Publications

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Emodiversity and the Emotional Ecosystem

By: Jordi Quoidbach, June Gruber, Moira Mikolajczak, Alexsandr Kogan, Ilios Kotsou and Michael I. Norton

Bridging psychological research exploring emotional complexity and research in the natural sciences on the measurement of biodiversity, we introduce—and demonstrate the benefits of—emodiversity: the variety and relative abundance of the emotions that humans experience.... View Details

Keywords: Health; Diversity; Emotions

2014
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Children Develop a Veil of Fairness

By: Alex Shaw, Natalia Montinari, Marco Piovesan, Kristina Olson, Francesca Gino and Michael I. Norton

Previous research suggests that children develop an increasing concern with fairness over the course of development. Research with adults suggests that the concern with fairness has at least two distinct components: a desire to be fair and a desire to signal to others... View Details

Keywords: Inequity Aversion; Social Signaling; Social Cognitive Development; Communication Intention and Meaning; Fairness; Age; Reputation; Growth and Development; Cognition and Thinking

26 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 26

behaviors associated with building social capital influence individuals' psychological experiences and work outcomes. August 2014 Child Development Why We Think We Can't Dance: Theory of Mind and Children's Desire to Perform By: Chaplin, Lan Nguyen, and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Ryan Raffaelli, Dave Habeeb, Ruth Page Terror at the Taj Bombay Professor Rohit Deshpande Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon Professor Michael L. Tushman, Ruth... View Details

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01 Sep 2012
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Path Forward

Nearly 500 alumni and other business and policy leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., in June for the latest in the School’s series of regional US Competitiveness Project events. A panel discussion led by Professor View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

08 Jun 2011
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George Yeo: A Matter of Degrees

Professors Michael Porter and Warren McFarlan.” Added Yeo, whose loyal support of HBS over the years includes service on its Visiting Committee from 1998 to 2004, “I feel a strong obligation to the School.” View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Dec 1996
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Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

The following article is the seventh in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. Professor Michael C. Jensen has a simple explanation for why people sometimes don't... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

26 Nov 2018
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New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change

Clubs News Clubs News In partnership with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), the HBS Club of New York tackled the issue of climate change from a business perspective in a spirited panel discussion moderated by clean energy expert and HBS View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; clubs; alumni clubs

10 Oct 2018
News

Building Paths to Success

thousands of children in his native country. He went on fact-finding missions, acquiring intel from Vanessa Kirsch, CEO of New Profit, a Boston-based venture philanthropy fund supported by the Monitor Group and HBS professor View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Mar 2009
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A Modern-Day Classic

focuses on interfirm strategic alliances, organized “Organization Design: Current Debates and Future Opportunities” with HBS professor Michael Tushman. “The area of organization design was booming when this... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

04 Nov 2016
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The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

HBS Duch worked on independent research with Professor Michael Porter, who had just published his landmark book, The Competitive Advantage of Nations. “It was a great opportunity,” Duch says. “Porter’s work... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

06 Nov 2014
News

Harvard Finds New Partner in City Hall's 'Urban Mechanics'

Keywords: Boston; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

January 2023
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Calculators for Women: When Identity-Based Appeals Backfire

By: Tami Kim, Kate Barasz, Michael I. Norton and Leslie K. John

From “Chick Beer” to “Dryer Sheets for Men,” identity-based labeling is frequently deployed by marketers to appeal to specific target markets. Yet such identity appeals can backfire, alienating the very consumers they aim to attract. We theorize and empirically... View Details

Keywords: Categorization Threat; Stereotypes; Identity; Labels; Gender; Perception; Consumer Behavior

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November 2022
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Opportunity Neglect: An Aversion to Low-probability Gains

By: Emily Prinsloo, Kate Barasz, Leslie K. John and Michael I. Norton

Seven preregistered studies (N = 2,890) conducted in the field, lab, and online document opportunity neglect: a tendency to reject opportunities with low probability of success, even when they come with little or no objective cost (e.g., time, money,... View Details

Keywords: Opportunities; Behavior; Risk and Uncertainty; Success; Perception

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Pseudo-Set Framing

By: Kate Barasz, Leslie John, Elizabeth A. Keenan and Michael I. Norton

Pseudo-set framing—arbitrarily grouping items or tasks together as part of an apparent “set”—motivates people to reach perceived completion points. Pseudo-set framing changes gambling choices (Study 1), effort (Studies 2 and 3), giving behavior (Field Data and Study... View Details

Keywords: Framing Effects; Gestalt Psychology; Judgment; Judgments; Decision Making; Perception; Behavior

2011
Working Paper

'Last-place Aversion': Evidence and Redistributive Implications

By: Ilyana Kuziemko, Ryan W. Buell, Taly Reich and Michael I. Norton

Why do low-income individuals often oppose redistribution? We hypothesize that an aversion to being in "last place" undercuts support for redistribution, with low-income individuals punishing those slightly below themselves to keep someone "beneath" them. In laboratory... View Details

Keywords: Wages; Surveys; Wealth and Poverty; Behavior; Income; Research; Rank and Position; Attitudes; Personal Characteristics; Economics