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I Read Playboy for the Articles: Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Preferences
By: Zoe Chance and Michael I. Norton
When people behave in ways that might appear selfish, prejudiced or perverted, they engage in a host of strategies designed to justify questionable behavior with rational excuses: “I hired my son because he's more qualified”; “I promoted Ashley because she does a...
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Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness
By: Elizabeth W. Dunn, Lara B. Aknin and Michael I. Norton
Dunn, Elizabeth W., Lara B. Aknin, and Michael I. Norton. "Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness." Science 319, no. 5870 (March 21, 2008): 1687–1688.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Variance-Seeking for Positive (and Variance-Aversion for Negative) Experiences: Risk-Seeking in the Domain of Gains?
By: Jolie Mae Martin, Gregory M. Barron and Michael I. Norton
In contrast to research which has conflated losses with negative experiences and gains with positive experiences, we argue that because reference points are set by memories of extremely good and bad experiences, most outcomes are seen as losses in positive domains and...
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Keywords:
Change;
Experience and Expertise;
Marketing;
Research;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Loss;
Perspective
- 21 Jan 2008
- Other Presentation
Competitiveness as an Engine for Economic Growth: Implications for Saudi Arabia
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2006 (World...
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Porter, Michael E. "Competitiveness as an Engine for Economic Growth: Implications for Saudi Arabia." Global Competitiveness Forum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 21, 2008.
- January 2008
- Article
How Actions Create—Not Just Reveal—Preferences
By: Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton
Ariely, Dan, and Michael I. Norton. "How Actions Create—Not Just Reveal—Preferences." Trends in Cognitive Sciences 12, no. 1 (January 2008): 13–16.
- 2008
- Article
Learning (Not) to Talk About Race: When Older Children Underperform in Social Categorization
By: Evan P. Apfelbaum, Kristin Pauker, Nalini Ambady, Samuel R. Sommers and Michael I. Norton
The present research identifies an anomaly in sociocognitive development, whereby younger children (8 and 9 years) outperform their older counterparts (10 and 11 years) in a basic categorization task in which the acknowledgment of racial difference facilitates...
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Apfelbaum, Evan P., Kristin Pauker, Nalini Ambady, Samuel R. Sommers, and Michael I. Norton. "Learning (Not) to Talk About Race: When Older Children Underperform in Social Categorization." Developmental Psychology 44, no. 5 (2008).
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Seeing Race and Seeming Racist? Evaluating Strategic Colorblindness in Social Interaction
By: Evan P. Apfelbaum, Samuel R. Sommers and Michael I. Norton
Apfelbaum, Evan P., Samuel R. Sommers, and Michael I. Norton. "Seeing Race and Seeming Racist? Evaluating Strategic Colorblindness in Social Interaction." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 95, no. 4 (October 2008): 918–932.
- January 2008
- Article
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In 1979, a young associate professor at Harvard Business School published his first...
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Keywords:
Profit;
Five Forces Framework;
Industry Growth;
Industry Structures;
Business and Government Relations;
Competitive Strategy
Porter, Michael E. "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008): 78–93.
- 2007
- Other Unpublished Work
Competitiveness at the Crossroads: Choosing the Future Direction of the Russian Economy
By: Michael E. Porter, Christian H.M. Ketels, Mercedes Delgado and Richard Bryden
In early 2006, the Center for Strategic Research (CSR) in Moscow commissioned Professor Michael Porter and his team to conduct a review of the existing evidence on Russian competitiveness. The objective of this report is to synthesize, interpret, and draw
implications...
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Porter, Michael E., Christian H.M. Ketels, Mercedes Delgado, and Richard Bryden. "Competitiveness at the Crossroads: Choosing the Future Direction of the Russian Economy."
- December 2007
- Article
Psychology and Experimental Economics: A Gap in Abstraction
By: Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton
Ariely, Dan, and Michael I. Norton. "Psychology and Experimental Economics: A Gap in Abstraction." Current Directions in Psychological Science 16, no. 6 (December 2007): 336–339.
- 01 Nov 2007
- Conference Presentation
Decision Amnesia: Motivated Forgetting of Difficult Choices
By: Zoe Chance and Michael I. Norton
- 2007
- Working Paper
The 'Fees → Savings' Link, or Purchasing Fifty Pounds of Pasta
By: Michael I. Norton and Leonard Lee
Many consumers have had the experience of entering discount membership clubs to make a few purchases, only to leave with enough pasta to outlast a nuclear winter. We suggest that the presence of membership fees can lead consumers to infer a "fees → savings" link,...
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Norton, Michael I., and Leonard Lee. "The 'Fees → Savings' Link, or Purchasing Fifty Pounds of Pasta." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-029, November 2007.
- 25 Oct 2007
- Conference Presentation
Decision Amnesia: Why Taking Your Time Leads to Forgetting
By: Zoe Chance and Michael I. Norton
- September 2007 (Revised March 2009)
- Exercise
Pitch Yourself!
By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Michael I. Norton
Helps students develop an elevator pitch for their most important asset—themselves. Before class students are asked to interview a potential employer and to develop preliminary elevator pitches. Once in class, students work through an exercise that helps them refine...
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Keywords:
Spoken Communication;
Selection and Staffing;
Job Interviews;
Marketing;
Personal Development and Career
Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Michael I. Norton. "Pitch Yourself!" Harvard Business School Exercise 508-039, September 2007. (Revised March 2009.)
- 14 Sep 2007
- Other Presentation
Colombian Competitiveness: Moving to the Next Level
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter’s books and articles, in particular, “Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity,” in The Global Competitiveness Report 2005-06 (World Economic Forum, 2005); “Clusters and the New Competitive Agenda for...
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Porter, Michael E. "Colombian Competitiveness: Moving to the Next Level." Expogestion, Bogotá, Colombia, September 14, 2007.
- 7 Jul 2007
- Other Presentation
The Competitive Advantage of Nations, States and Regions
Presentation delivered to the National Council of Professors in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Porter, Michael E. "The Competitive Advantage of Nations, States and Regions." Majlis Profesor Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 7, 2007.
- Jun 2007
- Other Presentation
Creating a Competitive Rwanda
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter"s articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2006 (World...
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Porter, Michael E. "Creating a Competitive Rwanda." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Kigali, Rwanda, June 2007.
- June 2007
- Article
Race-Based Judgments, Race-Neutral Justifications: Experimental Examination of Peremptory Use and the Batson Challenge Procedure
By: Samuel R. Sommers and Michael I. Norton
Sommers, Samuel R., and Michael I. Norton. "Race-Based Judgments, Race-Neutral Justifications: Experimental Examination of Peremptory Use and the Batson Challenge Procedure." Law and Human Behavior 31, no. 3 (June 2007): 261–273.
- 04 May 2007
- Conference Presentation
Choice Amnesia: Tough Choice? Fahgeddaboutit!
By: Zoe Chance and Michael I. Norton