Network Associates: Securing the Internet, Spanish Version Case Solution
This article tracesone company's path through the uncharted terrain of the Internet and government regulation. In March 1998, Network Associates announced it would start selling strong encryption software from its Dutch subsidiary company. Such a move looked to the U.S. government like a breach of export regulations, but the firm was assured it had managed within the limit of law. Encryption export regulations had become highly commonin the mid-1990s, and were the subject of continuing legislative argument in 1998. While the regulations had been evolving toward permissiveness, the rate of change didn't satisfy with the expectations of many firms in Silicon Valley. While such a move gave the firm clear first-mover advantages, it was also a strategy that arrested substantial political risks.
This is just an excerpt. This case is about GLOBAL BUSINESS
PUBLICATION DATE: March 15, 1999c
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