Anytime, Anywhere: Entrepreneurship and the Creation of a Wireless World

ISBN-13: 9780521816168 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 322 str.

Louis Galambos; Eric John Abrahamson; Eric John Abrahamson

Opis

Wireless entrepreneurs are transforming the way people live and work around the globe. In the process they have created some of the fastest growing companies on the planet. Anytime, Anywhere tells the story of the birth and explosion of cellular and wireless communications as seen through the eyes of one of the industry's pioneers, Sam Ginn. As deregulation and privatization swept the globe, Ginn and his team at AirTouch Communications fought for and won licenses on several continents. They built a successful business using strategic partnerships and joint ventures and demonstrated a new model for global entrepreneurship in an information-based economy. Louis Galombos is Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. He has written numerous books and articles on entrepreneurship, innovation and regulation, including Networks of Innovation (Cambridge, 1996) and The Rise of the Corporate Commonwealth (Basic, 1989), He is President of the Business History Group. Eric Abrahamson is Principal Historian with The Prologue Group. His research has dealt with telecommunications, banking and regulation in California.

Recenzje

Review of the hardback: '… the combination of academic insights with the 'insider' perspective derived from interviews with key players makes for a very readable and interesting book.' Business History

Spis treści

1. Bidding for the future of a wireless world; 2. From deep traditions; 3. California miseries; 4. Birth of a wireless world; 5. First mover advantages; 6. Innocents abroad; 7. Margaret Thatcher's revolution; 8. Separating from the past; 9. Creating Air Touch; 10. The wireless explosion begins; 11. A call from across the Atlantic; 12. Combining cultures and unfinished business; 13. The emergence of a global powerhouse; 14. A wireless world.