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  • First Quarter 2013
  • Article

Big Data in the Age of the Telegraph

By: Caitlin C. Rosenthal
Daniel McCallum's 1854 organizational chart for the New York and Erie Railroad resembled a tree rather than a pyramid. It empowered frontline managers by clarifying data flows. View Details
Keywords: Big Data; Telegraph; Organizational Charts; History; Data and Data Sets; Business History; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Rail Industry
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Telegraphic Communication

  • July 2010 (Revised September 2023)
  • Case

Werner von Siemens and the Electric Telegraph

By: Geoffrey Jones and Bjoern von Siemens
This case describes the nineteenth century founding by Werner Siemens of the Siemens electrical business in Germany. Werner's dual role as inventor and entrepreneur is explored as he created one of the world's first multinational enterprises, whose growth initially... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Growth and Development Strategy; Electronics Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Germany
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  • November 1980
  • Case

International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. (B)

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger
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  • October 2015 (Revised September 2016)
  • Teaching Plan

Werner von Siemens and the Electric Telegraph

By: Geoffrey Jones and Jessica Burch
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  • January 1992
  • Teaching Note

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1983) TN

By: Richard S. Ruback
Teaching Note for (9-284-047). View Details
Keywords: Financing and Loans; Equity; Value; Management Practices and Processes; Decisions; Telecommunications Industry
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  • February 1983 (Revised February 1986)
  • Case

International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. (A&B) (Condensed)

By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Telecommunications Industry
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  • Research Summary

Overview

Observing how globalization and technological innovation are transforming economies, Professor Steinwender is motivated by understanding what drives these factors. She uses the careful empirical identification of causal effects—and often the lens of history—to examine... View Details
Keywords: Economic History; Productivity; Innovation; Information Technology; Telegraph; Technological Change; Firm Behavior
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Book on Telegraphs:

This is a long-term project that focuses on the economic impact of telegraphs. I have been collecting data on telegraph companies operating in all Americas, especially submarine telegraph companies. The final product will be a book but I intend to produce some papers... View Details
  • November 2009
  • Article

Telegraphs—Shrinking Economic Distances? A Preliminary Enquiry, 1870s-1912

By: Felipe Tamega Fernandes
This is a very preliminary report on sources and data for my research on telegraphs. Telegraphs are usually analysed in the context of railway expansion and the literature has somewhat neglected the role of telegraphic communication for the development of steamship... View Details
Keywords: Economic History; Communication Technology; Rail Transportation; Ship Transportation; Telecommunications Industry
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Report - Telegraphs, Shrinking Economic Distances? A preliminary enquiry (1870s-1912)

<< forthcoming on Business Archives: Sources & History >>
This is a very preliminary report on sources and data for my research on telegraphs. Telegraphs are usually analysed in the context of railway expansion and the literature... View Details

    Information Frictions and the Law of One Price: “When the States and the Kingdom became United”

    How do information frictions distort international trade? This paper exploits a unique historical experiment to estimate the magnitude of these distortions: the establishment of the transatlantic telegraph connection in 1866. I use a newly collected data set based... View Details

    • Research Summary

    International Trade

    Economists believe that there is substantial “missing trade” due to trade barriers, such as tariffs and transport costs, that constrain the global activities of firms. Professor Steinwender goes a step farther by studying indirect trade barriers, notably information... View Details

    • 25 Jan 2021
    • Book

    In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

    How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing
    • Web

    Historical Data Visualization - Business History

    International Businesses Historical Maps Managing Distance Telegraphic Communication Trends Over Time Managing Distance Telephone Rates between NYC and Select Cities Trends Over Time Politics & Economics Ten Largest Cities Over Time... View Details
    • 11 Mar 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

    telegraph in particular provided new opportunities for direct communication between suppliers and customers, without the need for middlemen. 2 However some markets were opened more quickly, or were of more interest to, say, European... View Details
    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
    • 04 Aug 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

    survived to reach the whaling station on South Georgia. He used the telegraph there to try to get through to his home country, but there was no boat available in wartime England. He was worried about his men starving on Elephant Island.... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 30 Jul 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies

    nation's wealth. After all, new tools—from the telegraph to the PC—enable expedited production of goods and services, eventually facilitating economic growth. Technological tools also improve a country's perceived standard of living, as... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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    Historical Data & Sources - Business History

    Regan, MBA 2016 Download Data Set in Excel Telegraphic Communication J. G. Bartholomew, ed., Atlas of the World's Commerce (London: George Newnes, 1907), pp. 30-31, map. Telephone Rates between NYC and Select Cities Historical Statistics... View Details
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    Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

    Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) in New York City. At the time of his death, Brown was a statistician in the Treasurer's Department. Norris Bumstead Herndon HBS MBA 1921 Atlanta, GA Atlanta University, 1919 After earning his MBA,... View Details