About the Event

Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, will share his research on the changing geography of work, especially as it relates to emerging markets. Pulling from his ongoing projects in Turkey, Bangladesh, and India, Raj will examine the productivity effects of remote work and how AI plays a role in its future.

This event is open to all students, faculty members, staff, and members of the greater Boston community. Lunch provided, registration required.

This event is part of the Nardone Family Seminar Series at the Center for Emerging Markets.

About Raj Choudhury

Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury is the Lumry Family Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School. He was an Assistant Professor at Wharton prior to joining Harvard. His research is focused on studying the Future of Work, especially the changing Geography of Work. In particular, he studies the productivity effects of geographic mobility of workers, causes of geographic immobility and productivity effects of remote work practices such as ‘Work from anywhere' and ‘All-remote'. He is an Associate Editor at Management Science and was included in the 2023 Forbes Future of Work-50 list.

His research has been published in Management ScienceOrganization ScienceStrategic Management JournalResearch PolicyThe Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Development EconomicsReview of Financial StudiesHarvard Business Review, and has been cited in FreakonomicsBBCBloomberg BusinessweekCNBCPBSNew York TimesThe Wall Street JournalWashington PostNPR All Things ConsideredForbesWIREDInc.Times of IndiaGlobe and MailEl Pais, and India Today Television among other outlets. He earned his Doctorate from Harvard, and has Degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology and Indian Institute of Management. Prior to academia, he worked at McKinsey & Company, Microsoft and IBM

About the Nardone Family Seminar Series

Made possible by a gift from David R. Nardone, this seminar series brings scholars and practitioners to Northeastern University to share insights on emerging markets.   

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