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Akamai's Edge (B)

By: Eric Van den Steen
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:3
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Abstract

In 2009, Paul Sagan, CEO of Akamai, the leading online content delivery network with a 60% market share, needs to decide how to respond to aggressive market entry, whether and how to pursue the explosive growth in online video, and whether to stay with Akamai's distributed network model or move towards its competitors' more centralized design.

Keywords

Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Advantage

Citation

Van den Steen, Eric. "Akamai's Edge (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 712-456, December 2011. (Revised April 2013.)
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Eric J. Van den Steen

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