Anthropology


Recent Articles about Anthropology

Consumers in the Mist

For real insights into your clients, hire an anthropologist.  Read more

Animal Chic

Putting a tiger in your tank is out. Renting one for your office is in. Marine World Africa U.S.A., a wildlife and theme park in Redwood City, Calif., cl...  Read more

Anthropologists Help Explain Consumer Behavior

Sept. 29, 2005 --Instead of poking around tribal villages in Papua New Guinea or Amazonian rain forests, Read more

Tech Techniques in Archaeology and Science

Technology is used in so many different industries today. We have made inconceivable progress in areas like medicine and archaeology thanks to new tools...  Read more

When The Chips Are Down

I was surprised by Mr. Liederman's frankness about his employment philosophy. Perhaps his labor/production problems arise from his own beliefs. As manager...  Read more

Copyright Basics

Copyright is a legal device that gives the creator of a work of art or literature, or a work that conveys information or ideas, the right to control how t...  Read more

The Latest Boardroom Darwinism

Finding fresh management insights in The Origin of the Species .  Read more

In a Former Life: Patricia Gallup

PATRICIA GALLUP, 45 Chairman and CEO of PC Connection Present life: CEO of Read more

The A-pac Gamble

Necessity lurks behind Action Instruments Inc.'s move toward industrial computers. As the pace of computerization in manufacturing and processing plants p...  Read more

A Chairless Chair?

Looking for a way to keep staffers alert during meetings? Try replacing the conference room chairs with the Read more

Mail: June 2003

Baseball, Brodsky, and bossocracy.  Read more

How to Conduct Qualitative Market Research

A variety of techniques from online chats to video logs can reveal how people feel about your product or service and how you can improve it to make more money.  Read more

Working Under Pressure

The director of an underwater hotel explains how guests are using technology as they learn advanced diving techniques.  Read more

Public Displays of Affection

Maybe the noble histories of suction cups, toilets, and kazoos don't sound intriguing to you, but for entrepreneurs who've built museums dedicated to the ind...  Read more

China, Inc.

Capitalism in China and a book review of Tribes.  Read more

When The Chips Are Down

"A Tale of Two Companies" (July) is a picture of the transition of our society from rural to urban. Mrs. Fields's rural values say, "Treat your neighbor r...  Read more