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    The convergence of telecommunications and broadcasting in Japan

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    Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-116).Japan has fallen far behind the United States in the extent and sophistication of its information networks and Internet use. But Japan can catch up. A combination of changes, including the rapid growth of the Internet, advances in broadband technology, the introduction of digital TV, and deregulation are driving a transformation referred to as the "convergence of telecommunications and broadcasting". At the same time, these drivers are dramatically changing the traditional industry structure of telecommunication and broadcasting, from vertical integration to horizontal stratification. Information companies need to plan strategies based on the new industry. NTT, reorganized in 1999 into a holding company system that promotes group management, has committed to an aggressive plan to deploy FTTH (Fiber to the home) everywhere in Japan by 2005. FTTH service has just begun and my research finds that NTT's decision to implement FTTH has encountered fierce competition when analyzed from the basis of Porter's Five Forces. There are fur strategic points that must be dealt with in order to win in the optical fiber service competition: 1) open access, 2) reduction in prices, 3) construction of a platform, and 4) correlation with broadcasters. In addition, cooperation with the regulatory authorities and other information companies is also required, because NTT will find it difficult to win on its own. NTT is a leader in the information/communication industry, and I believe NTT can expand its organizational capability and contribute to the development of the industry by responding to this new era.by Toru Maruoka.M.B.A

    Japanese cooperative R&D projects in software technology

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    Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-55).Michael A. Cusumano

    Strategic vision toward the next-generation telecom industry

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    Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (p. 111).Telecommunication industry is experiencing volatile change in technology and business model. Every telecom company needs strategy that gives direction through rapidly shifting environment. NTT, Japanese telecom giant is not exception. In this thesis, Delta model is utilized to obtain strategy that leads effective management and operation of future NTT. Another objective of this thesis is to understand the effect of different strategic bias and finding way to overcome difficulty of distinction between strategic opinions. Although Delta model is containing theoretical essence from all strategic fields, it has focus on rational planning and positioning view. This results some difficulty to apply Delta model for NTT that recently biased by emergent strategic view through experiences of continuous fight against threat from emerging new technologies and services. To fill this gap, alternative theories of Disruptive Technology, Invisible Asset, Overextension, and Organizational Knowledge Creation are applied in combination with Delta model and examined. Through experimental mixture of Delta model and alternative theories, I obtained NTT's strategic perspective and recommendations for technology development, business globalization, and preparation against future threat.by Kenji Yoshioka.S.M

    The new strategic complexity : NTT dilemmas and opportunities

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    Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1989.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 223-227).by Daniel Ryan Hesse.M.S
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