teebagy. "Recent Facts About MBA Job Searches." Harvard Business School Background Note 404-013, March 2004.
- July 1980
- Exercise
Managing Job Search
Clawson, James G. "Managing Job Search." Harvard Business School Exercise 481-018, July 1980.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Optimizing search technology
Olivier Dumon (MBA 1998) is managing director of academic and government markets for global publishing giant Elsevier, where he’s working on optimizing online search protocols. He believes that the more the technology is improved, the...
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- July 2009
- Teaching Note
Microsoft's Search (TN)
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Eric J. Van den Steen
Teaching Note for [709461].
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- 22 Mar 2021
- News
Searching for Purpose
- March 1998
- Teaching Note
The Job Search Workshop TN
By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
An effective catalyst for the job search, this note is an opportunity for students to focus on the "next steps" of their job search. Students are introduced to a model of career decision-making, which frames their discussion and sophisticates their understanding of the...
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- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Desktop Search and Revenue Streams
The name of the game in Internet search has always been helping users find what they're looking for as quickly as possible, as precisely as possible. The panelists at the 2005 Cyberposium's "Search Visionary" session at Harvard...
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by Julie Jette
- 2011
- Article
Bias in Search Results?: Diagnosis and Response
By: Benjamin Edelman
I explore allegations of search engine bias, including understanding a search engine's incentives to bias results, identifying possible forms of bias, and evaluating methods of verifying whether bias in fact occurs. I then consider possible legal and policy responses,...
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Keywords:
Prejudice and Bias;
Motivation and Incentives;
Outcome or Result;
Markets;
Legal Liability;
Policy;
Search Technology;
Performance Evaluation;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Edelman, Benjamin. "Bias in Search Results?: Diagnosis and Response." Indian Journal of Law and Technology 7 (2011): 16–32.
- 20 Dec 2023
- Video
Chat GPT for Job Searching Short
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 21 Mar 2023
- Webinars: Career
LinkedIn for Job Searching
Data can reveal what matters most in today's job market, and this interactive webinar from CPD and Jeremy Schifeling, LinkedIn's former head of student and alumni education, will share behind-the-scenes insights that can help you optimize LinkedIn for both job hunting...
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- February 2007
- Article
Strategic Bidder Behavior in Sponsored Search Auctions
By: Benjamin Edelman and Michael Ostrovsky
We examine sponsored search auctions run by Overture (now part of Yahoo!) and Google and present evidence of strategic bidder behavior in these auctions. Between June 15, 2002, and June 14, 2003, we estimate that Overture's revenue from sponsored search might have been...
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Keywords:
Auctions;
Strategy;
Behavior;
Revenue;
Performance Efficiency;
Bids and Bidding;
Search Technology
Edelman, Benjamin, and Michael Ostrovsky. "Strategic Bidder Behavior in Sponsored Search Auctions." Decision Support Systems 43, no. 1 (February 2007): 192–198. (Winner of Emerald Citations of Excellence.)
- June 2016 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Searching for a New CEO: TiVo 2016
By: David B. Yoffie
In 2015, TiVo initiated a search for a new CEO. This case provides a profile of the CEO search and background on the company.
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Keywords:
Technological Change;
Succession Planning;
Information Technology;
Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Management Succession;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Change;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Searching for a New CEO: TiVo 2016." Harvard Business School Case 716-470, June 2016. (Revised May 2017.)