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Kristin W. Mugford | About
Kristin W. Mugford Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community Unit Finance Contact Phone Bio Kristin Mugford is the Melvin Tukman Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance Unit at the Harvard Business School and the... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Virtual Water Coolers: A Field Experiment on the Role of Virtual Interactions on Organizational Newcomer Performance
Designing management practices to better onboard organizational newcomers working remotely is a key priority for firms. We report results from a randomized field experiment conducted at a large global firm that estimates the performance effects of different types of... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; Virtual Water Coolers; Social Interactions; Careers; Field Experiment; Employees; Interpersonal Communication; Internet and the Web; Performance; Personal Development and Career
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Jacqueline N. Lane, and Iavor Bojinov. "Virtual Water Coolers: A Field Experiment on the Role of Virtual Interactions on Organizational Newcomer Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-125, May 2021. (Revised February 2023.)
- 03 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?
like. “It’s presumably making workers happier and more productive, and helping their communities and their organizations,” he says. Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- June 2010 (Revised February 2011)
- Case
The Fox Islands Wind Project (A)
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, James Thomas Corcoran, Max Gazor, Dylan Hogarty and Alexander H. Somers, Jr.
The market for electricity on the Fox Islands of North Haven and Vinalhaven, Maine is unique and costly for residents. Historically, electricity prices on the islands had been three times the national average because of the high cost of importing electricity via an... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Cost; Financing and Loans; Projects; Business and Community Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry; Maine
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, James Thomas Corcoran, Max Gazor, Dylan Hogarty, and Alexander H. Somers, Jr. "The Fox Islands Wind Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 810-129, June 2010. (Revised February 2011.)
- 26 Dec 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Reinforcing Regulatory Regimes: How States, Civil Society, and Codes of Conduct Promote Adherence to Global Labor Standards
- 18 May 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Organization Design for Distributed Innovation
Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin
- 2015
- Working Paper
Corporate Sponsorship in Culture—A Case of Partnership in Relationship Building and Collaborative Marketing by a Global Financial Institution and a Major Art Museum
By: Ragnar Lund and Stephen A. Greyser
Purpose: This paper examines cultural sponsorship from a partnership and relationship marketing perspective. It studies a case of how a partnership between two international institutions, a bank and a museum, adds value to both in terms of interaction with... View Details
Lund, Ragnar, and Stephen A. Greyser. "Corporate Sponsorship in Culture—A Case of Partnership in Relationship Building and Collaborative Marketing by a Global Financial Institution and a Major Art Museum." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-041, October 2015.
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
International Red Cross, UNICEF, Médecins Sans Frontières, Oxfam, and Amnesty International. Topics include managing growth, performance assessment, mission and strategy development, and most of all, understanding, developing, and View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 09 Jun 2023
- News
9 Alumnae Named to Inc's Female Founders 200
The new Female Founders 200 list from Inc. includes nine HBS alumnae from across the world of business. Inc. noted that their honorees were selected using criteria that included founders that have "moved the needle in business and in their View Details
- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
think I have a very simple philosophy. My philosophy is, listen, we all come to work to do three things: shareholder value, help unlock the dreams of people that we work with, and serve the community in which we operate. Those are the... View Details
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Bridgette Slater
part of the HBS community is like... ...bungee jumping. If you decide to make a bold move or take a risk, you may feel yourself in free fall at first, but you also feel confident taking that massive leap of faith because of your belief in... View Details
- 14 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
hundred,” Nagle says. Not everyone leaped on the knowledge right away, however. Since the academic community hadn’t anticipated this development, some researchers were quicker to use it than others. In order to figure out who those... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Brice Cutrer Jones
several other local charities. "Of all the things we've done at Sonoma-Cutrer," he observes, "I think that supporting our community has been the most important, and this particular effort has been the most gratifying." View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
close-knit community where his father owned a trucking company. Although neither of his parents finished college, both stressed the importance of education. After skipping two grades and gaining admission to the academically rigorous... View Details
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise
The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) aims to create a close-knit community for its members from the time they choose to join HBS, through their transition to the second year, and beyond graduation. In this feature, we highlight... View Details
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
communicating the strategy, aligning the resources (financial and human) to achieve the strategy, and managing the execution of the strategy. · Board performance of core functions has not been stellar. The performance of many boards has... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- Web
Electricity - Business & Environment
Solar at Ameresco Rick Needham HBS MBA 2002, Partner, Energy Sector Lead, TPG / The Rise Fund “Addressing climate change is one of the most critical challenges we face as a global community and will require us to muster all the vision,... View Details
- 16 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault
that’s how we will have long term success.” Looking forward, the ARF team plans to continue focusing on their four Pillars of Purpose – Justice System Reform, Education Parity, Health & Wellness Access, and Community Outreach &... View Details
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A Tradition of Philanthropy - Alumni
a truly residential campus. 1959 Friends and former students fund the Georges F. Doriot International Fellowship to “educate outstanding MBA candidates from other countries.” 1963 The Smith-Roberts Fellowship is created to support professional women who aspire to... View Details
- 02 May 2022
- What Do You Think?
Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?
comfort, optimism, and joy to our communities and inspire hope, especially for children.” This may help explain why many people went to work for Disney and why the company’s CEO took a stand that favored the views of some employees at the... View Details