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Case
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Reference no. 9-802-133
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 11 December 2001
Length: 28 pages
Data source: Field research

Abstract

Describes the evolution of Qwest from a small fiber-optic construction firm in 1996 to a global telecommunications giant in 2001. Focuses on Qwest''s pivotal acquisition of ''Baby Bell'' US West, a regional Bell operating company many times Qwest''s size. Discusses the rationale for the merger and its aftermath, including the cultural challenge of integrating a scrappy start-up with a bureaucratic, traditional firm.
Location:
Size:
55,000 employees, USD20 billion revenues
Other setting(s):
1996-2001

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Abstract

Describes the evolution of Qwest from a small fiber-optic construction firm in 1996 to a global telecommunications giant in 2001. Focuses on Qwest''s pivotal acquisition of ''Baby Bell'' US West, a regional Bell operating company many times Qwest''s size. Discusses the rationale for the merger and its aftermath, including the cultural challenge of integrating a scrappy start-up with a bureaucratic, traditional firm.

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Location:
Size:
55,000 employees, USD20 billion revenues
Other setting(s):
1996-2001

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