Professor Michael Norton - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

HBS faculty members with various perspectives on the issue provide some insights on these questions. A Sense of Purpose "I see the movement to incorporate more of a spiritual feeling in business as a reflection of people's age-old need to find meaning in what they're... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

03 Jun 2019
Blog Post

9 Lessons from the Class of 2019

stage. View Video 6. A Lesson in Selfless Leadership The Leadership Fellows Program at Harvard Business School is based on University Professor Michael Porter’s vision of developing a network of HBS... View Details

04 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

organizations that really ends up with no trend line” “For decades, we’ve been in this cycle where an organization hires a consulting firm to help design and execute a restructuring, and then, as soon as they’re done, they start that process again,” says Ethan... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jan 2004
News

Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977

with a laptop computer, and joined the board of IBM. To expand Mitsubishi's horizons, he pressed for the development of new business in emerging markets such as China and Southeast Asia. "Having taken these and other actions," observed HBS View Details

11 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

01 Dec 2010
News

The Transformers

years after Grossman’s article, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter coauthored a groundbreaking November–December 1999 article titled “Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value.” The... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

Working PapersThe "Fees Savings" Link, or Purchasing Fifty Pounds of Pasta Authors:Michael I. Norton and Leonard Lee Abstract Many consumers have had the experience of entering discount membership clubs to make a few... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Nov 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?

management involvement in the resource allocation process? Or is it because certain of the world's major economies like China and Brazil are perceived by some as becoming more agile in their allocation of resources than United States and European companies? Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Apr 2002
News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

economic. - Michael Porter "Many approaches to revitalizing the inner city have focused on the social problems, but the more fundamental issues are often economic," notes HBS professor View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

start, locate, or invest in a city. As HBS professor Michael Porter has explained in The Competitive Advantage of Nations, political units—whether nations or cities - are in competition with each other and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

2013
Article

Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

By: Lara B. Aknin, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Justine Burns, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James and Michael I. Norton

This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: Human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). In Study 1, survey data from 136 countries were examined... View Details

Keywords: Prosocial Spending; Psychological Universal; Prosocial Behavior; Well-being; Happiness; Spending; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Canada; Uganda; South Africa; India

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25 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

It's no surprise that Harvard Business School professor Stuart C. Gilson gave an enthusiastic thumbs-up to the recently announced $11 billion US Airways/American Airlines merger. The deal, which came after American's parent company, AMR... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

01 Mar 2009
News

Damon Silvers

is a mistake. The issue is, to paraphrase HBS professor Michael Porter, what’s our strategy? We have to have a strategy as a nation, but not just any strategy. In 2007, 40 percent of the profits of American... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

08 Jun 2023
News

Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner

Baker Foundation Professor, Emeritus William A. Sahlman presented the Entrepreneurship Award to Michael Martin (MBA 2015), founder and CEO of RapidSOS, an advanced emergency technology company that powers safety, security, health, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 1997
News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

another. With China on the rise, Shanghai could turn out to be a formidable rival. HBS professor Michael E. Porter, an expert on competitive strategy, doffed his jacket to deliver an animated lecture on "The... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

30 Jan 2018
First Look

January 30, 2018

Cassie, A.V. Whillans, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Time and money are scarce and precious resources: people experience stress about having insufficient time and worry about having insufficient money. This... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50234 December 2015 Harvard Business Review What Is Disruptive Innovation? By: Christensen, Clayton M., Michael Raynor, and Rory McDonald Abstract—For the past 20 years, the theory of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2005
News

In the Blood

Industries, the family fertilizer company. At HBS, he met Professor Neil Churchill, who agreed to serve on the company’s board. “At our third board meeting he asked me to give him three reasons why I would want to be in the fertilizer... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; horse racing; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

05 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

several HBS elective offerings in this area. Could you describe those courses and the reaction of students who take them? A: I teach two elective courses: Social Marketing, and Business at the Base of the Pyramid—B-Bop (with Senior Lecturer View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2011
News

James McNerney Jr.

McNerney: It’s all about being globally competitive and creating U.S. jobs. Illustration by Andy Friedman Related Links The Path to Economic Revival Making Their Way Squawk Box at HBS - Jim McNerney, Dean Nitin Nohria, and University View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Air Transportation; Transportation

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