Tradition - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2015
News

The Protagonist Goes Prime Time

approaches taken by most of the students’ organizations. That’s an insight into the creative process the class couldn’t have gleaned from the traditional white-paper case. “There’s so much information that comes from video,” says Buell.... View Details

Keywords: April White

Will K. Kellogg

Kellogg invented corn flakes and created a breakfast cereal empire. Practicing pioneering advertising techniques, he managed to change the American breakfast style. Today, the Kellogg Company carries on the tradition of innovative... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

08 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How to Hire a Millennial

General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s decision to uproot its long-time headquarters from suburban Connecticut is nothing less than a... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

11 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections

often fail to take into account the complete value of the customers they are trying to retain. "What's missing from traditional methods is that they focus only on a customer's likelihood to churn, but not on the overall profitability of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Service

01 Jun 1998
News

New Releases

practical solutions some have developed in response. Bradach explains that traditional chain enterprises comprise two organizational units: company and franchise. The company-owned unit is run on a military model - the superior exercises... View Details

21 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine

discover how immigration law affects the number of such patents, and explain how, under certain conditions, patenting traditional medicine can mutually benefit both corporate firms and indigenous communities. Where's The Proof? The... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology

Career Coach

Susan Wu

particularly well-equipped to help in 3 areas: 1) understanding a less traditional path in banking, specifically the intersection of banking with governments; 2) big tech recruiting: understanding how to recruit for big tech companies and... View Details

21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

In order to garner the capital necessary to foot the bill for social change, nonprofits need to think less about traditional grants and more in terms of innovation--and so do the organizations that fund them. This was a key message from... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

programs can still be successful without the traditional partnership structure." But XTV's example, they continue, also suggests "some of the difficulties that these efforts encounter and the apparent importance of having a... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

22 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 22

traditional commercial banks in the context of their coexistence with shadow banks. While both types of intermediaries create safe "money-like" claims, they go about this in different ways. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

What’s an Internet Business Model? Ask a Health Care Professional

by panelist Andy Slavitt (HBS MBA '93), Founder, President and CEO of Healthallies.com, is an exchange that links patients with local health care providers who offer preferred rates. Services include everything from traditional medical... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

George A. Schaefer

A trained accountant, Schaefer’s first task as CEO was to dramatically cut costs. Caterpillar’s large, earth-moving products were no longer in high demand as in earlier years, so Schaefer decided to invest in making smaller machines for urban construction projects and... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

Profile

Julie Cruz

from quirky traditions to attempting traditional dances (with varying degrees of success). The event concludes with the grand reveal of our flags proudly displayed around the classroom. It's a special moment... View Details

31 May 2017
News

Father Agribusiness

In the late 1950s, an HBS lecturer named Ray Goldberg noticed something: traditional farming and the wider world of business were beginning to intersect with greater and greater frequency. Intrigued, he came up with a name for what he... View Details

Career Coach

Lia Turrini

in making a switch from traditional oil & gas to energy transition businesses 3) are starting business careers from a technical STEM background 4) need help polishing their story and brand, cover letter and resumes. Work Experience:... View Details

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Grupo Argos S.A.

Investing in Talent Development Drives Global Growth, Employee Retention div class="shim15"/> "HBS has an outstanding tradition of educating leaders. It also has the reputation, knowledge, and methodology that we consider to be the best."... View Details

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

to social problems through market solutions, the rate of return on these deals should be at least as high as traditional early stage investments. The big winners were in the technology and health care sectors, and in another group of... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

02 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: A Circular Journey Through JSW Cement - From Steel Slag to Stronger Shores

door. Its location, strategically chosen, allows it to directly harness the waste products of steel production. Blast furnace slag becomes a substitute for clinker, the traditional backbone of cement. By incorporating this slag, JSW... View Details

14 Oct 2014
News

Banking on social impact by brokering public-private partnerships

Maureen Harrington (MBA 2001), director of the International Development Group of Standard Bank, describes the role of a traditional bank in providing funding to social impact projects in developing countries, including supporting... View Details

29 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Pursuing Independent Projects

looking to do outside of traditional coursework. I had actually worked with Impact Weighted Accounts tangentially during my internship the summer before, so I had a chance to get to know the team and I knew what they're working on, so I... View Details

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