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  • First Quarter 2013
  • Article

Big Data in the Age of the Telegraph

By: Caitlin C. Rosenthal
Daniel McCallum's 1854 organizational chart for the New York and Erie Railroad resembled a tree rather than a pyramid. It empowered frontline managers by clarifying data flows. View Details
Keywords: Big Data; Telegraph; Organizational Charts; History; Data and Data Sets; Business History; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Rail Industry
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  • July 2010 (Revised September 2023)
  • Case

Werner von Siemens and the Electric Telegraph

By: Geoffrey Jones and Bjoern von Siemens
This case describes the nineteenth century founding by Werner Siemens of the Siemens electrical business in Germany. Werner's dual role as inventor and entrepreneur is explored as he created one of the world's first multinational enterprises, whose growth initially... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Growth and Development Strategy; Electronics Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Germany
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  • November 1980
  • Case

International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. (B)

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger
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  • October 2015 (Revised September 2016)
  • Teaching Plan

Werner von Siemens and the Electric Telegraph

By: Geoffrey Jones and Jessica Burch
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  • January 1992
  • Teaching Note

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1983) TN

By: Richard S. Ruback
Teaching Note for (9-284-047). View Details
Keywords: Financing and Loans; Equity; Value; Management Practices and Processes; Decisions; Telecommunications Industry
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  • February 1983 (Revised February 1986)
  • Case

International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. (A&B) (Condensed)

By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Telecommunications Industry
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  • Research Summary

Overview

Observing how globalization and technological innovation are transforming economies, Professor Steinwender is motivated by understanding what drives these factors. She uses the careful empirical identification of causal effects—and often the lens of history—to examine... View Details
Keywords: Economic History; Productivity; Innovation; Information Technology; Telegraph; Technological Change; Firm Behavior
  • Research Summary

Book on Telegraphs:

This is a long-term project that focuses on the economic impact of telegraphs. I have been collecting data on telegraph companies operating in all Americas, especially submarine telegraph companies. The final product will be a book but I intend to produce some papers... View Details
  • November 2009
  • Article

Telegraphs—Shrinking Economic Distances? A Preliminary Enquiry, 1870s-1912

By: Felipe Tamega Fernandes
This is a very preliminary report on sources and data for my research on telegraphs. Telegraphs are usually analysed in the context of railway expansion and the literature has somewhat neglected the role of telegraphic communication for the development of steamship... View Details
Keywords: Economic History; Communication Technology; Rail Transportation; Ship Transportation; Telecommunications Industry
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  • Research Summary

Report - Telegraphs, Shrinking Economic Distances? A preliminary enquiry (1870s-1912)

<< forthcoming on Business Archives: Sources & History >>
This is a very preliminary report on sources and data for my research on telegraphs. Telegraphs are usually analysed in the context of railway expansion and the literature... View Details
  • Research Summary

International Trade

Economists believe that there is substantial “missing trade” due to trade barriers, such as tariffs and transport costs, that constrain the global activities of firms. Professor Steinwender goes a step farther by studying indirect trade barriers, notably information... View Details

  • 25 Jan 2021
  • Book

In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

transcontinental railroads and transatlantic telegraph cables. Some built vast trading networks—warehousing, packaging, and distributing the country’s agricultural resources. Others created massive factories churning out oil, steel,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing
  • 11 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

telegraph in particular provided new opportunities for direct communication between suppliers and customers, without the need for middlemen. 2 However some markets were opened more quickly, or were of more interest to, say, European... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • 30 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies

nation's wealth. After all, new tools—from the telegraph to the PC—enable expedited production of goods and services, eventually facilitating economic growth. Technological tools also improve a country's perceived standard of living, as... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

survived to reach the whaling station on South Georgia. He used the telegraph there to try to get through to his home country, but there was no boat available in wartime England. He was worried about his men starving on Elephant Island.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 18 Nov 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women—a History

of peak industrial or business upheavals, notably the mid-nineteenth century explosion within the textile industry and growing industrialization; the development of the national railroad system and the telegraph from 1880-1920; and the... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
  • 20 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 20

telegraphs. Telegraphs are usually analyzed in the context of railway expansion, and the literature has somewhat neglected the role of telegraphic communication for the development of steamship navigation.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Debora L. Spar

that breaks with history? A: There are many ways in which the Internet differs from past innovations. The Net is much more international, for one thing, and it crosses borders even more easily than did the telegraph or the radio. It is a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

she needs to decide whether to franchise or own the next expansion. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311035-PDF-ENG Werner von Siemens and the Electric Telegraph Geoffrey G. Jones and Bjoern von SiemensHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 May 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening

When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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