tribes - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

fighting a 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... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Swimming with the Stream

longer only the Top 40 artists dominating the live show landscape. All of us can find our tribes and build a successful following,” says Gandhi. “The industry is less of a zero-sum game thanks to streaming.” Plus, all that extra time can... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology

Profile

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... View Details

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... View Details

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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... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Taylor R. M. Keen

transfixed classmates during one ceremony, "and so you must use that power responsibly. Remember also that your family is the most important thing in life." Keen, who will pursue a managerial position in telecommunications after graduation in the hopes of some day... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

11 Jan 2021
Blog Post

Finding My Place at HBS

differences gave me permission to be myself and to find my tribe –among other entrepreneurs. Every HBS student faces the impossible task of dividing two precious years between academics, personal growth, socializing and career... View Details

03 Mar 2003
What Do You Think?

Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?

increased use of more narrowly focused professional accounting "boutiques," suggests that "what the industry really needs is more objectivity and innovation—not a larger tribe of 800-pound gorillas." In retrospect,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Accounting; Financial Services

20 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

member of the Omaha Tribe and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. I traveled to Omaha because I wanted to see Keen's work with Sacred Seed, a nonprofit he started in 2014 to educate others about an indigenous, centuries-old approach to... View Details

29 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?

own a home was part of the psyche of just about everyone I studied, no matter where they lived. The only exception was a nomadic tribe in North Africa that noted that "homes were graveyards for the living." But every other... View Details

Keywords: Construction; Real Estate

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... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2013
News

Alumni News | Bookshelf

view focusing on pieces he found interesting and attractive. Representing many different tribes and regions, the collection includes textiles, leather pouches, war shirts, dresses, vests, cradleboards, beadwork, weaponry, pottery, toys,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

06 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom. At the time, I was working on an article about leadership in the twenty-first century, and I came across a passage in which Mandela recalls how a leader of his tribe talked about leadership:... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

"is like any gas that is compressed; it gets hotter." Its tribes overlap socially and professionally based on work discipline (software engineers, for example), organizational affiliation (Hewlett-Packard), or background... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

04 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 4

tribes and U.S. states often find themselves at the bargaining table, often negotiating "compacts" to govern gaming operations on tribal lands. The operational success of the Pequot gaming operation in Connecticut, Foxwoods, and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Art Nature Business

historical significance as well. Many of the locations are important places for the local Native American tribes or are situated on, or near, the paths of early western explorers as well as pioneers—all of who[m] once struggled in this... View Details

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

1990, 1998, and 2005, we document substantial caste differences in entrepreneurship across India. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are significantly under-represented in the ownership of enterprises and the share of the workforce... View Details