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- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
to deter weaker players by disrupting or delaying their plans or imposing burdensome penalties. Delay is often a valuable side effect of government involvement in value-net games. Global Crossing, a small player in the telecommunications... View Details
- 18 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery
Venture capital firms ask themselves tough questions these days. Among them: how can they dig out of the dot-com collapse? How should they invest going forward? How should the leader of a firm strike the right note for the future? And is it a field that graduating MBAs... View Details
- November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Teledesic (Abridged)
Describes plans for a failed project that proposed the use of 288 satellites to deliver high-speed data communications services anywhere in the world. View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Network Effects; Failure; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Teledesic (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 804-096, November 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- April 2003
- Supplement
NTT DoCoMo (B)
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Erin Sullivan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- December 1998 (Revised October 2007)
- Case
Tele-Communications, Inc.: Accelerating Digital Deployment
The top management team at Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), the largest U.S. cable company, conceived and implemented a dramatic operational turnaround and a radical new technology strategy over an 18-month period beginning in late 1996. View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Value Creation; Operations; Information Management; Business Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Tele-Communications, Inc.: Accelerating Digital Deployment." Harvard Business School Case 899-141, December 1998. (Revised October 2007.)
- February 1991 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Appex Corp.
By: Nitin Nohria
1990 Business Week named Appex Corp. the fastest growing high-technology company in the United States. Appex provided management information systems and intercarrier network services to cellular telephone companies. During its rapid growth, the company went through... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Culture; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Performance Productivity; Problems and Challenges; Management Practices and Processes; Business Divisions; Information Management; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Nohria, Nitin. "Appex Corp." Harvard Business School Case 491-082, February 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
manager's skills. When the telecommunications industry was deregulated and challenged by new entrants, for instance, few former Bell Systems managers were able to successfully transition to the fast-moving, entrepreneurial,... View Details
- October 2024
- Case
Grain Management
By: Archie Jones, Michael Norris, Alliyah Gary and Chelsea Grain-Jefferson
- May 1992
- Teaching Note
Appex Corp., Teaching Note
By: Nitin Nohria
Teaching Note for (9-491-082). View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
SUMMING UP Is antitrust just a quaint notion in the internet/Cloud age? What do you think? The lack of response to November’s column sends me a message: There appears to be less interest in antitrust issues regarding technology platforms such as Google and Apple than... View Details
- June 1990 (Revised August 1990)
- Supplement
Sun Microsystems, Inc.--1987 (C)
Outlines the financing agreement reached by Sun and AT&T in early 1988. View Details
Keywords: Financing and Loans; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Sun Microsystems, Inc.--1987 (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 290-053, June 1990. (Revised August 1990.)
- October 2018
- Supplement
Zenefits Board of Directors (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Business Model; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leadership; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States; California
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Zenefits Board of Directors (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-036, October 2018.
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
increasing profits and growth at the country's largest telecommunications firm; "a boutique asset-management firm that invests in companies whose business models are aligned with the needs of a sustainable global economy." But Capitalism... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 07 Feb 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course
of whether to launch a start-up with a classmate or accept a cushy offer from a top-tier consulting firm. Next, they look at Barry Nalls, who describes lessons learned from starting his own telecommunications start-up, MASERGY, after... View Details
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
David LaneHarvard Business School Case 810-075 Iqbal Quadir, a former New York investment banker, set about to bring universal telecommunications to his native Bangladesh. He was convinced that GSM, the same advanced wireless technology... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
Pradhan: “I work as a technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) investor at TPG, a global private equity firm. While I work across the TMT sector, I primarily focus on TPG’s middle market buyout and growth equity investments, which... View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- News
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar
today with digitization and technology going at a very fast pace. Artificial intelligence, internet of things, the cloud, 5G telecommunication technologies, all of these are transforming organizations in very fundamental ways. And I... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
reflect on what I’ve accomplished to date. But more importantly, being included among such illustrious company is a source of motivation to keep working hard and accomplish even more in the future.” Can you tell us about your current work? Pradhan: “I work as a... View Details
- Web
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About
programs, connecting with many, many, many more learners than we have before. A third would be around what’s happening in the world today with digitization and technology going at a very fast pace. Artificial intelligence, internet of things, the cloud, 5G View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
administrative decision-making as academic dean of the Kennedy School, says that firms from the financial services, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications industries have expressed interest as well. Adds Bazerman, a prolific scholar,... View Details