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- 01 Mar 2004
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Derek Ferguson
Derek T. Ferguson (MBA 1990) could be mistaken for a minister by fellow commuters on the train from Connecticut to Manhattan. Yet his calling is not to the pulpit, but to the midtown headquarters of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group,...
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- 01 Jan 2013
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Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
Jon accepted a position at Harvard Management Company in Boston, the pair commuted for nine months until Joanna relocated, eventually accepting a position as SVP of marketing for Converse, which was in bankruptcy at the time. "I had to...
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Susan Young
- 25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner
center—moms who will no longer have to spend hours commuting each day, and who will return home in the evening to find their kids crafting projects using the 3D printer in the building’s Teen Shack. Despite the stop-work order, Dlodlo is...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Room to Write
Edited by April White; photos courtesy of the authors “A lot of my book was written on the Notes function of my phone while commuting in London. The ideas flow easily wherever I am, but I need a bit more quiet to bring it all together.”...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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Karen Gordon Mills
Early every Tuesday morning, Karen Gordon Mills leaves her house in Brunswick, Maine, and embarks on her weekly commute to Manhattan. She spends the next several days immersed in her work as managing director of a new private-equity firm,...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Roads to Recovery
Antiquated Passenger Rail While the US freight rail system is among the best in the world, passenger service ranks 17th globally in annual passenger-miles of service. A 2013 commuter train crash in Connecticut revealed that 700,000 people...
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- 27 Nov 2013
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No Bologna, Please
risks where the payoff wasn't obvious. After HBS, he opened a cookie shop in downtown Boston—and watched commuters stream by in the morning until he added fresh croissants and baguettes, both novelties at the time. That store would become...
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- 25 Feb 2020
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The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
organizational process is the key.” For Choudhury, these innovative new models benefit not only the employee and employer. They can also benefit society: “With work from anywhere, people can go back to small towns, reduce urban congestion, and limit the impact of View Details
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April White
- 01 Sep 2012
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A Silent Workplace Crisis
children, and Ray’s demanding travel schedule. To supervise my parents’ care, I relocated my family to Boston, five miles from their home, and Ray and I began commuting to our jobs in Manhattan. I soon discovered the challenges of aging...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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Ann M. Fudge
When Ann Fudge was pursuing her MBA at HBS, she used her one-hour commute to Soldiers Field to shift gears from being the busy mother of two toddlers to a focused student handling cold calls with aplomb. Fudge managed her roles as wife,...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Lessons from a Megacity
of formal public transportation options and informal, private buses (combis) that struggled to serve the capital city of a far more economically stable Peru. In interviews with residents, the team learned that Limeans used as many as four modes of transportation to...
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- 13 Jul 2020
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The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
what it would mean to feel physically present with anyone from anywhere. It unlocks economic opportunities for people who can’t move to major industry hubs; has the potential to dramatically improve our environmental impact of commuting...
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- 10 Mar 2021
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Next Normal
180, 2011) “I work more, but it’s more efficient. I don’t allocate so much time to commuting or traveling, so I have more for kids, family, exercise, and sleep. Overall, it feels more balanced. That said, I miss having a raucous...
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- 23 May 2019
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Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991
civilian life. He now runs a consulting firm and until recently taught a seminar on military and diplomatic power at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School, commuting by train once a week from Annapolis to Princeton. “I have always been an...
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Susan Young
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
task. It meant 10 hours of commuting every week, not getting much sleep, and not really taking care of herself the way she would have liked. But Matthews knows that the expertise she got from her time at HBS is what will allow her...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2003
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Andrea Silbert
noting that word of mouth is the organization’s best marketing tool. While the ups and downs of the economy pose a challenge, Silbert says that with careful planning, CWE has weathered the recent economic downturn well. The mother of two toddlers who View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
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The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
of dried bananas, peanuts, and magazines from hawkers; rattletrap buses belch black filth; and all notions of right-of-way are wishful thinking. Average round-trip commutes of about 50 miles take four hours, prompting some to keep...
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- 15 Nov 2020
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Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
faculty, highlights new and noteworthy cases, and provides actionable takeaways for business leaders, all in about 25 minutes. Listeners might be CEOs tuning in during their commute or prospective students streaming it during a workout....
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- 01 Jun 2020
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Homeschooled
also benefits of community that a residential experience provides. But that raises the question about situations where people are going to commuter colleges purely to learn accounting, let’s say. So, if you want the...
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- 01 Jan 2008
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Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
commuting from Boston to FTD in Detroit, Whitman accepted a position closer to home at Hasbro. “I liked the toy industry,” recalls the mother of two boys. “My sons got to be testers, and I enjoyed being a general manager of a great...
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