Avner Ben-Ner is Professor in the Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies (formerly the Industrial Relations Center) in the Carlson School of Management and Affiliated Professor in the Law School at the University of Minnesota. His current research has two broad strands. First, it concerns the determinants of organization design (decision-making, incentives, monitoring, hiring) and ownership (for-profit, nonprofit, government, cooperative) and their effects on performance and the well-being of various stakeholders. Second, it examines the relationship between social preferences (the inclination to trust, be trustworthy, to cooperate) and organizational, economic and social behavior