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- April 1993
- Supplement
McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. (C)
Describes events in 1991 involving Fleet Call, Inc., a potential competitor who plans to introduce an alternative form of mobile communication. View Details
Teisberg, Elizabeth O., and Sharon L. Rossi. "McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 793-051, April 1993.
- March 1993 (Revised June 1993)
- Supplement
McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. (B)
Describes McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc.'s investment decision and strategic plans in 1990, following the situation in the (A) case. Outlines the competitive situation in other types of mobile communications in the United States and the United Kingdom in 1991. View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Communication Technology; Competition; Mobile Technology; Telecommunications Industry; United Kingdom; United States
Teisberg, Elizabeth O., Chris Shumway, and Sharon L. Rossi. "McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 793-050, March 1993. (Revised June 1993.)
- November 1995 (Revised January 1997)
- Teaching Note
Measure of Delight, A: The Pursuit of Quality at AT&T Universal Card Services (A) TN
By: Robert H. Hayes
Teaching Note for (9-694-047). View Details
Keywords: Telecommunications Industry
- March 1997
- Teaching Note
Rogers Communications, Inc.: The Wave TN
By: John A. Deighton
Teaching Note for (9-597-050). View Details
Keywords: Telecommunications Industry
- April 1993 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal
By: Robert J. Dolan
The business products division has developed a business proposal asking for $50 million to fund the creation of a new telephone system for the small business market. The company's last entry into this marketplace lost $70 million. The new product would face 100... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Communication Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Investment; Product Development; Telecommunications Industry; Canada
Dolan, Robert J. "Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal." Harvard Business School Case 593-103, April 1993. (Revised May 1993.)
- January 1987 (Revised March 1987)
- Case
MCI Communications Corp.: National Accounts Program
Keywords: Telecommunications Industry
Cespedes, Frank V. "MCI Communications Corp.: National Accounts Program." Harvard Business School Case 587-116, January 1987. (Revised March 1987.)
- September 1982
- Case
New York Telephone Co.: The MTS Piece-Part Model
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "New York Telephone Co.: The MTS Piece-Part Model." Harvard Business School Case 183-084, September 1982.
- May 1994 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Motorola-Elma
By: Shoshana Zuboff and Janis Lee Gogan
Motorola's old automative electronics plant in Arcade, outside Buffalo, New York, faced the prospect of closure in the mid-1980s, but leading customers persuaded Motorola to give the plant a second chance. The new plant manager, Dennis Fiehn, recognized that existing... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business Exit or Shutdown; Customers; Leading Change; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Telecommunications Industry; New York (state, US)
Zuboff, Shoshana, and Janis Lee Gogan. "Motorola-Elma." Harvard Business School Case 494-136, May 1994. (Revised August 1994.)
- December 1984
- Teaching Note
New Technology and Job Design in a Phone Company (A) and (B), Teaching Note
By: Michael Beer
- December 1982
- Supplement
New Technology and Job Design in a Phone Company, Assignment
By: Richard E. Walton
Walton, Richard E. "New Technology and Job Design in a Phone Company, Assignment." Harvard Business School Supplement 483-075, December 1982.
- October 1982
- Case
Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (A) (Condensed)
By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Leadership Development; Human Resources; Management; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Beer, Michael. "Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 483-056, October 1982.
- May 1994 (Revised January 1995)
- Case
Warner Cable (A) and (B) (Condensed)
The new general manager of Warner Cable's Medford, Massachusetts complex faces a number of turnaround challenges in 1985, including service deficiencies, customer complaints, high turnover, and low employee morale. By 1988 he has turned the situation around, but some... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Change Management; Performance Improvement; Telecommunications Industry; Massachusetts
Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A. "Warner Cable (A) and (B) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 394-198, May 1994. (Revised January 1995.)
- April 1991 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. in 1990 (A)
Describes McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc.'s competitive position in 1990. McCaw is the largest cellular phone service company in the United States. It faces challenges of technological change and formulating strategy in an industry with a highly uncertain future.... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Communication Technology; Competition; Change Management; Investment; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Teisberg, Elizabeth O. "McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. in 1990 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-171, April 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
- March 1986
- Case
AT&T at the Crossroads--December 1981
Vietor, Richard H.K. "AT&T at the Crossroads--December 1981." Harvard Business School Case 386-089, March 1986.
- October 1984 (Revised March 1986)
- Case
General Telephone of the Northwest
By: Dekkers L. Davidson and Richard H.K. Vietor
Davidson, Dekkers L., and Richard H.K. Vietor. "General Telephone of the Northwest." Harvard Business School Case 385-043, October 1984. (Revised March 1986.)
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
MBAs by the Numbers
The MBA Program recently released statistics on its newest recruits — the Class of 2002 — as well as job placement information on graduates of the Class of 2000. An analysis of the incoming Class of 2002 reveals the growing diversity of the MBA Program, with a one... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future
The conventional wisdom is that Asian businesspeople tend to avoid confrontation and take only calculated risks. Edwin Yu is clearly breaking that mold. Last April he came out on top in the first boardroom proxy fight in South Korean history, winning control of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Sending a Message
In March, bankers, lobbyists, lawyers, and other messaging-intensive professionals heaved a collective sigh of relief and kept on thumbin’ like nobody’s business. Thanks to $612.5 million shelled out by the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) over a patent... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Cable Gal
Catherine Eubanks McCollough Catherine Eubanks McCollough (MBA '91) was traveling more than one hundred thousand miles a year as an executive for Scientific-Atlanta when her young son asked her if she and the woman who worked as his full-time nanny could trade places.... View Details