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  • January 2021
  • Article

Commuting and Innovation: Are Closer Inventors More Productive?

By: Hongyu Xiao, Andy Wu and Jaeho Kim
We estimate the causal effect of workplace–home commuting distance on inventor productivity. We construct a novel panel of U.S. inventors with precisely measured workplace–home distances and inventor-level productivity. Our identification strategy exploits firm office... View Details
Keywords: Commuting; Proximity; Inventors; Innovation; Relocation; Telecommuting; Geographic Location; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; United States
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  • Article

Where Did the Commute Time Go?

By: Andrew Kun, Raffaella Sadun, Orit Shaer and Thomaz Teodorovicz
The COVID pandemic forced most workers to stop their daily commute to and from work. So what have they done with that “extra” time? It depends. Independent employees with no managerial responsibility have largely been able to spend more time on personal pursuits, but... View Details
Keywords: Telecommuting; Time Management; Work-Life Balance
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  • 2025
  • Book

The World Is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity, and Innovation

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
A research-based look at a growing phenomenon—companies allowing their employees to work from anywhere in the world—and how those who adopt this model can boost talent, innovation, and productivity.
In recent years, companies in a wide range of industries have... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; Telecommuting; Employees; Business Offices; Organizational Culture; Retention; Recruitment; Policy; Competitive Advantage
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  • 2022
  • Article

Gender Inequality in Research Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Ruomeng Cui, Hao Ding and Feng Zhu
We study the disproportionate impact of the lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak on female and male academics' research productivity in social science. The lockdown has caused substantial disruptions to academic activities, requiring people to work from home.... View Details
Keywords: Gender Inequality; Research Productivity; Telecommuting; COVID-19 Pandemic; Research; Performance Productivity; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Health Pandemics
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  • April 2021
  • Article

Work-From-Anywhere: The Productivity Effects of Geographical Flexibility

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Cirrus Foroughi and Barbara Larson
An emerging form of remote work allows employees to work-from-anywhere, so that the worker can choose to live in a preferred geographic location. While traditional work-from-home (WFH) programs offer the worker temporal flexibility, work-from-anywhere (WFA) programs... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Flexibility; Work-from-anywhere; Remote Work; Telecommuting; Geographic Mobility; USPTO; Employees; Geographic Location; Performance Productivity
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  • 14 Nov 2013
  • News

Work-Family Conflict is Not the Problem. Overwork Is.

  • 16 Apr 2021
  • News

Tsedal Neeley on Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere

  • 24 Jul 2013
  • News

Working from Home: A Work in Progress

  • 17 Jun 2020
  • News

The Future of the Office: Remote Work after the Pandemic

  • 29 Jul 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

needed to fully understand the implications of remote work in more collaborative settings. Looking ahead As some companies move to adopt broader telecommute policies, others such as Yahoo! have publicly retreated from allowing workers to... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 30 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

Welcome to the new world of remote work, pandemic style. Before the coronavirus hit, 5.2 percent of US employees reported telecommuting most of the time, while 43 percent worked from home at least some of the time. Now, with the pandemic... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • What Do You Think?

Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?

Summing Up Telecommuting: Having Our Cake…But Not at the Party? While telecommuters reading this column want to see telecommuting work, they are equally clear that we have a way to go before we see the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Busy…Very Busy

30, 2007). “Many telecommuters miss the regular hubbub of the office.” So his CD not only “instantly builds the credibility of home-office workers, it also boosts their confidence and productivity.” Freund offers CDs or downloads of... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
  • 03 Apr 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

them, Sheryl Sandberg (COO) has written a book, Lean In, about which everyone seems to have an opinion. It coincides with the actions of Marissa Mayer to discourage telecommuting at Yahoo!, where she recently became CEO. The intent here... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Books

on Work and Life Balance provides offerings ranging from the renowned "mommy-track" article to perspectives on telecommuting that will help HR professionals and employees at all levels understand the often delicate balance between our... View Details
  • 08 Sep 2016
  • News

How We Make It Work

our first child, and I went back to work full-time. Two years later, the decision was more difficult, but I was able to work out an arrangement with my employer to partially telecommute and to work to achieve results rather than clock... View Details