Network Search - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

in Internet Search Engines Authors:Benjamin Edelman and Duncan S. Gilchrist Abstract In an online experiment, we measure users' interactions with search engines, both in standard configurations and in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Career Resources to Consider Before You Arrive at HBS

robust career coaching program that allows you to work 1-on-1 with a trained career coach throughout your job search and beyond. Over 90% of students meet with a career coach during their time at HBS. For some, this is a level of... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue

search firm RobinsonButler, for a quick rundown of the day. Was there a takeaway from the event that struck you—an insight that really resonated? Kent Thiry (MBA 1983), cochairman and CEO of DaVita, one of the world's largest dialysis... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; healthcare; HBSAAA

Career Coach

Juan Leung Li

Juan draws on his own career journey and his experience supporting tech entrepreneurs and executives to coach students. Most career paths look like a straight line in hindsight -- those cases are rare. In reality, discovering fulfilling jobs and leading impactful... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Angel Investing; Financial Services (All); Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship; Technology

Career Coach

Phillip Andrews

Phillip (MPA, New Hampshire ’06; JD, Suffolk Law ’09) is a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development responsible for employer relations in Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as the Energy, Cleantech,... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Government; Social Enterprise; Clean Technology; Energy; Telecommunications; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Manufacturing; Auto/Transportation/Logistics

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

In 1998, Internet advertising revenue passed the $1 billion mark, more than double its 1997 level. Indeed, although the Internet entered the media fray barely four years ago, its revenues from national advertisers already surpass those of two rival media categories,... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

27 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 27

U.S. business cycles lead over medium-term fluctuations in Mexico; and (3) why Mexican consumption is not less volatile than output. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-029.pdf Publications Marginality and Problem Solving Effectiveness in Broadcast... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

point higher fee relative to the notional invested for selling the dominated bond on average. I develop and estimate a broker intermediated search model that rationalizes this behavior and quantifies the distortions in these markets. In... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

be used to forecast product life cycles at scale. In two empirical studies, one of search interest in social networks and the other of new computer sales, we demonstrate that our model outperforms leading... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jan 2005
News

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

Critics harped that an "elephant" like IBM couldn't dance the quick steps of the new technology. A search was under way for a new CEO, but few—including Lou Gerstner himself—were eager to take on the very public, very risky assignment of... View Details

02 Jan 2014
Blog Post

Preparing for a career in investment banking

on evaluating a firm to name a few. The majority of people I met were people that I found from searching class cards. I am infinitely grateful for all the people who spared me their precious time. By the time actual company presentations... View Details

12 May 2015
Blog Post

"Every Day at HBS is a Gift"

class at large is destined to form the basis for your future network of business partners, customers, advisors, and even investors; this incentivizes you to be your best self! What’s your favorite HBS memory? The last day of class my RC... View Details

06 Aug 2015
Blog Post

What I Was Not Expecting: Rerouting Towards My Passion at HBS

remembered that I had once said that I wanted to use these two years to make a stop and reformulate my professional goals, to find out what motivates me and to explore different alternatives, things that I had never tried before. I redefined my View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

company computer systems is often left unclear. Managers need to ask, "Who should have remote access to the corporate network? What safeguards must be in place before employees can connect to the corporate network from a remote... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

Career Coach

Pamela Harder

Pam (HBS / HKS ‘13, Stanford ‘08 Economics) has spent the last 12 years working at the nexus of business and government. Currently, she runs Virginia's state-wide economic development talent investment strategy. As a Managing Director within state government's economic... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Government; Social Enterprise; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Energy; Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

startups. Our cases focus on founder decisions during this search and discovery phase, both in the experiments that they design and run as well as the organizations they build. LTV has a tactical, implementation bias rather than a... View Details

21 Nov 2013
News

Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins

like push email with its BlackBerry Enterprise Server. This gave them a first-mover advantage, but as technology improved and data capabilities on wireless voice networks evolved rapidly and took off, the advantage turned to a burden with... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

15 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 15

"co-search" algorithm to Internet traffic at the SEC's EDGAR website, we develop a novel method for identifying economically-related peer firms and for measuring their relative importance. Our results show that firms appearing in chronologically adjacent... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

management of tensions caused by the simultaneous need for such things as short-term and long-term performance, the exploitation of existing ideas and the search for new ones, and the staffing and motivation of leadership teams with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

systems that combine hardware, sensors, data storage, microprocessors, software, and connectivity in myriad ways. These "smart, connected products"-made possible by vast improvements in processing power and device miniaturization and by the View Details