Publications

May 1992 (Revised July 1994)
Case

Breaking with the Past?: Four Examples of Product Change

Describes four examples of product change where the new version of the product makes a "break with the past" in some important respect. The four examples are those of the IBM PS/2 family of personal computers, Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet software, Nikon's line of SLR... View Details

Keywords: Product Design; Change; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry

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01 Feb 2011
News

A New Solution to Backend Needs

Keywords: cloud computing; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

and do it more efficiently, over time. Richard E. Beville should know. The chief operating officer of Lamont Digital Systems, a Greenwich, Conn., provider of digital telecommunications services, Beville started his career in the Bell... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

06 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

with one of the top-tier telecommunications equipment vendors. Both options require some investment in order to be profitable. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807058 Tiberg Co. Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2019 (Revised February 2020)
Teaching Note

Fishbowl: Scaling Up

By: Leslie K. John

Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.

Teaching Note for HBS No. 919-013. Fishbowl is a social media app that allows professionals to connect with other relevant professionals both within their company and... View Details

December 2018 (Revised February 2020)
Case

Fishbowl: Scaling Up

By: Leslie K. John

Fishbowl is a social media app that allows professionals to connect with other relevant professionals both within their company and across industry. Unlike many other social media apps, on which users typically present idealized portraits of themselves, on Fishbowl,... View Details

29 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

Artificial Intelligence Vodafone was operating in the fast-moving telecommunications market where innovation and scale were key. Faced with an onslaught of technological advances—big data, automation, and artificial intelligence—CEO... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

case). How should senior management respond? Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111025-PDF-ENG Roshan: Light at the End of the Tunnel in Afghanistan Herman B. Leonard and Qahir DhananiHarvard Business School Case 310-041 Roshan is a highly... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2011
News

Phone Fun

Braterman: The man to call when it comes to selling phones. Photo courtesy Russell Braterman When it comes to selling mobile phones to a youthful market, Phones 4u’s marketing director Russell Braterman (MBA ’00) favors ad spots during “quirky and weird” British... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications

02 Mar 2016
News

The New Space Race

military telecommunications or beam the Super Bowl worldwide? Joseph Landon (MBA 2007), VP and CFO of Planetary Resources in Redmond, Washington, one of the space startups pursuing asteroid mining, estimates there are about 400 active... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Apr 2001
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

Inside Chinese Business: A Guide for Managers Worldwide reveals the social and cultural values that underpin Chinese business practices and influence day-to-day corporate decisions. Written by Ming-Jer Chen, an expert on business strategy and competition and founding... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications

September 2023
Supplement

Design and Evaluation of Targeted Interventions

By: Eva Ascarza

Targeted interventions serve as a pivotal tool in business strategy, streamlining decisions for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness. This note delves into two central facets of such interventions: first, the design of potent decision guidelines, or targeting... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Design; Business Strategy; Policy; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry

October 2023 (Revised February 2024)
Technical Note

Design and Evaluation of Targeted Interventions

By: Eva Ascarza and Ta-Wei (David) Huang

Targeted interventions serve as a pivotal tool in business strategy, streamlining decisions for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness. This note delves into two central facets of such interventions: first, the design of potent decision guidelines, or targeting... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Customer Relationship Management; Analysis; Design; Business Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

Examples include the computer and telecommunication ecosystem, the health care ecosystem, and the global financial ecosystem. In the last ten years, ecosystems have emerged as an important form of economic organization, replacing the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2006
News

High Adventure

BEILHARZ: "I no longer feel like one of those pet animals on a wheel." On a rare break from running her new ecotourism business in the wilds of Texas Hill Country, Amy Beilharz (MBA ’84) reflects on the life she and her husband, David, have built since leaving... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; ecotourism; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications

22 Oct 2013
News

Pulling the Plug

Eric Giler by Francis Storrs Standing on the stage of TEDGlobal in Oxford, England, WiTricity CEO Eric Giler (MBA 1982) is nervous. It's July 2009, and he's about to show how his company's technology can beam electricity through the air to wirelessly power a... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications

October 2015
Case

Bigbelly

By: Mitch Weiss and Christine Snively

To accelerate Bigbelly's sales growth and its "smart cities" positioning, its CEO planned to shift his company from equipment sales to a subscription service. Jack Kutner hoped to re-position Bigbelly's solar-powered trash compacting stations beyond trash and recycling... View Details