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- 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.
- Article
Local Search and the Evolution of Technological Capabilities
By: Toby E Stuart and Joel M. Podolny
Stuart, Toby E., and Joel M. Podolny. "Local Search and the Evolution of Technological Capabilities." Special Issue on Evolutionary Perspectives on Strategy. Strategic Management Journal 17 (Summer 1996): 21–38.
- 28 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Leverage Baker Library to Inform Your Job Search Every Step of the Way
Whether you are creating a target list of employers, preparing for an interview or exploring new industries, research is a critical part of any successful job search. As an HBS alum, you have a wealth of resources available to you to support every stage of your career.... View Details
- October 2020
- Article
IQ from IP: Simplifying Search in Portfolio Choice
By: Huaizhi Chen, Lauren Cohen, Umit Gurun, Dong Lou and Christopher J. Malloy
Using a novel database that tracks web traffic on the SEC’s EDGAR servers between 2004 and 2015, we show that mutual fund managers gather information on a very particular subset of firms and insiders, and their surveillance is very persistent over time. This tracking... View Details
Keywords: Tracked Trades; Return Predictability; Institutional Trading; Insider Trading; Institutional Investing; Information; Investment Portfolio; Decisions; Management
Chen, Huaizhi, Lauren Cohen, Umit Gurun, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy. "IQ from IP: Simplifying Search in Portfolio Choice." Journal of Financial Economics 138, no. 1 (October 2020): 118–137. (Winner of the First Prize, Crowell Memorial Award for Best Paper in Quantitative Investments, PanAgora Asset Management, 2019.)
- 10 Mar 2025
- Podcast
Insights From a Recurring Investor in Self-Funded Searches
Sam Rosati is a former searcher turned active equity investor in self-funded searches and, given his experiences, an important focus of this conversation is on the evolution of the self-funded market. It used to be the case that self-funded searchers had to create... View Details
- 09 Oct 2017
- News
Lagos Govt In Continuous Search For Infrastructure Development
- Web
Melvin Edwards Searching for the Word 1989/2019 | About
Melvin Edwards Searching for the Word , 1989/2019 Melvin Edwards (American, born 1937), Searching for the Word , 1989/2019, stainless steel, 72 × 116 × 59 in. Courtesy of Alexander Gray Associates, New York;... View Details
- 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... View Details
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.
- Article
Looking Forward and Looking Backward: Cognitive and Experiential Search
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Gavetti, G., and Daniel E Levinthal. "Looking Forward and Looking Backward: Cognitive and Experiential Search." Administrative Science Quarterly 45, no. 1 (March 2000): 113–137.
- 2007
- Chapter
Assessing and Improving the Safety of Internet Search Engines
By: Benjamin Edelman
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Search Technology; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Safety; Information Technology Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "Assessing and Improving the Safety of Internet Search Engines." In The Power of Search Engines [Die Macht der Suchmaschinen], edited by Marcel Machill and Markus Beiler, 259–277. Köln, Germany: Herbert von Halem Verlag, 2007.
- 1987
- Book
Food Policy in Mexico: The Search for Self Sufficiency
By: James E. Austin and Gustavo Esteva
Austin, James E. and Gustavo Esteva, eds. Food Policy in Mexico: The Search for Self Sufficiency. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1987.
- 25 Feb 2013
- News
In Search of the Spark...and the Next Big Thing
- 07 Oct 2012
- News
In Search of Funds That Don't Rock the Boat
- 27 Jun 2021
- News
Kominers’s Conundrums: A Top Secret Search for Galactic Gourds
- 2002
- Book
Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
By: Rakesh Khurana
Corporate CEOs are headline news. Stock prices rise and fall at word of their hiring and firing. Business media debate their merits and defects as if individual leaders determined the health of the economy. Yet we know surprisingly little about how CEOs are selected... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Selection and Staffing; Personal Characteristics; Experience and Expertise; Investment Activism; Corporate Strategy
Khurana, Rakesh. Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002.
- 19 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Search for Benchmarks: When Do Crowds Provide Wisdom?
- 2013
- Working Paper
Competing by Restricting Choice: The Case of Search Platforms
By: Hanna Halaburda and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Seminal papers recommend that platforms in two-sided markets increase the number of complements available. We show that a two-sided platform can successfully compete by limiting the choice of potential matches it offers to its customers while charging higher prices... View Details
Keywords: Matching Platform; Indirect Network Effects; Limits To Network Effects; Decision Choices and Conditions; Network Effects; Two-Sided Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Competitive Strategy
Halaburda, Hanna, and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski. "Competing by Restricting Choice: The Case of Search Platforms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-098, May 2010. (Revised June 2010, March 2011, August 2011, March 2013.)
- 2005
- Working Paper
When Exploration Backfires: Unintended Consequences of Multi-Level Organizational Search
By: Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan W. Rivkin
- 15 Oct 2024
- Video