Post by account_disabled on Jan 3, 2024 22:55:15 GMT -5
Top 10 Articles of the Year on the Pandemic The impact is widespread on how we work, manage and live. Since the start of the year, people are no longer commuting to work every day but instead working in their pajamas, entire industries have been upended by government lockdowns, stores have struggled to meet customer demand amid clogged global supply chains, and millions have lost their jobs. These changes are rapid, but are they permanent? For many, including those who have transitioned to a hybrid or remote work environment or changed career paths entirely, the answer is likely yes. But even as the pandemic brings many lasting changes to working life, has it permanently changed the way companies think about business strategy? That’s the question we asked a panel of strategy experts from around the world this month at the 2019-relaunched MIT Strategy Forum. The pandemic has permanently changed the way companies think about business strategy. Chart Comments Panelists Click on each box to view the panelists' comments. Click on a group member's name to read their responses.
Rajshri Agarwal Eric Brynjolfsson Richard Florida Sean Greenstein Alexandra Kaczperchik Preston McPhee Petra Moser Ivan Peng Melissa Sheets Lin Catherine Eisenhart Nicola Foss Joshua Gans Maria Guadalupe Daniel Levinthal Anita McGahan John Roberts Monica Schnitzer Olaf Sørensen Steve Tadley John van Reinen Juan Alcacer Ashish Arora Ana Maria Conti Joel Waldfogel Megan Bass Bruno Cassiman Caroline Flamer Andrea Fosfori Alfonso Gamba Della Richard Holden Tobias Kretsch Melory Rosenkopf Raphaela Sutton Job Function Email List Scott Stern Timothy Simcoe Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree For For those who agree that the pandemic has permanently reshaped strategy, two main drivers emerged as themes: flexible working and supply chain resilience. As NYU Stern School of Business professor Melissa Schilling writes.
The response to the pandemic has shown us that we can (and should) be more flexible in thinking about how, where and when we work together. Similarly, Erik Brynjolfsson of Stanford University points out that many major changes in work arrangements may have lasting effects, including the use of digital technologies, the geographic location of work, and the nature of interactions. Strongly agree that the share of people working from home in the U.S. has risen from levels previously seen during the peak.
Rajshri Agarwal Eric Brynjolfsson Richard Florida Sean Greenstein Alexandra Kaczperchik Preston McPhee Petra Moser Ivan Peng Melissa Sheets Lin Catherine Eisenhart Nicola Foss Joshua Gans Maria Guadalupe Daniel Levinthal Anita McGahan John Roberts Monica Schnitzer Olaf Sørensen Steve Tadley John van Reinen Juan Alcacer Ashish Arora Ana Maria Conti Joel Waldfogel Megan Bass Bruno Cassiman Caroline Flamer Andrea Fosfori Alfonso Gamba Della Richard Holden Tobias Kretsch Melory Rosenkopf Raphaela Sutton Job Function Email List Scott Stern Timothy Simcoe Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree For For those who agree that the pandemic has permanently reshaped strategy, two main drivers emerged as themes: flexible working and supply chain resilience. As NYU Stern School of Business professor Melissa Schilling writes.
The response to the pandemic has shown us that we can (and should) be more flexible in thinking about how, where and when we work together. Similarly, Erik Brynjolfsson of Stanford University points out that many major changes in work arrangements may have lasting effects, including the use of digital technologies, the geographic location of work, and the nature of interactions. Strongly agree that the share of people working from home in the U.S. has risen from levels previously seen during the peak.