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Material The Miccosukee Tribe and the Battle to Save the Everglades (B): The Art of Coalition Building By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jacob A. Small Curtis Osceola, Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the Miccosukee View Details

11 Jun 2024
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

2011
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Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar

By: Chet Huber

Detour is the story behind the launch of OnStar’s now well known blue button, as told through the eyes of its founder and CEO of over fourteen years, Chet Huber. It’s a personal narrative that describes the events that led up to General Motors’ unexpected choice... View Details

Keywords: General Motors; OnStar; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Transportation; Safety; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Success; Business History; Auto Industry

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03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

and you don't want to be thrown out of your tribe and walk the frozen tundra and die alone. I got it. But Twitter is not the frozen tundra. Yet, we use our brains in the same way. And and when you actually dominate this by with... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

20 Aug 2020
Book

From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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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... View Details

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

Keywords: 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... View Details

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."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

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... View Details

Keywords: 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... View Details

Keywords: 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.... View Details

Keywords: 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... View Details

Keywords: awards; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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,... View Details

Keywords: 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... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Personal Services

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... View Details

Keywords: Contests

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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,... View Details

22 Nov 2016
First Look

November 22, 2016

Abstract—Although Indian tribes and the surrounding states were often bitter enemies throughout much of the history of the United States, recently tribes and states have been able to work cooperatively in a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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