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- March 1991 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Kyocera Corp.
By: John P. Kotter
Examines the three factors critical to this company's remarkable success in the high tech field. The first factor is the founder, Dr. Inamori's powerful leadership. The second is the strong corporate culture or philosophy of the firm. The third element in Kyocera's... View Details
- December 1990
- Case
Allen-Bradley's ICCG: Repositioning for the 1990s
By: Nitin Nohria
Allen-Bradley's Industrial Computer and Communication Group (ICCG) underwent a period of rapid transformation in the 1980s, instituting a wide array of innovations from product development to information systems. In 1990 the Ohio-based group announced a major... View Details
- November 1990 (Revised May 1994)
- Case
Microsoft Corp.: Office Business Unit
By: Marco Iansiti
Describes the development of a new word processing software package, Word for Windows. The major focus is how the development process should be improved to reduce schedule slips and cost overruns. Some of the issues raised are: the use of schedules in managing... View Details
- July 1990 (Revised August 1995)
- Case
Symantec--1982-90
By: Nitin Nohria
As Symantec grew from a small, upstart software development company to a major player in the software development industry, the channels of information flow and the internal communication needs of the company became more complex. The geographically-dispersed structure... View Details
- 1989
- Chapter
Collaborative Arrangements and Global Technology Strategy: Some Evidence from the Telecommunications Equipment Industry
By: Gary P. Pisano and David Teece
- 1989
- Chapter
The Future Evolution of the Central Office Switching Industry
By: Jerry A. Hausman and Elon Kohlberg
- January 1989
- Background Note
Managing Information Technology: Communications Networks
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Thomas H. Davenport
- January 1989 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
General Electric Canada: Designing a New Organization
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James I. Cash Jr.
General Electric Canada used sociotechnical design techniques to restructure its financial, administrative, facilities, and information technology service from a decentralized, hierarchical organization to a centralized organization composed of self-managing,... View Details
- June 1988 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
IBM Computer Conferencing
- 1988
- Chapter
Joint Ventures and Collaborative Arrangements in the Telecommunications Equipment Industry
By: Gary P. Pisano, Michael Russo and David Teece
- July 1987 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Phillips 66: Controlling a Company Through Crisis
The downstream operations subsidiary of a major U.S. petroleum company is faced with major restructuring decisions and responds by developing an Executive Information System (EIS) which allows for increased responsiveness, wider span of control, and higher levels of... View Details
- March 1987
- Background Note
Introduction to Computer and Communications Technology
- December 1986 (Revised April 1987)
- Case
Motorola's Japan Strategy
By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
- September 1985 (Revised October 1989)
- Case
CompuServe (A)
By: James L. Heskett
- August 1984 (Revised May 1992)
- Case
MCI Telecommunications Corp. (C): Data Communications Market Opportunity Assessment
By: John F. Cady and Frank V. Cespedes
- August 1981
- Background Note
Overview of Data Communications Technology
Keywords: Information Technology
- 1980
- Article
Communication and Technical Roles in R&D Laboratories: An Information Processing Approach
By: M. Tushman and D. Nadler
- February 1979 (Revised October 1982)
- Case