Cannot Work From Home (CWFH) - Publications - Faculty & Research

2020
Working Paper

Working (From Home) During a Crisis: Online Social Contributions by Workers During the Coronavirus Shock

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wesley W. Koo and Xina Li

Prior research has documented that during mortality-related crises workers face psychic costs and are motivated to make social contributions. In addition, management practices that encourage workers to make social contributions during a crisis create value for firms.... View Details

Keywords: Crisis; Social Contributions; Work From Home (WFH); Cannot Work From Home (CWFH); Social Distancing; Online Communities; Coronavirus; COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Employees; Working Conditions; Internet and the Web; Crisis Management

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01 Feb 2023
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Will Hybrid Work Strategies Pull Down Long-Term Performance?

hybrid—version that gained acceptance (at least for coders) in tech companies like Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems 30 years ago. The pandemic surge in work-from-home has morphed in some organizations into hybrid work strategies that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

The following excerpt is taken from the "Lessons of Restructuring" section of Gilson's introduction to Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring. Although the case studies in this book span a wide range of companies,... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

born, I read up on child development and learned the special importance of the first several years. From that point on, I gave extra priority to spending quality time with our children whenever I was home... View Details

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Tips for Working Remotely | Information Technology

stolen, this will help you retrieve it, or to ensure the data on it cannot be obtained. If you plan on charging your mobile devices using public charging stations, purchase a USB data blocker to ensure that only power (and not data) can... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

been successful, all the way up to the C-suite. Look for an organization with a truly flexible culture, where new ways of thinking are embraced. Women are most successful in work and in life when they build careers in companies that value... View Details

14 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings

to keep working from home part of the time after COVID-19 abates, researchers are probing how virtual interaction might reshape organizations. In the first large-scale analysis... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

27 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

employee begins, the hiring company must consider logistical equipment issues. For example, not only is the new employee working from home, but the company’s IT team is, too. Should equipment be shipped to... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

30 Aug 2019
Blog Post

3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career

questions came to my mind than agreements. At the same time, there are many things about my previous firm that I appreciate much more now. I worked with the consultants from my previous firm as a client... View Details

29 Sep 2009
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Working PapersLocal Dividend Clienteles Authors:Bo Becker, Zoran Ivkovich, and Scott WeisbennerNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15175, July 2009 Abstract We exploit demographic variation to identify the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jun 2023
HBS Case

This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions

case, we heard anecdotes from Buurtzorg’s employees that suggest many, if not most, of them are highly engaged, take full ownership of their work, are pursuing creative ways of serving their patients, and feel motivated to do the best... View Details

Keywords: by Annelena Lobb; Health

04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

in emerging markets over the last half century. It can shed light on sensitive topics that are hard to study using written sources alone and adds nuance to phenomena commonly surveyed or measured qualitatively. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 14, 2009

Working Papers The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds Authors: Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, and Antoinette Schoar Abstract This paper examines the direct private equity investment strategies across sovereign wealth funds... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

corporation Brink's Company to spin-off its home security division from the rest of the company. The decision followed intense pressure on the company by three activist hedge funds that felt that Brink's was... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

29 Jul 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Firsthand Experience and the Subsequent Role of Reflected Knowledge in Cultivating Trust in Global Collaboration

Keywords: by Mark Mortensen & Tsedal Neeley

24 May 2023
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Speaker Adán Acevedo

at HBS but also of the hard work and sacrifice by our loved ones that helped us get here.” Acevedo’s goal in life is to be a multiplier for his parents’ kindness and compassion. As teenagers, they fled the Salvadoran Civil War. Today,... View Details

29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

gender, family) in the context of organizational/occupational pressures and personal preferences regarding this identity. We propose that the dual forces of pressures and preferences vary from inclusion (e.g., incorporating the non-work... View Details