Professor Michael Norton - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1998
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World Economic Forum

Those who attended a Harvard Dinner at the Davos conference included (top) Dean Clark and Michael Bloomberg (MBA '66), and (bottom) Bruno L. Schroder (MBA '60), Yoh Kurosawa (83rd AMP), and Yasko Kurosawa. Photographs by Roger Canali Dean... View Details

19 Jul 2023
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Managing Electricity to Meet Net Zero Targets

16 Nov 2022
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US DOE’s Jigar Shah & the State of Carbon Removal

12 May 2016
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Food Rescue Is on a Mission

of its stores and enjoys significant employee involvement and engagement. “People detest seeing food thrown away. Everyone gets that,” Carson says. “What we do with Coles is the best example in Australia—and probably the world—of shared value.” Carson credits View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2008
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In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care

PORTER WITH RWANDA’S PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME: Beyond best practices, understanding principles of global health-care delivery. It’s no surprise to find HBS professor Michael Porter meeting with powerful people... View Details

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2003
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Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies

(MBA ’84), chair, HBSA/NC; Toni Rembe Rock; Rock; Dean Clark; Ann Peckenpaugh (MBA ’80), HBSA/NC Executive Committee; Nelson; and HBS professor Howard Stevenson. Legendary venture capitalist Arthur Rock (MBA ’51) has made an unprecedented... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Apr 2014
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Negotiation and All That Jazz

19 May 2010
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Last Look - June 2010

the Wormdeck and said their Marketing professor was Rajiv Lal. Ben Bromberg gave further identifications: “Stephanie Jones appears partly above Sean, and to her left is Michael Ramich. To her right is Joe... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

"Race-Based Judgments, Race-Neutral Justifications: Experimental Examination of Peremptory Use and the Batson Challenge Procedure." Samuel R. Sommers and Michael I. Norton Law and Human Behavior... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2002
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Teaching Teachers

Making friends, exchanging ideas: CPCL participants Roberto Zentgraf of Brazil's IBMEC; Zbigniew Turowski,Warsaw University of Technology Business School; HBS professor emeritus James Heskett; Tania Casado, University of São Paulo School... View Details

25 May 2011
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Singapore Star

learned a lot about business, finance, and the U.S. economy, and I made lifelong friends, including Professors Michael Porter and Warren McFarlan.” Added Yeo, whose loyal support of HBS over the years... View Details

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

01 Dec 2016
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3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)

(photo by Michael Hanson) I had a psychotic break in late fall of my second year at HBS. I thought I was Jesus, that I could walk on the Charles and baptize people. I was at McLean over winter break, and the same day that I got out I... 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
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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

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01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

Associate Professor Cuddy presents a scientifically grounded way to align our speech and nonverbal behavior with our beliefs, abilities, and values to produce a synchronized inner state that resonates and connects with others. In this... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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A Mission in Motion

then-Dean John McArthur, and Professors Jim Austin and Kash Rangan. That commitment confirms a strong strand that has run through the School's DNA since the 1970's—in fact, every year more and more MBA applicants are drawn to HBS for its... View Details

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Global - Global Activities 2020

HBS faculty can quickly get insights into global developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic and how different nations and companies are grappling with it,” says Lynn Paine, a Baker Foundation Professor and senior associate dean for... View Details

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Policy - Business & Environment

economy.” Bill Eacho & Walt Minnick HBS MBA 1979 (L) Co-Founder, Partnership for Responsible Growth Pictured here with Walt Minnick, HBS MBA 1966 (R) Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler BEI Faculty Chair and Professor, Harvard Business... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Faculty Research Online

systems. The question is, how can managers encourage employees to take the next step and ensure their constructive use? Assistant Professor Michael Toffel and colleagues present new research in a working... View Details

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