Title:
Global networks : the Vodafone-Ericsson journey to globalization and the inception of a requisite organization
Author:
Ibbott, Christopher J.
ISBN:
9780230551176
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Publication Information:
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Physical Description:
xiii, 210 p. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Globalization -- The birth and growth of Vodafone and wireless telecomms -- The journey to a global network -- Adapting the requisite organizational model -- Resetting the social capital -- Building global relationships -- Conclusions.
Abstract:
"This new book examines how Vodafone has led the mobile communications industry to a global stage. sharing data and knowledge, negotiation commercial terms and operational excellence - all for significant global aggregation cost synergy advantage. The reader will learn about how the intra-organization teams were formed within Vodafone and further cooperated within an informal virtual global interorganizational network organization - an invisible structure that gave Vodafone a unique economic advantage."--BOOK JACKET.
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Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007051194-b.htmlPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007051194-d.html
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007051194-t.html