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Nearly every office dweller fantasizes about the joys of working from home: Dressing in PJs instead of suits. Eating from the fridge and not the vending machine. Listening to birds chirp instead of the boss bark.

Thinking about telecommuting? You may pay a career price. That’s the conclusion you can draw from a new study out of Harvard Medical School, of all places that found how often and how prominently researchers were cited in papers had a lot to do with how closely they sat near each other.

Working at home has come of age and in fact increasingly is being encouraged by forward-minded companies. Here, a short take plus some tips on making the experience more effective and positive.