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A Brief History of Nortel Networks.
Key Executives in the History of Nortel Networks.
Introduction: The Battle to Build the Internet.
Chapter 1: Good Vibrations: Bell's Telephone.
Chapter 2: Nortel's Baby Steps.
Chapter 3: A Triumvirate Wakes a Sleepy Company.
Chapter 4: Good Beginings and False Starts.
Chapter 5: The Switch to Digital.
Chapter 6: The Dance of the Regulators.
Chapter 7: Going Global.
Chapter 8: Full Speed a Stern.
Chapter 9: Monty and the Python: Fighting the Squeeze.
Chapter 10: Roth's Wireless Feat.
Chapter 11: The Vision Thing: Webtone.
Chapter 12: Turning on a Dime.
Chapter 13: Trump Card in the Internet Stakes: Fiber Optics.
Chapter 14: Looking Ahead.
Endnotes.
Index.
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— Don Tapscott, Chair, Digital 4Sight, and Author of Paradigm Shift, The Digital Economy, Growing Up Digital, and Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs
"Few companies are changing the world today. Nortel is one of them and has been for generations. This is a human adventure of corporate renewal about visionary leaders who transform today s success into tomorrow s innovation."
— E. F. Peter Newson, Associate Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario
"MacDonald s book fills a critical gap in the history of Canadian telecommunications. His Nortel Networks is a valuable and extremely readable chronicle of the remarkable transformation of a sleepy telephone manufacturer into Canada s most valuable corporation."
— Lawrence Surtees, research analyst, IDC Canada Ltd., and former telecommunications reporter. The Globe and Mail
"Vision. That is what defines Nortel;s history. This company is a global powerhouse and one of the select few that are redefining the way that information is shared. If you want to read a great business story, look no further."
— Roger G. Ackerman, Chairman and CEO, Corning Inc.
