Work From Home (WFH) - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2023
News

Case Study: The Home Team

it to market.” But with 400 Burros working in farm fields from California to Japan, the company is reaching a tipping point: “We’re shifting from an engineering mindset around... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

10 Oct 2017
News

IBM Calls Their Employees Out Of The Home And Back To The Office

01 Jun 2022
News

In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

Above: Dowling at home in New York City: “There’s no one model for being a working parent.” Daisy Dowling (MBA 2002) had built a successful career in leadership development and executive coaching at Goldman... View Details

Keywords: April White

03 Apr 2020
Working Paper Summaries

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

Keywords: by Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wesley W. Koo, and Xina Li

Working While Distancing

Are you suddenly working from home? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of View Details

05 May 2020
News

The new working world

Research Summary

Working on paper on how to restructure the public and private market for home mortgages in the US

the paper analyzes the main rationales for subsidizing homeownership from an international perspective, offers criteria for who should be subsidized in the future, discusses how these governmental subsidies should be implemented and how the private market for mortgage... View Details

01 May 2020
What Do You Think?

Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

Original Post We all have had conversations over the last few weeks with people working from home for the first time while sheltering from... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Mar 2021
News

Could Working Remotely Last Forever?

2012
Article

Specialization and Variety in Repetitive Tasks: Evidence from a Japanese Bank

By: B. Staats and F. Gino

Sustaining operational productivity in the completion of repetitive tasks is critical to many organizations' success. Yet research points to two different work-design-related strategies for accomplishing this goal: specialization to capture the benefits of repetition... View Details

Keywords: Motivation; Productivity; Specialization; Variety; Work Fragmentation; Boundaries; Performance Productivity; Organizations; Research; Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Opportunities; Market Transactions; Resource Allocation; Performance; Goals and Objectives; Learning

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06 Aug 2015
News

A Wall Street Pioneer Comes Home

to be another person, getting an education.” Sherwood did just that, following through on her goal of landing a job on Wall Street by applying to various firms in her second year at HBS. She eventually landed a position at Goldman Sachs, where she View Details

30 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Temptation at Work

Keywords: by Alessandro Bucciol, Daniel Houser & Marco Piovesan

30 Mar 2021
News

Remote Work Isn’t Going Anywhere. Here’s How You Can Still Succeed

25 Jan 2016
News

Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home

getting a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan’s Rackam School of Graduate Studies, he worked at DaimlerChrysler, and then as a power engineering consultant with Sargent... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

24 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?

proposals, which would include the wind down of two government sponsored enterprises—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Between them they generated more than half of all US mortgage credit before failing in September 2008. According to a new paper View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

01 Dec 2023
News

Happier-ness at Work

causes you to be happier all around. Engaging in work with your whole heart is one of the best ways to enjoy your days, get satisfaction from your accomplishments, and see meaning in your efforts. Work, at... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

The Implications of Working Without an Office

In early 2020, the world began what is undoubtedly the largest work-from-home experiment in history. Now, organizations continue to wrestle with whether and how to have workers return to their offices. Business leaders need to be able to answer a number of questions... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

HBS Association of Ireland: Connecting at Home and Abroad

while for Irish alumni to find their way back to the Emerald Isle — most graduates live and work in the United States or England for a few years before returning to their homeland. Barry himself was no exception. Born and raised in Cork,... View Details

17 May 2021
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Why Workplaces Need to Match Technology with Work Goals

05 Oct 2015
News

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