remote work - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model

roll out a similar model beyond India—maybe even into Europe and the U.S. What's the secret? According to HBS professor Tarun Khanna, the success of the hospital, called Narayana Hrudayalaya, is due to the vision and tireless work of a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

08 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

new working paper, Big Data and Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life, Luca and three collaborators argue that cities have never been better positioned to take advantage of the vast amounts of data... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

30 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

it work for more than a billion people. Workers have brought laptops with all the necessary equipment to remote villages in the country, places with no electricity or connectivity. If residents do not have... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

efficiency, remote troubleshooting, and customer personalization—has been delayed despite wide acceptance by many experts that the existing power system is falling far short of America's energy needs. In 2009, energy demand in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities

23 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation

safety can be demonstrated before consumers leave for safer substitutes. “The demand shock caused by an accident could actually be good news for companies,” says Luo. “They drive up demand for a product feature that often feels remote in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

10 Dec 2007
HBS Case

One Laptop per Child

collaborative tasks from writing assignments to playing digital instruments. At the same time it needed to address constraints such as the lack of electrical power in many remote rural areas—a problem it solves in several ways. Kids can... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Computer

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

(or click-and-collect) channels, much like the pandemic has prompted white-collar firms to seriously consider remote work in a more permanent way. All retailers, from omnichannel to single-channel, need to... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.27.4.65 Working Papers Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances By: Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych Abstract—We decompose capital flows-both... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

of companies operate, investors can give helpful insight around people and culture. You can ask how to work through team challenges, enhance your company culture, or even how to make remote teams work. If... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 1

they may fail to notice when the moment is right for action on one path. They may also seem too remote and aloof to their staffs. The best leaders can zoom in to examine problems and then zoom out to look for patterns and causes. They... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

the team was able to draw some conclusions about how the companies performed individually and as a hypothetical portfolio. They were also able to make some observations about how investor behavior contributed to the success of individual IC members. The students View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

disaster that killed over 1,000 factory workers in Bangladesh in 2013 highlighted to Western consumers the challenging conditions faced by the workers who made their clothes. Consumer pressure on Western retailers worked its way back up... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

25 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity

geographic mobility and remote work that have implications for firms and individual career outcomes. “People are not moving far away from their hometowns like they used to,” he says, “and there has been no... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

05 Nov 2024
Research & Ideas

AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen

how do we get this to work, so it’s credible and widely accepted?” You Might Also Like: Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change What... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Information Technology; Technology

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

for learning about what works in digital health. Recently, we have witnessed developments that would have been difficult to imagine just a few years ago. In the United States, we have seen massive expansions in insurance coverage for... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

12 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

jointly decide to donate their bodies to science after they die. In Individuals' Decision to Co-Donate or Donate Alone: An Archival Study of Married Whole Body Donors in Hawaii, published online by the Public Library of Science, the authors report that married people... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

05 Apr 2021
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?

leaders teach? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. Reference: Thomas J. DeLong, Teaching by Heart: One Professor’s Journey to Inspire (Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2019) Summing up last month’s column Last month we explored together... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities

14 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 14

Working PapersCapitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan (revised October 2009) Authors:Robert Dujarric and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Japan's industrial landscape is characterized by hierarchical forms of industry organization, which are... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Growing CEOs from the Inside

brutal, understanding of what needs to change if the company is to succeed in the competitive environment that lies ahead. The inside-outsider knows that if his or her vision of the way the world is headed is remotely right, then real... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Employment

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