The history of Energis, one of the largest alternative UK telecommunications network service providers (altnets). Follows the company from its birth as diversification move National Grid, a leading electricity distributor in the UK, through its sharp rise, supported in part by the Internet boom, to his eventual downfall. Illustrates the influence of the main exogenous regulatory, technological, and demand highlights the organization and how they can be exaggerated endogenous factors, such as strategy, organizational structures and systems. "Hide
by John R. Wells Source: Harvard Business School 21 pages. Publication date: April 22, 2003. Prod. #: 703505-PDF-ENG