Telecommunications - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

At a recent gathering of chief executives in New York City, the CEOs of two companies shared pleasant dinner conversation. The first led a large, successful corporation; the second also served as a director of a telecommunications firm... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment

01 Dec 2014
News

Feedback

primary command and control communication system. —Joe Lanza (AMP 103, 1988) via bulletin@hbs.edu I don’t know if it’s chutzpah or ignorance regarding the history of and current situation in Afghanistan or both that enables the editors to think that View Details

Keywords: feedback

01 Oct 1999
News

Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues

draws for new business, including location, lifestyle, a loyal and dedicated work force, and a sophisticated fiber-optic telecommunications system. It also lays out the problems that new businesses face, such as high taxes and a lack of... View Details

Keywords: Janine Brunell Looker

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

trouble: Iridium and Globalstar (two global telecommunications firms), Global Crossing, Eurotunnel, EuroDisney, and many others have all defaulted. The challenge of building and managing these projects is the focus of my ongoing research.... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

21 Sep 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Android and Competition Law: Exploring and Assessing Google's Practices in Mobile

Keywords: by Benjamin Edelman and Damien Geradin; Telecommunications

Profile

Cristiana Torres

part-time position at a telecommunications firm, Optimus (which would become NOS), so that she could pursue graduate studies in business at the University of Porto. Both experiences proved valuable—and at Optimus, Cristiana assumed... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

01 Oct 2015
News

Banking on Trust

and focused on some big-ticket items, such as telecoms. The net effect was dramatically improved telecommunications service in rural areas.” Sheppard calls this kind of knowledge sharing and relationship building “the World Bank at its... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Jennifer L. Scott

Fisher Associates in San Francisco, which invests in early-stage technology and telecommunications ventures. What will motivate Scott in her new job is what has inspired her in all of her endeavors - the pleasure she gets from bringing... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1998
News

Going Against the Flow

up a global hedge fund called JGP. "Our focus is on global trading, with a special emphasis on Brazil," Jakurski says. "Today's telecommunications allow those of us in faraway markets to compete with Wall Street's big guys. It's amazing -... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

29 May 2017
Blog Post

The Diverse Community at HBS

telecommunications company since coming to HBS. He’s one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever met and I don’t think I would have gotten to know him if not for HBS. One of my roommates is a wise-cracking Australian who makes the best... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World

On the regulatory front, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and a relaxation of restrictions on multiple ownership of media outlets are realigning and consolidating the power of media ownership. Lastly, in the economic arena, a wave of... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Dec 2017
News

Environmental Impact

Investments and a former US Ambassador to Austria, focuses her philanthropy on three areas: environmental conservation, education, and international economic development. She and her husband, Craig, the telecommunications pioneer who... View Details

13 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Is HBS Cutthroat or Collaborative?

When asked whether HBS is a cutthroat place my mind immediately travels back to January 2015. We are jittery with excitement as we stand at the head of the seemingly infinite table in the executive conference room of Smart Axiata, Cambodia’s second largest View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Taylor R. M. Keen

transfixed classmates during one ceremony, "and so you must use that power responsibly. Remember also that your family is the most important thing in life." Keen, who will pursue a managerial position in telecommunications after... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

15 Apr 2021
News

Bringing Light to the Fight

of Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company. That practical experience informed her work on the board of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ, of which she became chair in 2009. “Measuring performance in charity... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

areas of capital markets, financial services, and corporate finance. "New financial product and market designs, improved computer and telecommunications technology, and advances in finance theory during the past quarter century have led... View Details

Keywords: Elizabeth McNair

09 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads

The Super Bowl isn’t just a mainstage for football’s two best teams. With over 100 million viewers tuned in, and 30-second spots going for more than $5 million, the big game also represents one of the highest stakes advertising events of the year. Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Telecommunications