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- October 2003 (Revised October 2004)
- Case
AT&T Canada (A)
By: Andre F. Perold and Kwame C. Van Leeuwen
AT&T Canada (ATTC) is a merger arbitrage situation where AT&T Corp. has a contractual commitment to purchase the shares of ATTC at an escalating formula price. However, ATTC's business is performing poorly, and its bonds are trading at significant discounts to par.... View Details
Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment; Telecommunications Industry; Canada
Perold, Andre F., and Kwame C. Van Leeuwen. "AT&T Canada (A)." Harvard Business School Case 204-087, October 2003. (Revised October 2004.)
- October 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Orange Imagineering
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Todd H Thedinga
As a proven entrepreneur, Rich Miner has been successful in the start-up world. Now, following the acquisition of his start-up, he has established a corporate R&D/venture operation in America to serve as the "eyes and ears" of his European parent company, Orange... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Research and Development; Business Startups; Acquisition; Telecommunications Industry; United States; Europe
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Todd H Thedinga. "Orange Imagineering." Harvard Business School Case 804-048, October 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- November 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
AT&T Foundation, The
By: Diana Barrett, Cassandra Hanley and Sarah Aaron
Explores the corporate philanthropic activities at AT&T, formed in 1983. Addresses the difficulty of making centralized decisions after the break-up for the four new entities, each with a diverse and sometimes cross-competitive strategy. View Details
Keywords: Goals and Objectives; For-Profit Firms; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Telecommunications Industry
Barrett, Diana, Cassandra Hanley, and Sarah Aaron. "AT&T Foundation, The." Harvard Business School Case 303-015, November 2002. (Revised May 2003.)
- February 2000
- Supplement
Franco Bernabe: Reflections on Telecom Italia (B)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Supplements the video. View Details
- February 1999
- Case
Tele-Communications, Inc. (B): The Empire Strikes Back
Teaching Note for (9-201-061). View Details
Keywords: Telecommunications Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Tele-Communications, Inc. (B): The Empire Strikes Back." Harvard Business School Case 899-216, February 1999.
- March 1996
- Case
African Communications Group
Describes the opportunities that confront the African Communications Group, an entrepreneurial organization that plans to introduce a wireless pay-phone system in Tanzania. Provides a foundation for the analysis of value creation and of value capture. The possibility... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Tanzania
McGahan, Anita M., and Dale Coxe. "African Communications Group." Harvard Business School Case 796-128, March 1996.
- 2006
- Other Unpublished Work
Early Radio Regulation, Capture Theory, and the Problem of History-by-Inference
By: David A. Moss and Jonathan Lackow
Keywords: Telecommunications Industry
- November 1976
- Teaching Note
Hot Line, Inc., Teaching Note
By: Jeffrey G. Miller and Steven C. Wheelwright
Keywords: Telecommunications Industry
- November 1995 (Revised June 1997)
- Case
Northern Telecom (A): AdVantage & DisadVantage
By: Robert J. Dolan and Sylvie Ryckebusch
Mike Ennis, general manager of Northern Telecom's Business Products Division, recommends a new solution for replacing Vantage, an unsuccessful product for Northern Telecom. The case documents in detail the voice of the customer. Students are required to discuss the... View Details
Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Product Launch; Management Teams; Product Development; Telecommunications Industry; Canada
Dolan, Robert J., and Sylvie Ryckebusch. "Northern Telecom (A): AdVantage & DisadVantage." Harvard Business School Case 596-063, November 1995. (Revised June 1997.)
- December 1995
- Case
AT&T USADirect In-Language Service: India
By: John A. Quelch
AT&T managers are assessing demand for a soon-to-be launched new operator-assisted, in-language international telephone service from India. View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Demand and Consumers; Emerging Markets; Product Launch; Telecommunications Industry; United States; India
Quelch, John A. "AT&T USADirect In-Language Service: India." Harvard Business School Case 596-013, December 1995.
- February 1978 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
AT&T -- Long Lines Department National Account Selling (A)
Shapiro, Benson P. "AT&T -- Long Lines Department National Account Selling (A)." Harvard Business School Case 578-119, February 1978. (Revised September 1986.)
- May 1994 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Motorola Corp.: The View from the CEO Office
By: Shoshana Zuboff and Janis Lee Gogan
Motorola, a leader in semiconductors and telecommunications, embarked on an ambitious program of renewal beginning in the early 1980s, leading to dramatic improvements in the company's quality, cycle time, and growth. Much of this progress was attributed to a major... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Leading Change; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Telecommunications Industry
Zuboff, Shoshana, and Janis Lee Gogan. "Motorola Corp.: The View from the CEO Office." Harvard Business School Case 494-140, May 1994. (Revised October 1994.)
- November 1989
- Case
NYNEX: An Executive Development Process
By: D. Quinn Mills and G. Bruce Friesen
Mills, D. Quinn, and G. Bruce Friesen. "NYNEX: An Executive Development Process." Harvard Business School Case 490-020, November 1989.
- January 1989 (Revised February 1993)
- Case
Warner Cable (A)
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; Human Resources; Telecommunications Industry; Massachusetts
Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A. "Warner Cable (A)." Harvard Business School Case 489-092, January 1989. (Revised February 1993.)
- December 1988
- Supplement
Pacific Bell and the CWA (C)
By: Charles C. Heckscher and Rosabeth M. Kanter
Keywords: Telecommunications Industry
Heckscher, Charles C., and Rosabeth M. Kanter. "Pacific Bell and the CWA (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 489-088, December 1988.
- December 1982
- Supplement
New Technology and Job Design in a Phone Company (B)
By: Richard E. Walton
Walton, Richard E. "New Technology and Job Design in a Phone Company (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 483-074, December 1982.
- July 1988 (Revised May 1998)
- Teaching Note
Motorola and Japan (A), (B), and (A), Supplement, Teaching Note
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for (9-388-056), (9-389-172), and (9-388-057). View Details
- June 1984 (Revised March 1986)
- Case
AT&T and the Access Charge
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Dekkers L. Davidson
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Dekkers L. Davidson. "AT&T and the Access Charge." Harvard Business School Case 384-208, June 1984. (Revised March 1986.)
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
of the industrial system, or the way society wanted it to function," says Bower. "And lo and behold, we now have a crisis that illustrates what they were concerned about." “If you believe that the problems ahead are likely to be very... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- October 1988
- Case
Digital Communications, Inc.: Encoder Device Division
Explores the issues surrounding the determination of the product cost of a subassembly in a firm that has never had to determine subassembly costs. Asks students to change the cost system by adding allocation bases and developing a step-down allocation process. View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Resource Allocation; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Cooper, Robin. "Digital Communications, Inc.: Encoder Device Division." Harvard Business School Case 189-083, October 1988.