by Michael Beer - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Dec 2015
News

Discrimination by Airbnb Hosts Is Widespread, Report Says

27 Jan 2017
News

Feel Better About American Divisiveness By Comparing Ourselves To Other Countries

20 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs

By significantly expanding our understanding of the dynamics of competition, Michael E. Porter's Harvard Business Review article "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy" launched a business... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

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Don't Stop Believing: Rituals Improve Performance by Decreasing Anxiety

By: Alison Wood Brooks, Julianna Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino, Adam D. Galinsky, Michael I. Norton and Maurice Schweitzer

From public speaking to first dates, people frequently experience performance anxiety. And when experienced immediately before or during performance, anxiety harms performance. Across a series of experiments, we explore the efficacy of a common strategy that people... View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Performance; Emotions

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25 Jun 2015
News

7 Research-Backed Ways Your Business Will Benefit by Being More Socially Responsible

27 Sep 2018
Working Paper Summaries

UK Competitiveness after Brexit

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter

19 Aug 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The Globalization of Corporate Environmental Disclosure: Accountability or Greenwashing?

Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Michael W. Toffel

17 May 2012
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Is a VC Partnership Greater Than the Sum of Its Partners?

Keywords: by Michael Ewens & Matthew Rhodes-Kropf; Financial Services

24 Sep 2009
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“I read Playboy for the articles”: Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Preferences

Keywords: by Zoë Chance & Michael I. Norton

03 Dec 2010
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Creating Leaders: An Ontological Model

Keywords: by Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen & Kari L. Granger

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions Last Updated: 08 Nov 2024 By Unit View by Unit | View by Course Title | View by Faculty | Print View... View Details

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The New CEO’s Wrong Message

Bearing full responsibility for a company's success or failure, but being unable to control most of what will determine it. Having more authority than anyone else in the organization, but being unable to wield it without unhappy consequences. Sound like a tough job? It... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

10 Dec 2015
News

Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Airbnb Hosts

12 Feb 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research

Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel; Education

02 Nov 2006
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Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs

Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel

1998
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Competing by Design: The Power of Organizational Architectures

By: D. Nadler and Michael Tushman

Keywords: Organizational Design

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Handshaking Promotes Deal-Making by Signaling Cooperative Intent

By: Juliana Schroeder, Jane L. Risen, Francesca Gino and Michael I. Norton

We examine how a simple handshake—a gesture that often occurs at the outset of social interactions—can influence deal-making. Because handshakes are social rituals, they are imbued with meaning beyond their physical features. We propose that during mixed-motive... View Details