Publications

January 2002 (Revised November 2002)
Teaching Note

Le Petit Chef TN

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Sandra J. Sucher

Teaching Note for (9-602-080). View Details

Keywords: Paris

January 2002 (Revised March 2006)
Teaching Note

The Rise and Fall of Iridium, The (TN)

By: Alan D. MacCormack

Teaching Note for (9-601-040). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry

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... View Details

Keywords: Wireless Technology; Business Startups; Business Processes; Adaptation; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Telecommunications Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States

January 2002
Exercise

Socrates, Inc.

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman

Socrates, Inc., a provider of e-learning tools and technologies to educational institutions and, potentially, corporations, must decide which of several opportunities to pursue next and which priorities to focus on in terms of better structuring the firm's processes... View Details

Keywords: Business Plan; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Opportunities; Business Processes; Organizational Structure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Design; Education Industry; Information Technology Industry

2001
Working Paper

Developing Complex Systems in Dynamics Environments: A Study of "Architectural Innovation"

By: Alan MacCormack

November 2001
Supplement

A Note on Organizational Design at Yahoo!

By: Alan D. MacCormack

Supplements Yahoo! Business on Internet Time. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Information Technology Industry

September 2001 (Revised March 2006)
Teaching Note

Microsoft Office 2000 TN

By: Alan D. MacCormack

Teaching Note for (9-600-023), (9-600-097), and (9-600-502). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology Industry; District of Columbia

26 Aug 2001 - 30 Aug 2001
Conference Presentation

Developing Products on Internet Time: Managing Innovation in Turbulent Environments

By: Alan MacCormack

Keywords: Product Development; Internet and the Web; Innovation and Invention; Management

April 2001 (Revised November 2001)
Case

AvantGo

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman

Richard Owen, CEO of AvantGo, is preparing for a meeting in which he will set the human resource policy for the firm going forward. It has been three months since the company's IPO, and given the tremendous cramp in hiring over the six months prior to the IPO, he knows... View Details

Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Management Teams; Selection and Staffing; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Information Technology; Decisions; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry; United States

April 2001
Case

eFrenzy, Inc. (C)

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

April 2001
Case

eFrenzy, Inc. (B)

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Information Technology Industry; Service Industry; United States

March 2001 (Revised August 2001)
Case

Virgin.com

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman

Describes the evolution of Virgin's dot-com organization and the decision it faced in mid-2000--whether to consolidate several separate dot-com ventures into one larger venture or, instead, to allow each to run independently. Also contains a history of Virgin's... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Consolidation

2001
Working Paper

Managing the Sources of Uncertainty: Matching Process and Context in New Product Development

By: Alan MacCormack and Roberto Verganti

February 2001 (Revised August 2001)
Case

WholesalerDirect

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman

Describes the development of WholesalerDirect, a B2B electronic commerce venture in the plumbing, heating, cooling, and piping industry. Adam Berger, the CEO, is trying to raise funding to roll out the company's e-commerce platform to the industry's more than 3,000... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Valuation; Business Plan; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy

February 2001 (Revised August 2001)
Case

Dialpad Communications (A)

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman

Describes the evolution of Dialpad, a voice-over-Internet-protocol telephony company. Set in September 2000, CEO Brad Garlinghouse faces a dilemma: what to do about the large number of international users who use Dialpad to call the United States for free. He must also... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Organizational Design; Competitive Strategy; Investment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Venture Capital; Telecommunications Industry; California

February 2001 (Revised April 2002)
Case

Dialpad Communications (B)

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; California