remote work - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jul 2025
Blog Post

In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid: Strategies for Success

While many employees find themselves back in the office a great deal of the time, remote and hybrid work remain defining features of the modern workplace. Whether you work from... View Details

21 Apr 2021
News

Welcome to the YOLO Economy

Program

Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization

Summary Given today's turbulent environment, business leaders are seeking a new path to success for their companies. But while many firms talk about transforming themselves around current trends such as digitization and remote work, most... View Details

09 Jun 2015
Blog Post

Pursuing Meaning through an HBS/HKS Joint Degree

renewable energy technologies in off-grid communities. I traveled to a number of remote villages in Peru, Sri Lanka, the Dominican Republic, Mali and Madagascar, visiting projects and trying to understand what View Details

14 Sep 2021
News

‘Work from Home’ Defined the Pandemic, but the Future Is ‘Work from Anywhere'

24 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?

policies and trajectories that cater to caregiving. While much has been written about flexibility in terms of remote work or unpaid vacation, true flexibility comes from an employer mindset: Smart companies... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

23 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers

furtively wedged between meetings and deadlines. Shifts to remote work and flexible hours during early pandemic lockdowns, for example, made care obligations less secretive. But it might not persist: About... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

31 Jan 2022
News

The Tussle over Location-Based Pay

21 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.

explores how emotions intensify within groups and uncovers ways that leaders can reorient the negative feelings of employees, shareholders, and other stakeholders to help them work toward a positive purpose. For example, if employees are... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

10 Apr 2021
News

Love them or hate them, virtual meetings are here to stay

08 Jul 2021
News

The Latest Numbers on How Many Workers Will Be Returning to Offices, and How Often

18 Apr 2023
HBS Seminar

Daron Acemoglu, MIT

22 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Master the One-on-One Meeting

cadence with them (weekly or every other week? 30 minutes or an hour?) and what the format should be—your office or theirs, a walk, or maybe grabbing coffee. Different formats work for different employees and they can always be changed as... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

women back in the workplace. Now, researchers add a new twist: They can even cause women to question their own abilities. How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely Letting independent workers choose... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Jan 2024
In Practice

Harnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year

mindset, redefining the very fabric of our working lives. Key aspects of this digital revolution include: Redefining workspaces with flexibility and digital tools. The term “flexible” will likely be trending more and more. We will... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

02 May 2023
What Do You Think?

How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?

remote work affect innovation? Remote work will, on balance, support innovation. That’s the sense of responses to last month’s column. Susan... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Information Technology; Technology

11 Apr 2024
In Practice

Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

students graduating from US schools who need a work visa). What about refugees, who are becoming more common globally? Research finds that refugees assimilate at an even faster rate into the economy and the workplace than general migrants... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup

At a young, growing company, there is always more work to be done. There are strategies to build, projects to complete, partnerships to forge, data to crunch, employees to develop – the list goes on. That’s why bringing on an intern to... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

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code that should allow other researchers to use remote sensing for yield estimation and program evaluation. June 2025 Case (Family) Size Matters: Nico Oprée and the Decreasing Power of Family Unity over Time By: Lauren Cohen , Octavian... View Details

31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at a Startup