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- January 2002 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Space Data Corporation
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Jay Wynn
Space Data Corp. plans to partner with the U.S. National Weather Service to place transceivers on weather balloons and thereby create a national mobile communications network. The company is in the late development stages and is planning to launch a regional test that...
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Keywords:
Wireless Technology;
Business Startups;
Business Processes;
Adaptation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Opportunities;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
MacCormack, Alan D., and Jay Wynn. "Space Data Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 602-121, January 2002. (Revised April 2002.)
- January 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Metapath Software: September 1997
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Bill Wasik
In September 1997, John Hansen called together his board to debate an interesting choice that his company had to make. Hansen--the CEO of Metapath Software, a provider of software and services to wireless carriers--had two offers to describe. The first was an offer to...
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Keywords:
Private Ownership;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Private Equity;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Teams;
Stocks;
Public Ownership;
Negotiation Deal;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Bill Wasik. "Metapath Software: September 1997." Harvard Business School Case 899-160, January 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
telecommunications did. Target started by selling things like paint, hardware, and simple kitchen supplies, not designer clothing. JCB transformed the digging of big holes not by aspiring to use hydraulics technology to excavate massive...
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- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
Artificial Intelligence Vodafone was operating in the fast-moving telecommunications market where innovation and scale were key. Faced with an onslaught of technological advances—big data, automation, and artificial intelligence—CEO...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
case). How should senior management respond? Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111025-PDF-ENG Roshan: Light at the End of the Tunnel in Afghanistan Herman B. Leonard and Qahir DhananiHarvard Business School Case 310-041 Roshan is a highly...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2.3.6 Dangerous Weapons & Threats - MBA
willfully communicates or causes to be communicated, either directly or indirectly, orally, in writing, by mail, by use of a telephone or telecommunication device including, but not limited to, electronic mail, Internet communications and...
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- November 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Supplement
Global Unichip Corporation (B)
By: Willy Shih and Chen-Fu Chien
Jim Lai, President of Global Unichip Corporation (GUC), mapped out the changes he saw coming to the global semiconductor industry. The big question was how many system developers would start coming directly to GUC.
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Keywords:
Abstraction;
Value-network;
Vertical Integration;
Entry Barriers;
Intermediaries;
Dis-intermediation;
Aggregator;
Vertical Specialization;
Technology Adoption;
Digital Platforms;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Integration;
Technological Innovation;
Innovation Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Industry Structures;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Complexity;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Taiwan
Shih, Willy, and Chen-Fu Chien. "Global Unichip Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 613-049, November 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
- October 1990 (Revised March 1993)
- Background Note
Note on Cable Television Regulation
Examines the evolution of the U.S. cable television industry since its inception in the early 1950s. Particular emphasis is given to the roles played by technology, consumer demand, and regulation at both the local and federal level. Designed to facilitate a conceptual...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Demand and Consumers;
Government Legislation;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Monopoly;
Television Entertainment;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Emmons, Willis M., III. "Note on Cable Television Regulation." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-022, October 1990. (Revised March 1993.)
- April 1996 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Times Mirror Company PEPS Proposal Review
By: Peter Tufano
Times Mirror Co. (TMC) owns a substantial block of Netscape common stock purchased prior to Netscape's IPO, on which it has substantial unrealized gains. TMC is restricted from selling the stock in a public offering and is therefore considering a proposal by Morgan...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Stocks;
Taxation;
Corporate Finance;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Tufano, Peter, and Cameron Poetzscher. "Times Mirror Company PEPS Proposal Review." Harvard Business School Case 296-089, April 1996. (Revised January 2006.)
- June 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Background Note
Primer on the U.S. Television Industry
This case provides background on the U.S. TV industry at the end of the 20th century.
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Keywords:
History;
Television Entertainment;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Wei-Skillern, Jane, and Sonia Marciano. "Primer on the U.S. Television Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 308-128, June 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- November 2004 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Messier's Reign at Vivendi Universal
By: Rakesh Khurana, Vincent Dessain and Daniela Beyersdorfer
Focuses on a crisis in the board at Vivendi. Highlights the difficulties that arise when dramatic pressure from outside the boardroom affects boardroom dynamics. In this case, there are two events. The first is an unexpectedly large financial loss and a pending cash...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Crisis Management;
History;
Cash Flow;
Acquisition;
Performance;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Khurana, Rakesh, Vincent Dessain, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Messier's Reign at Vivendi Universal." Harvard Business School Case 405-063, November 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
- February 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Cable Data Systems
By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga
Describes the operating challenges of Cable Data Systems (CDS), a minority-owned cable installation company with a dual mission of maximizing profits and providing employment opportunities to minorities in urban markets. Following the merger of two cable installation...
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Keywords:
Selection and Staffing;
Employment;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Urban Scope;
Cost Management;
Infrastructure;
Labor Unions;
Demand and Consumers;
Demographics;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Boston
Marshall, Paul W., and Todd H Thedinga. "Cable Data Systems." Harvard Business School Case 803-132, February 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- March 2002 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
AOL Time Warner, Inc.
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Erin Sullivan
AOL Time Warner, which has been billed as the "first fully integrated media and communications company of the Internet Century," raises the fundamental question of how value will be created and captured by the merger of AOL and Time Warner. This case describes just how...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Internet and the Web;
Value Creation;
Organizational Culture;
Consolidation;
Change Management;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Bradley, Stephen P., and Erin Sullivan. "AOL Time Warner, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 702-421, March 2002. (Revised June 2005.)
- December 1999 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
CNBC (A): NBC and Its Startup Friends
NBC expands further on to the Internet with CNBC.com. NBC's Internet strategy, supported by corporate parent General Electric, involves numerous investments as well as new ventures like CNBC.com. Soon after CNBC.com is launched in 1999, NBC brings in a new CEO, Pamela...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Change Management;
Management Teams;
Corporate Strategy;
Leadership Development;
Internet and the Web;
Expansion;
Media;
Telecommunications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "CNBC (A): NBC and Its Startup Friends." Harvard Business School Case 300-090, December 1999. (Revised May 2002.)
- Career Coach
Cathy Hutchinson
Cathy (Kellogg '01) is a member of the Career & Professional Development team and coaches students and alumni interested in entertainment/ media & technology career paths. In addition to managing external marketing, communications & technology initiatives...
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- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
eighteen months, to also nationalize the country's biggest telecommunications company and the electricity and natural gas sectors. What are your thoughts on what this trend means both for Venezuela's economic development and for outside...
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- Web
Departments | Employment
food services, events management, telecommunications and moves, facilities operations and management, sustainability, utilities, emergency management/preparedness, fitness center, and campus security. Social Enterprise Initiative The...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
High Adventure
BEILHARZ: "I no longer feel like one of those pet animals on a wheel." On a rare break from running her new ecotourism business in the wilds of Texas Hill Country, Amy Beilharz (MBA ’84) reflects on the life she and her husband, David, have built since leaving...
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- May 1992
- Teaching Note
Appex Corp., Teaching Note
By: Nitin Nohria
Teaching Note for (9-491-082).
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- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
learning that has received less attention from academics despite popular interest: learning by supplying. Using a detailed panel dataset on supply relationships in the mobile telecommunications industry, we address the following...
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Carmen Nobel