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- December 2006 (Revised December 2009)
- Case
Tejas Networks India Pte. - A Venture in India
Sanjay Nayak, co-founder of the Bangalore-based start-up, Tejas Networks, is faced with two completely different opportunities to choose between: pursing a short-term, quantifiable but unprofitable contract with Tejas' biggest telco customer in India, or an... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Contracts; Telecommunications Industry; India
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Tejas Networks India Pte. - A Venture in India." Harvard Business School Case 807-058, December 2006. (Revised December 2009.)
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
noted that telecommunications has traditionally been a very segmented market, but from a macro standpoint it is consolidating as well. The prospective merger between Internet portal Lycos and Spanish Internet service provider Terra... View Details
- March 2000 (Revised October 2004)
- Background Note
Adding Voice to the Web: A Note on Start-ups
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
A study of start-up companies that have leveraged the technology of Internet Protocol (IP) telephony to develop applications that are positioned to have an impact on the offerings of traditional telecommunications organizations. View Details
- September 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Bharti Tele-Ventures
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Ingrid Vargas
Following the liberalization of India's telecommunications service industry in the early 1990s, Bharti Tele-Ventures grew from a small entrepreneurial telephone equipment importer and manufacturer to become India's largest private-sector telecommunications service... View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Growth and Development; Customers; Foreign Direct Investment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competition; Public Ownership; Profit; Partners and Partnerships; Rank and Position; Telecommunications Industry; India
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Ingrid Vargas. "Bharti Tele-Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 704-426, September 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- February 2006 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
ABRY Partners, LLC: WideOpenWest
By: Josh Lerner and Smart Darren
ABRY, a Boston-based private equity group, is considering whether to terminate its investment in WideOpenWest or to try to salvage the transaction by acquiring a division of telecommunications unit Ameritech. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Problems and Challenges; Financial Services Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Boston
Lerner, Josh, and Smart Darren. "ABRY Partners, LLC: WideOpenWest." Harvard Business School Case 806-116, February 2006. (Revised January 2007.)
- May 2004 (Revised October 2004)
- Case
Globe Telecom
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Ingrid Vargas
The Ayala Group, one of the oldest and largest Filipino business groups, partnered with Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) to launch a telecom venture following industry deregulation in the Philippines. The partners must decide whether to continue the venture in... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Development Economics; Partners and Partnerships; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Telecommunications Industry; Singapore; Philippines
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Ingrid Vargas. "Globe Telecom." Harvard Business School Case 704-505, May 2004. (Revised October 2004.)
- December 1999 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
Franco Bernabe: Reflections on Telecom Italia (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
In November 1998, Franco Bernabe left ENI to become CEO of Telecom Italia, Italy's primary telecommunications provider. Three months later, Roberto Colaninno, CEO of Olivetti SpA, an Italian computer and telecom company one fifth the size of Telecom Italia, launched a... View Details
Hill, Linda A., and Kristin Doughty. "Franco Bernabe: Reflections on Telecom Italia (A)." Harvard Business School Case 400-060, December 1999. (Revised April 2000.)
- January 2005 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Irene Charnley at Johnnic Group (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Maria Farkas
When she becomes chairperson of a large telecommunications board, Irene Charnley must transform the mostly white-led company to be more representative of South Africa's demographics. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Demographics; Communication Technology; Telecommunications Industry; South Africa
Hill, Linda A., and Maria Farkas. "Irene Charnley at Johnnic Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-059, January 2005. (Revised November 2005.)
- June 2001
- Case
Privatization of Anatolia National Telekom, The: TAD Confidential Instructions
Anatolia National Telekom is a multiparty negotiation simulation patterned after the Turkish government's aborted attempt to privatize its state-owned telecommunications monopoly, Turk Telekom, in late 1997. Provides participants with an opportunity to identify and... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Process; Emerging Markets; Privatization; State Ownership; Telecommunications Industry; Turkey
Watkins, Michael D., Banu Ozcan, Burkhard Schrage, and Paul Vaaler. "Privatization of Anatolia National Telekom, The: TAD Confidential Instructions." Harvard Business School Case 801-437, June 2001.
- June 2001
- Case
Privatization of Anatolia National Telekom, The: BOW Confidential Instructions
Anatolia National Telekom is a multiparty negotiation simulation patterned after the Turkish government's aborted attempt to privatize its state-owned telecommunications monopoly, Turk Telekom, in late 1997. Provides participants with an opportunity to identify and... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Process; Emerging Markets; Privatization; State Ownership; Telecommunications Industry; Turkey
Watkins, Michael D., Banu Ozcan, Burkhard Schrage, and Paul Vaaler. "Privatization of Anatolia National Telekom, The: BOW Confidential Instructions." Harvard Business School Case 801-433, June 2001.
