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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... View Details
- 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
- 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
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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
- Profile
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
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Perception versus Reality
rubbed off on the School, which set a speed record in approving the trio’s proposal for a pilot program to sprinkle $50,000 in seed money on student start-ups. The Minimum Viable Product Fund, dubbed MVP, attracted 88 teams vying for support; 9 won grants in March (see... 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
and grow cohesive teams with a tribe of supporters and advisers. “We saw this as a moment to focus on the human side of learning and connecting in a remote world,” said Wallace. “How do you build a startup when you’re all in different... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
by providing them with the flexibility and choice they need to do their best work. We Refuse to Forget By Caleb Gayle (MBA 2019) Riverhead Books In We Refuse to Forget, award-winning journalist Caleb Gayle tells the extraordinary story of the Creek Nation, a Native... View Details
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
Things Fall Apart, which describes the reactions of an Ibo tribe in Nigeria to the coming of the Christian missionaries and British colonial authorities at the turn of the 20th century. The novel started me thinking about the... View Details
- 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