Publications

December 2000 (Revised October 2007)
Teaching Note

Tellme Networks, Inc. (TN)

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Nicole Tempest

Teaching Note for (9-801-319). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; San Francisco

December 2000
Teaching Note

Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (C1): Project Explore TN

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne

Teaching Note for (9-399-065). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; New Jersey

October 2000 (Revised January 2001)
Case

Polycom, Inc.: Visualizing Culture

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Polycom is a rapidly growing maker of video conferencing and teleconferencing equipment. Management is attempting to use "natural work groups" as an organizing mechanism, and to build into the culture implicit rules that will cause desired behaviors to be... View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry

May 2000 (Revised August 2001)
Case

Telecom Italia Takeover (C)

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

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Italy

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October 1996 (Revised January 1997)
Case

AT&T Resource Link: Revisioning the Managerial Workforce

Resource Link is an in-house temporary firm, supplying managers and technical workers to the 26 business units of AT&T on a contract basis. The challenge facing Resource Link is how to grow, since an increasing number of managers are eager to use variable workers to... View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Organizational Design; Personal Development and Career; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry

June 1995 (Revised November 1996)
Case

Northern Telecom and Tong Guang Electronics (C): Future Challenges

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Pamela A. Yatsko

This case considers the future challenges facing the Northern Telecom joint venture in China with Tong Guang Electronics. Asks how well the start-up and transition have been managed and whether the right foundation has been laid for the future. View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Growth Management; Business Startups; Change Management; Transition; Corporate Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; China

June 1991 (Revised December 1995)
Teaching Note

Cooper Industries' Corporate Strategy (A) and (B), Teaching Note

By: David J. Collis

Teaching Note for (9-391-095) and (9-795-154). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry

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

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

telecommunications to tobacco and soft drinks. The dangers of excessive market concentration are greater in finance, however, because of the systemic importance of credit to the economy and the now widely held belief that governments must... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

as Japan and China, tend to have the hardest time communicating effectively. Also, all industries are not equal in their use of complicated speech. The financial industry has the highest level of linguistic complexity, followed by the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

07 Mar 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Net Neutrality: A Fast Lane to Understanding the Trade-offs

Keywords: by Shane Greenstein, Martin Peitz, and Tommaso Valletti; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications

2016
Working Paper

Android and Competition Law: Exploring and Assessing Google's Practices in Mobile

By: Benjamin Edelman and Damien Geradin

Since its launch in 2007, Android has become the dominant mobile device operating system worldwide. In light of this commercial success and certain disputed business practices, Android has come under substantial attention from competition authorities. We present key... View Details

Keywords: Android; Antitrust; Competition Policy; Exclusion; Mobile Communication Devices; Remedies; Tying; Two-Sided Platforms; Lawfulness; Internet; Mobile Technology; Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry

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August 2015
Article

Pricing and Efficiency in the Market for IP Addresses

By: Benjamin Edelman and Michael Schwarz

We consider market rules for transferring IP addresses, numeric identifiers required by all computers connected to the Internet. Transfers usefully move resources from lowest- to highest-valuation networks, but transfers tend to cause socially costly growth in the... View Details

Keywords: Externalities; Intermediaries; Market Design; Internet; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry

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September 2007 (Revised October 2007)
Case

TA Associates - MetroPCS (A)

Hythem El-Nazer, a young investment professional at TA Associates, believes he has found an attractive investment opportunity for the firm, MetroPCS, a wireless telecomm service provider. However, two months earlier, TA had invested considerable resources on this... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry

May 2006
Teaching Note

Valhalla Partners Due Diligence (TN)

By: Michael J. Roberts and William A. Sahlman

Teaching Note to (805-033). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry

September 2004
Case

Valhalla Partners Due Diligence

By: William A. Sahlman and Dan Heath

The Valhalla Partners venture capitial firm introduced a new approach to the due-diligence process. An internal due-diligence report analyzes Telco Exchange, a startup company in the IT software space. An extended excerpt examines the trade-offs involved in the new... View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Business Plan; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Investment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Corporate Finance; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry

October 2000 (Revised September 2002)
Case

NTT DoCoMo (A): The Future of the Wireless Internet?

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Matthew Sandoval

NTT DoCoMo was established in 1992 and became publicly held in 1998. This case tracks how DoCoMo became the number one mobile phone company in Japan and how its i.mode service revolutionized the cellular phone market. View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Japan