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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
the possibility of change. My current research examines solutions for cities and regions, including their surrounding vulnerable treasures—for example, an almost-finished case on the efforts of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians to save the...
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- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster
Sports teams are not far behind. In fact, almost everyone who is challenged by a friend, coworker, or family member joins in. If ice buckets can help fund research to shed light on a terrible disease, such as ALS, more power to them, and may their View Details
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by John Deighton
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
also funds the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program ($75 million)[25] and increased the available loans from $2 billion to $20 billion.[26] This program “supports tribal investment in energy-related projects by providing loan guarantees,” specifically to federally...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
more of an expert on indigenous populations than the people themselves. Keen says Walker was before his time in using his research to partner with, and help, the tribes he studied. “I said, ‘Corn? What are you talking about, Deward?’ And...
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- 04 Feb 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has Listening Become a Lost Art?
the wane. "I fear that social networks may make the problem worse," commented Gamaliel Pascual. "The technology may be hardwiring a younger generation to create virtual tribes where the congregation is based on shared biases/values."...
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by James Heskett
- 09 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity
different culture and were engaged in positive (harmonious), neutral, or negative neutral interactions—six scenarios in all. After viewing the videos, participants were given details about two cultures—a Mongolian tribe called the Ewenki...
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by Michael Blanding
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
negotiate and compromise, Lees says. “If you are a legislator, you are thinking no one across the aisle or in my own tribe will support compromise, but that’s in fact wrong. Both sides might be okay with compromise, but no one’s willing...
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Maasai Village
Our first introduction to the Maasai came as we drove from Arusha to the Ngorongoro crater and saw members of their tribe off in the distance. Often alone or in pairs, their tall figures were clad in bright red cloth, a stark contrast to...
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Hospitality
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
classic trading system of exchange is identified with David Ricardo, the early nineteenth-century economist who first analytically clarified it. Imagine that tribe A is good at both hunting and fishing, but more efficient at hunting....
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by Paul R. Lawrence
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Making a Difference
Start-Up Tribe and appeared on the cover of the June 2011 Bulletin: Andrew Rosenthal, Jess Bloomgarden, and Dan Rumennik. The fourth winner, Tiffany Niver, in her role as copresident of the HBS Women’s Student Association, worked to...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Sunny Side
Awesome, there’s a tribe for you. Want to drive a pink Lamborghini? Cool, knock yourself out.” Berardi believes Miami’s infectious energy gives ANIMO a competitive advantage in sourcing deals in which it can make big bets very early,...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fever Pitch
great generation of small business owners. Most Innovative Selected by alumni and students BollyX Fitness (Northeastern US Region) Minal Mehta (MBA 2011) The world’s leading and fastest-growing Bollywood fitness company. Greatest Impact Selected by alumni and students...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Growing Drumbeat
should make it more official. “The Start-Up Tribe has defined themselves as a group of students who really want to launch a business while they’re here,” says Eisenmann. “They’re doing things I’ve never seen before.” Within days, he...
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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Starting Off on the Right Foot
When business and career psychologist James Waldroop counsels young executives who are starting assignments in a new company, he urges them to act like anthropologists. “For the first six months on the job, your assignment is to understand the customs of this new View Details
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Deborah E. Blagg
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Jeremy King
time," Jeremy says. Additional journeys included the Tribal Enterprise Group visit to the Mohegan Sun casino, "where we met leaders of the Mohegan tribe and operators of the casino business," and a ski trip to Steamboat,...
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- 21 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine
communities that traditionally use the herb. The paper cites two key examples of local communities benefiting from a firm's herbal patent. In one case, members of Indian Kani tribe received royalties for the pharmaceutical version of the...
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Paul Lenehan
of cold calls." Tribes and technology For his EC year, Paul would like to pursue a field study "in a 'tribe' with a similar passion for emerging media. In particular, I'd like to look at online video and see how traditional...
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- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
wine-dark. Ancient languages didn’t have a word for blue—a realization that prompted linguists to ask whether humans could even see the color if they don’t have a word for it. So a researcher went to Namibia to study a tribe that has no...
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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
grizzly bear, with a man on a white horse at right raising a gunstock war club to fend off attack. By their resistance, Plains tribes also became conflated with earlier symbols of Native peoples, emphasizing their violent attributes....
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Mike Watitwa
"The Green City in the Sun" for a reason. Nairobi has a lovely climate with a warm and cool atmosphere for most of the year. Nairobi is a very dynamic city; it offers something for everyone. Whether you are a tech entrepreneur, a nature lover, or a hard-charging...
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