Remote Productivity

It is difficult to estimate the effect on remote working across the board. Darja Šmite, who speaks with us today, is a professor of Software Engineering at the Blekinge Institute of Technology. In her recently published paper, she analyzed data on several companies' activities before and after remote working became prevalent. She discussed the results found, why they were and some subtle drawbacks of remote working.

Guest

Darja Šmite: Darja Smite is a Professor of Software Engineering at Blekinge Institute of Technology and a part-time research scientist at SINTEF ICT. She has dedicatedly focused on understanding the impact of globalization and offshoring in software companies. Smite has conducted research with and for a number of international companies such as Ericsson, ABB, Emerson Process Management, Boss Media, CALVI and DXC, and has insights from cooperating with offshore vendors in India, China, Poland, Latvia, Ukraine and Russia.