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Case Study 10: Government as Catalyst: Can It Work Again with Wireless Access
Read Case Study 10 in the textbook and respond to the following questions.
- Describe examples from the case of the essential dimensions of collaborative management discussed earlier in Chapter 10
- Explain how the officials of Philadelphia identified the problems, framed options for solving the problem and finally created a workable plan of action to implement the MWN
Explanation & Answer
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Describe examples from the case of the essential dimensions of collaborative management
discussed earlier in Chapter 10
There are numerous examples of essential dimensions of collaborative management discussed in
chapter 10. The emergence of Municipal Wireless Networks (MWN) has resulted in a huge
number of people able to access the internet, with an expected growth of wireless internet access
to $1 billion by 2009 with the help of 300 MWN projects, is an example of governance
dimension. The development of MWN in Philadelphia has resulted in the city to be the fifth
largest city in the US, covers an area of around 135 square miles serving more than 660,000
households. The city installed first Wi-Fi hotspots in few locations in January 2004. The Mayor
of Philadelphia announces in August 2004 to set up citywide MWN, is an example of
administrative dimension. Finally, 15 square miles of the pilot concept began in March 2007,
which aimed to increase to 135 miles. The benefit of the plan ...