Publications

June 2009 (Revised November 2010)
Case

HTC Corp. in 2009

By: David B. Yoffie and Renee Kim

Taiwan-based HTC Corp. had emerged as the world's fourth largest smartphone manufacturer by 2009. CEO Peter Chou was extremely proud of the remarkable achievements his company had made over the last 12 years since starting off as an unknown manufacturer of PDAs for... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Competitive Advantage; Mobile Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Taiwan

May 2009
Teaching Note

Nextel Partners: Put Option (TN)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Teaching Note for [207-128] View Details

Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Voting; Price; Public Ownership; Valuation; Financial Liquidity; Stock Options; Management Practices and Processes; Telecommunications Industry

September 2006 (Revised October 2007)
Case

BT Plc: The Broadband Revolution (A)

By: Michael L. Tushman, David Kiron and Adam M. Kleinbaum

In early 2003, CEO Ben Verwaayen and Chief Broadband Officer Alison Ritchie of BT Plc. are trying to transform the former British Telecom from a stodgy telephone company into a 21st century broadband company. Their efforts to focus the firm on broadband issues within... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Innovation and Management; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Behavior; Telecommunications Industry; United Kingdom

September 2006 (Revised July 2007)
Teaching Note

Restoring Trust at WorldCom (TN)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Aldo Sesia

Teaching Note to (404-138) and (304-091). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry

December 2004 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

Finland and Nokia (TN)

By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell

Teaching Note to (9-702-427). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Finland

October 2003 (Revised June 2004)
Case

AT&T Canada (B)

By: Andre F. Perold and Kwame C. Van Leeuwen

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry

October 2006
Article

Location Choices across the Value Chain: How Activity and Capability Influence Collocation

By: Juan Alcacer

There has been a recent revival of interest in the geographic component of firm strategy. Recent research suggests that two opposing forces—competition costs and agglomeration benefits—determine whether firms collocate in a given geographic market. Unexplored is (1)... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Sales; Research and Development; Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Markets; Production; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Distribution; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Telecommunications Industry

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October 2003 (Revised December 2015)
Supplement

The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: Jan Trow

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman

Accompanies The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: An Exercise and provides unique background information on one of the team members. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Knowledge Sharing; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Perspective; Strategy; Cooperation; Telecommunications Industry

June 2002
Teaching Note

Customer Value Measurement at Nortel Networks-Optical Networks Division, TN

By: Das Narayandas

Teaching Note for (9-501-050). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry

August 2000 (Revised August 2005)
Case

STAR TV in 1993

Describes STAR TV, a pan-Asian satellite network that has standardized its strategy across its target markets. STAR's acquisition by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation provides an opportune point to analyze whether the viability of this strategy is likely to increase or... View Details

Keywords: Integration; Adaptation; Globalization; Television Entertainment; Telecommunications Industry

May 2000 (Revised August 2001)
Case

Telecom Italia Takeover (A)

By: Michael D. Watkins, James K. Sebenius and Ann Leamon

After two months at the helm of Telecom Italia, Franco Bernabe is confronted by a hostile takeover bid from a much smaller rival. He has a few days in which to maneuver. The case describes the background of Italian telecoms and of the bid itself. Also presents the... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Process; Mergers and Acquisitions; Leadership Style; Telecommunications Industry; Italy

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February 2000
Teaching Note

Adelphia Communications Corporation TN

By: Paul M. Healy

Teaching Note for (9-198-031). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry

June 1999
Supplement

Adesemi Communications International: African Communications Group

By: John A. Deighton and Anita M. McGahan

Presents a May 1999 interview with CEO Monique Maddy and CFO Lome Lague that updates the case and describes plans for the future. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Communication Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Africa

March 1993 (Revised May 1993)
Supplement

McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. (D)

Provides an update of competition in mobile communications through 1992 for both the United States and the United Kingdom. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Mobile Technology; Telecommunications Industry; United Kingdom; United States