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- 2021
- Working Paper
Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in the United States
By: Ines Black, Sharique Hasan and Rembrand Koning
This article analyzes the phenomenon of firm-driven labor market search—or outbound recruiting—where recruiters are increasingly “hunting for talent” rather than passively relying on workers to search for and apply to job vacancies. Our research methodology leverages... View Details
Keywords: Hiring; Referrals; Outbound Recruiting; Labor Markets; Selection and Staffing; Networks; Recruitment; Strategy; United States
Black, Ines, Sharique Hasan, and Rembrand Koning. "Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in the United States." SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 3576498, September 2021.
- 2003
- Working Paper
Speed, Search and the Failure of Simple Contingency
By: Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan W. Rivkin
- June 2011 (Revised August 2012)
- Case
Coca-Cola in 2011: In Search of a New Model
By: David B. Yoffie and Renee Kim
Muhtar Kent, CEO of the Coca-Cola Company, faced a critical decision in 2011 after closing a $12 billion deal to buy its troubled North America bottling operations from its biggest bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises. The decision was prompted by several changes in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Beverage Industry; Strategic Positioning; Mergers And Acquisitions; Competition; Business Model; Vertical Integration; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Franchise Ownership; Investment; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Yoffie, David B., and Renee Kim. "Coca-Cola in 2011: In Search of a New Model." Harvard Business School Case 711-504, June 2011. (Revised August 2012.)
- 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:... View Details
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.
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
philanthropy and a search for 'give us better practices,' " said Nancy Roob, president and CEO of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF). Joining her on the panel were Matt Bannick (HBS MBA 1993), managing partner of Omidyar... View Details
- Article
In Search of True Public Arts Support
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "In Search of True Public Arts Support." Public Budgeting & Finance 24, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 88–100.
- 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).
- 2014
- Working Paper
Search Diversion and Platform Competition Online Appendix
By: Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien
Hagiu, Andrei, and Bruno Jullien. "Search Diversion and Platform Competition Online Appendix." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-072, February 2014.
- June 2008
- Article
Routine or Crisis: The Search for Excellence
By: Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
- April 2005
- Supplement
Ilene Lang and the Catalyst Search (B)
By: Laura L. Nash and Myra M. Hart
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Service Industry
Nash, Laura L., and Myra M. Hart. "Ilene Lang and the Catalyst Search (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 805-137, April 2005.
- December 1994
- Case
Search for the New Japan (long version)
O'Brien, Patricia A., and Jerry Useem. "Search for the New Japan (long version)." Harvard Business School Case 795-072, December 1994.
- Article
In Search of the Next "Killer App"
By: Robert D. Austin and Richard L. Nolan
Keywords: Online Technology
Austin, Robert D., and Richard L. Nolan. In Search of the Next "Killer App". MIT Sloan Management Review 46, no. 4 (Summer 2005): 96.
- Article
Science as a Map in Technological Search
Fleming, Lee, and Olav Sorenson. "Science as a Map in Technological Search." Special Issue on The Global Acquisition, Leverage, and Protection of Technological Competencies. Strategic Management Journal 25, nos. 8-9 (August–September 2004): 909–928.
- December 2002
- Article
Something Old, Something New: A Longitudinal Study of Search Behavior and New Product Introduction
By: Riitta Katila and Gautam Ahuja
We examine how firms search, or solve problems, to create new products. According to organizational learning research, firms position themselves in a unidimensional search space that spans a spectrum from local to distant search. Our findings in the global robotics... View Details
Keywords: Problem Solving; New Products; Organizational Learning; Uncertainty; Organizational Research; Knowledge Management; Robotics; Organizational Behavior; Organizational Effectiveness; Innovation Adoption; Strategy; Product Design; Business Processes; Product Development
Katila, Riitta, and Gautam Ahuja. "Something Old, Something New: A Longitudinal Study of Search Behavior and New Product Introduction." Academy of Management Journal 45, no. 6 (December 2002): 1183–1194.
- 11 Sep 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
IQ from IP: Simplifying Search in Portfolio Choice
- March 2025
- Supplement
Nashton Partners and Its Search Fund Process (B)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-abstract:
Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details. View Details
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Nashton Partners and Its Search Fund Process (B)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 225-725, March 2025.
- August 2020
- Case
The Tham Luang Cave Rescue: The Search (A)
By: Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano
Grushka-Cockayne, Yael, Francesca Gino, and Gary P. Pisano. "The Tham Luang Cave Rescue: The Search (A)." Harvard Business School Case 321-034, August 2020.
- March 2012
- Teaching Note
Recorded Future: Searching the Web for Alpha (TN)
By: Christopher Malloy and Timothy Gray
- November 2015 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Cisco Systems: In Search of the Next CEO
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott, Olivia Hull and J. Yo-Jud Cheng
It’s August 2014 and John Chambers is expected to announce his retirement after 17 years as CEO of global technology giant Cisco Systems. Under Chambers’s leadership, Cisco has grown from $2.2 billion in annual revenues and under 4,000 employees to revenues of $46... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Succession Planning; CEO Succession; Managing Change; Person-organization Fit; Management Succession; Transition; Talent and Talent Management; Change Management; Retirement; Innovation Leadership; Recruitment; Corporate Governance; Experience and Expertise; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; San Jose; California
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah L. Abbott, Olivia Hull, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng. "Cisco Systems: In Search of the Next CEO." Harvard Business School Case 416-027, November 2015. (Revised February 2017.)
- September 2012 (Revised December 2012)
- Case
Kyruus: Big Data's Search for the Killer App
By: Robert F. Higgins, Penrose O'Donnell and Mehul Bhatt
Kyruus is used in a course at HBS on Entrepreneurship in Healthcare IT and Services (EHITS). It describes a young company that has built a very large database on physicians. The company has had some early successful pilots with prominent customers, but it is now faced... View Details
Higgins, Robert F., Penrose O'Donnell, and Mehul Bhatt. "Kyruus: Big Data's Search for the Killer App." Harvard Business School Case 813-060, September 2012. (Revised December 2012.)