Remote work - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jun 2020
In Practice

Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?

Working Knowledge. [Image: Korrawin] Related Reading It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving What role is... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

19 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo

IT that is not quite justified, based on all the work that continues to be done around the world, he said. Managers need to understand the opportunities and threats of Internet2 for their companies, because savvy new firms will come in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Stories of the Quarter

Benefit When Employees Work Remotely These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too [Image: GermanS62] View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

(iStockphoto/Sanja Radin) Increasingly, I hear and read about questions such as: Why are my best tech people leaving our great company to work on something called crypto and Web3? What are the strategic implications for my organization of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

Should companies let employees keep working remotely after the COVID-19 pandemic ends? Assessing the impact of remote work has involved a lot of... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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

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

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

Remote Work: Pandemic Edition These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works 7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19 What do great leaders do differently? Share your insights below. View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

team that wrote hundreds of cases for the new school, now flourishing in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. At the same time, Lodge undertook a three-year research project in the remote province of Veraguas in Panama to study the process of change... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

Most organizations already have at least some of these processes in place, but they rarely develop and manage them in a coherent, consistent way. Here are eight things that your company should be working on. Identify your company's... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

offices working remotely and field teams continuing to support Sahel Consulting’s five-year Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria program. Sahel Consulting is conducting COVID-related research and... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

05 Nov 2024
Book

Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech

Matter in Remote Work How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working... View Details

Keywords: by Karen G. Mills; Financial Services

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

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

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

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