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- March 2001 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Time Warner Inc. vs. The Walt Disney Company (A): Pulling the Plug
Describes negotiation impasse between Time Warner, Inc. and The Walt Disney Co. over the retransmission of the ABC Network over Time Warner's cable systems. More broadly, the case depicts the shifting balance of power between content creators and distributors in the...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Process;
Internet and the Web;
Television Entertainment;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Watkins, Michael D., and Cate Reavis. "Time Warner Inc. vs. The Walt Disney Company (A): Pulling the Plug." Harvard Business School Case 801-186, March 2001. (Revised August 2001.)
- May 1996 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Dennis Hightower: New Horizons
By: Ashish Nanda
Named president of Disney TV and Telecommunications, Dennis Hightower has to yet again come in as an outsider and take charge. The magnitude of challenge is much larger than in 1987, and the situation facing him is subtly different.
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Personal Development and Career;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Nanda, Ashish. "Dennis Hightower: New Horizons." Harvard Business School Case 396-316, May 1996. (Revised June 1996.)
- October 2018
- Supplement
Zenefits Board of Directors (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Business Model;
Corporate Accountability;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Crisis Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Human Resources;
Leadership;
Risk Management;
Venture Capital;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States;
California
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Zenefits Board of Directors (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-035, October 2018.
- June 2013
- Background Note
Mobilizing an Online Business
By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman
Entrepreneurs starting online businesses often need to mobilize multiple sets of users or customers, each of whom hesitates to participate unless others join also. This case presents several challenges with similar structure.
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Keywords:
Mobilization Strategy;
Network Effects;
Platforms;
Internet;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Two-Sided Platforms;
Technology Adoption;
Innovation Strategy;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Coles, Peter, and Benjamin Edelman. "Mobilizing an Online Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 913-061, June 2013. (request a courtesy copy.)
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
case:http://hbr.org/search/813077-PDF-ENG Developing the Materiality Matrix at Telefónica Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and Asun Cano EscoriazaHarvard Business School Case 413-088 Telefónica, one of the largest telecommunication...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
telecommunications technologies, particularly the Internet, which enabled entirely new ways to communicate with customers and suppliers, as well as internally. This was the era when everybody was developing new initiatives in B2C...
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by Martha Lagace
- October 2018
- Case
Zenefits Board of Directors (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
In early 2018, the time seemed right for Zenefits investor and director Lars Dalgaard to reflect on whether Zenefits had the right board of directors to shepherd the company through its next stages of growth. For the company whose name combined the words “benefits,”...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Business Model;
Corporate Accountability;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Crisis Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Human Resources;
Leadership;
Risk Management;
Venture Capital;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States;
California
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Zenefits Board of Directors (A)." Harvard Business School Case 319-034, October 2018.
- October 2017 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Snap Inc. Goes Public (A)
By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. The case is set in early 2017 following the public availability of Snap’s IPO filing with the U.S. Securities...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Capital Structure;
Corporate Accountability;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Going Public;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Leadership;
Management;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Venture Capital;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States;
California
Paine, Lynn Sharp, and Will Hurwitz. "Snap Inc. Goes Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 318-042, October 2017. (Revised April 2024.)
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
first-movers in radio were the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a joint venture of the three leading United States producers of electrical and telecommunications equipment, and the German company Telefunken, a joint venture of the two...
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- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
to deter weaker players by disrupting or delaying their plans or imposing burdensome penalties. Delay is often a valuable side effect of government involvement in value-net games. Global Crossing, a small player in the telecommunications...
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- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
America Harvard Business School Case 908-004 Describes the auction of Cable & Wireless America (CWA), a bankrupt subsidiary of the British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless. While an initial "stalking-horse"...
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Martha Lagace
- March 2008 (Revised November 2008)
- Case
Sony Digital Entertainment, Japan
By: Anita Elberse
It is late 2007. So-called cell phone ("keitai") novels have turned into an extremely popular form of entertainment-on-the- go in Japan, in particular among young, female readers. In fact, consisting mostly of love stories written by amateurs in short sentences and...
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Keywords:
Books;
Marketing Strategy;
Open Source Distribution;
Competition;
Mobile Technology;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Japan
Elberse, Anita. "Sony Digital Entertainment, Japan." Harvard Business School Case 508-071, March 2008. (Revised November 2008.)
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
SUMMING UP Is antitrust just a quaint notion in the internet/Cloud age? What do you think? The lack of response to November’s column sends me a message: There appears to be less interest in antitrust issues regarding technology platforms such as Google and Apple than...
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- June 1990 (Revised August 1990)
- Supplement
Sun Microsystems, Inc.--1987 (C)
Outlines the financing agreement reached by Sun and AT&T in early 1988.
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Keywords:
Financing and Loans;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Sun Microsystems, Inc.--1987 (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 290-053, June 1990. (Revised August 1990.)
- October 2018
- Supplement
Zenefits Board of Directors (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Business Model;
Corporate Accountability;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Crisis Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Human Resources;
Leadership;
Risk Management;
Venture Capital;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States;
California
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Zenefits Board of Directors (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-036, October 2018.
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
and do it more efficiently, over time. Richard E. Beville should know. The chief operating officer of Lamont Digital Systems, a Greenwich, Conn., provider of digital telecommunications services, Beville started his career in the Bell...
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by David Stauffer
- 1998
- Chapter
The Converging Worlds of Telecommunications, Computing and Entertainment
By: David J. Collis, Stephen P. Bradley and P. William Bane Jr.
Keywords:
Communication Technology;
Information Technology;
Entertainment;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Collis, David J., Stephen P. Bradley, and P. William Bane Jr. "The Converging Worlds of Telecommunications, Computing and Entertainment." In Sense and Respond: Capturing Value in the Network Era, edited by Stephen P. Bradley and Richard L. Nolan, 31–62. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1998.
- 1998
- Chapter
The Converging Worlds of Telecommunications, Computing, and Entertainment
By: P. W. Bane, S. P. Bradley and D. J. Collins
- November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Technical Note
Customer Data Privacy
By: Eva Ascarza and Ta-Wei Huang
This note provides an overview of the evolving landscape of customer data privacy in 2023. It highlights two pivotal aspects that make privacy a central concern for businesses: building and maintaining customer trust and navigating the intricate regulatory...
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Keywords:
Customer Relationship Management;
Governance Compliance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Reputation;
Trust;
Information Management;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Europe;
United States
Ascarza, Eva, and Ta-Wei Huang. "Customer Data Privacy." Harvard Business School Technical Note 524-005, November 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- May 1992 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
Breaking with the Past?: Four Examples of Product Change
Describes four examples of product change where the new version of the product makes a "break with the past" in some important respect. The four examples are those of the IBM PS/2 family of personal computers, Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet software, Nikon's line of SLR...
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Keywords:
Product Design;
Change;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Dhebar, Anirudh S. "Breaking with the Past?: Four Examples of Product Change." Harvard Business School Case 592-097, May 1992. (Revised July 1994.)