Professor Michael Norton - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 10

Dealmaking By: Schroeder, Juliana, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Humans use subtle sources of information-like nonverbal behavior-to determine whether to act cooperatively or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Others Ashley Whillans Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Negotiation Katherine Coffman Kevin Mohan Julian J. Zlatev Max H. Bazerman Michael Norton Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Livia Alfonsi Alex Chan Jillian Jordan Amit Goldenberg... View Details

Blog

Inside the Learning: Sustainability—on Campus and Beyond

Applied Sciences, are involved in sustainability. The Harvard Business School Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), led by Michael W. Toffel, Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management, is... View Details

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Residents & Fellows Course - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Redefining Health Care , by Michael Porter and Elizabeth Teisberg, value for patients can be measured by the health outcomes achieved per dollar spent. Value-based health care delivery concepts start with providers but encompass new... View Details

13 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Exploring Racial Justice with the Scaling Minority Businesses Course

myths surrounding racial injustice and how Black property has been systematically de-valued. Other guests included Segun Idowu (CEO of the Black Economic Council), Professor Michael Porter, Lolita Taub... View Details

20 Apr 2016
News

When CEOs Become Activists

Keywords: Government

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

game is supposed to be quality up and cost down. And this is one where that has not happened. And it's been very slow with the quality movement." Professor Regina Herzlinger, who has studied the health care system for three decades,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

19 Jul 2023
News

Managing Electricity to Meet Net Zero Targets

16 Nov 2022
News

US DOE’s Jigar Shah & the State of Carbon Removal

01 Dec 1999
News

Big Doings in Big Apple: New York Club Hosts Multiple Events

Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and Charles R. ("Chuck") Lee (MBA '64), chairman and CEO of GTE Corporation. Edelman, who established the CDF in 1973, received the club's Leadership Award and was introduced and praised by View Details

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

Professor of Business Administration Olivia S. Kim Assistant Professor of Business Administration Michael Lingzhi Li Assistant Professor of... View Details

15 Jun 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

on the most important (and expensive) asset of any business: its people. The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy by Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter, Bishop William... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

Faculty Books Fit to Compete by Michael Beer, Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus Harvard Business Review Press In his 30 years of working in corporations, HBS View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Making a Difference

CEO of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, leads an organization considered to be a model among disease-focused foundations that pursue research, therapies, and cures. Under Hood’s guidance, the foundation has helped... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; meta

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

Negative) Experiences: Risk-Seeking in the Domain of Gains? Authors:Jolie Mae Martin, Gregory M. Barron, and Michael I. Norton Abstract In contrast to research which has conflated losses with negative... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1998
News

Africa's Way

Wildlife to Winetasting "The driving force behind the region's growth is South Africa," says HBS professor Richard H.K. Vietor, the faculty chairman of the conference and the author of a 1997 comprehensive case study that looks at the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

25 May 2016
News

A Focus on Sustainability

directed his giving to support the Business and Environment Initiative. He is enthusiastic about “integrated reporting”, developed by HBS Professor of Management Practice Robert Eccles, combining an organization’s financial and... View Details

2019
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Happiness and Prosocial Behavior: An Evaluation of the Evidence

By: Lara B. Aknin, Ashley V. Whillans, Michael I. Norton and Elizabeth W. Dunn

Humans are an extremely prosocial species. Compared to most primates, humans provide more assistance to family, friends, and strangers, even when costly. Why do people devote their resources to helping others? In this chapter, we examine whether engaging in prosocial... View Details

Keywords: Volunteering; Charity; Prosocial Behavior; Happiness; Well-being; Behavior

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May 2017
Article

Agent-based Modeling: A Guide for Social Psychologists

By: Joshua Conrad Jackson, David Rand, Kevin Lewis, Michael I. Norton and Kurt Gray

Agent-based modeling is a longstanding but underused method that allows researchers to simulate artificial worlds for hypothesis testing and theory building. Agent-based models (ABMs) offer unprecedented control and statistical power by allowing researchers to... View Details

Keywords: Social Psychology; Marketing; Mathematical Methods