- October 1995 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Apex Investment Partners (A): April 1995
By: Josh Lerner
The partners of Apex Investment Partners are seeking to provide financing for Accessine Technologies, a small firm specializing in providing "One Person, One Number" telecommunication services. The negotiation of the terms-and-conditions of the deal, as well as its... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Process; Negotiation Offer; Negotiation Participants; Problems and Challenges; Financing and Loans; Communication Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Telecommunications Industry
Lerner, Josh. "Apex Investment Partners (A): April 1995." Harvard Business School Case 296-028, October 1995. (Revised November 1997.)
- March 2014 (Revised May 2014)
- Teaching Note
The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal
By: Lucy White and Benjamin C. Esty
On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general... View Details
Keywords: Proxy Contest; Proxy Battle; Proxy Advisor; ISS; Glass Lewis ＆ Co.; Hedge Fund; Short Selling; Share Lending; Telecommunications; Voting Rights; Empty Voting; Equity Decoupling; Share Unification; Dual Class Shares; Canada; Exchange Ratio; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Votes; Investment Activism; Public Equity; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; British Columbia; United States; New York (city, NY)
- February 2018
- Case
Vodafone: Managing Advanced Technologies and Artificial Intelligence
By: William R. Kerr and Emer Moloney
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 Vittorio Colao reflected on how he should change the... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Opportunities; Telecommunications Industry
Kerr, William R., and Emer Moloney. "Vodafone: Managing Advanced Technologies and Artificial Intelligence." Harvard Business School Case 318-109, February 2018.
- April 1986 (Revised December 1988)
- Case
Massimo Menichetti
Examines different alternatives for the introduction of telemation and computer aided design in a small firm. The issues involve what extent of cooperation is required by different firms so that a telecommunicative interchange between them becomes effective. View Details
Jaikumar, Ramchandran. "Massimo Menichetti." Harvard Business School Case 686-135, April 1986. (Revised December 1988.)
- January 2020
- Case
The Origins of Bell Labs
By: Tom Nicholas and John Masko
In 1947, scientists at Bell Labs invented the transistor—a tiny signal amplifier that would go on to become the fundamental building block of the digital age. But, confounding most traditional economic assumptions, it was not a vigorous startup that made this momentous... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Innovation Leadership; Technological Innovation; Patents; Monopoly; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; New York (city, NY)
Nicholas, Tom, and John Masko. "The Origins of Bell Labs." Harvard Business School Case 820-081, January 2020.
- Research Summary
Impact of Technology on Industry Structure and Competitive Strategy
Stephen Bradley’s research has focused for several years on the impact of technology on industry structure and competitive strategy. In particular he has been studying the convergence of information technology and telecommunications and how this convergence is... View Details
- April 2002
- Case
Ocular
By: Paul A. Gompers, Gregor M. Andrade and Jonathan Man
Concerns the decision of Ed Kennedy, co-founder of Ocular Networks, as he decides what financing strategy his firm should take. The venture capital and public markets for telecommunications start-ups had dried up and Kennedy must decide whether to cut costs and raise... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Startups; Decisions; Venture Capital; Cost Management; Business Strategy; Telecommunications Industry
Gompers, Paul A., Gregor M. Andrade, and Jonathan Man. "Ocular." Harvard Business School Case 202-118, April 2002.
- October 2013 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal
By: Lucy White, Benjamin C. Esty and Lisa Mazzanti
On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general... View Details
Keywords: Proxy Contest; Proxy Battle; Proxy Advisor; ISS; Glass Lewis ＆ Co.; Hedge Fund; Short Selling; Share Lending; Telecommunications; Voting Rights; Empty Voting; Equity Decoupling; Share Unification; Dual Class Shares; Canada; Exchange Ratio; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Votes; Investment Activism; Public Equity; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; British Columbia; United States; New York (city, NY)
White, Lucy, Benjamin C. Esty, and Lisa Mazzanti. "The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal." Harvard Business School Case 214-001, October 2013. (Revised September 2014.)
- June 1995
- Case
Northern Telecom and Netas (B): Transferring Technology to Central Asia
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Kalman D. Applbaum and Pamela A. Yatsko
In the early 1990s, the Turkish telecommunications firm, Netas, established joint ventures in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan as miniature replications of Netas's own experience on the receiving end of technology transfer with Netas's 51% owner, Northern Telecom. This case... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Change Management; Transition; Developing Countries and Economies; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Learning; Technology Adoption; Telecommunications Industry; Turkey; Kazakhstan; Azerbaijan
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Kalman D. Applbaum, and Pamela A. Yatsko. "Northern Telecom and Netas (B): Transferring Technology to Central Asia." Harvard Business School Case 395-088, June 1995.
- March 1999 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Mandic BBS-an Entreprenuerial Harvesting Decision
Describes Mandic BBS, one of Brazil's first Internet service providers. In April 1998, with competition increasing, its venture capitalist financier is looking to exit their investment. Aleksandar Mandic must decide which potential investor offers the best fit with his... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Internet and the Web; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Plan; Financing and Loans; Web Services Industry; Brazil
Kuemmerle, Walter, and Chad S Ellis. "Mandic BBS-an Entreprenuerial Harvesting Decision." Harvard Business School Case 899-082, March 1999. (Revised April 2004.)