Weakness—Nokia in UK 1 Burning cash ( Nokia: Three Big Problems, 2012) Nokia’s Net Cash went down 24% in one year. From page 5 of the earnings Release: “Year-on-year, net cash and other liquid assets decreased. ‘The company’s prospects in both phone categories don’t look stellar. And bad things happen to cash when the market loses confidence in a company’s future: vendors want to be paid more quickly, customers become more hesitant, all precipitating a crisis’( Nokia: Three Big Problems, 2012)
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brief overview about the Indian mobile handset industry and a background about the company taken for study (Micromax). A SWOT analysis has been done and we tried to bring out the key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats as a result of that analysis. We also did a comparative study of Micromax along with two major competitors, (one established player – Nokia & one upcoming player – Karbonn), in aspects including their promotion strategies, product varieties, distribution network
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NOKIA – Market Analysis Marketing Management Project This document contains NOKIA’s detailed analysis in Marketing. Sundaram Vasudevan Abhishek Kadian Abhimanyu Chhikara Animesh Mukherjee Sanjay Agarwal Avika Sood 11/07/11 INDEX CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND THE MOBILE EXPERIENCE ------ 1 ANALYSING EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ------------------------- 4 COMPETITORS AND ANALYSIS OF THEIR BEHAVIOR --------- 6 MARKET SEGMENTATION ------------------------------------------ 8
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Supplemental In-Depth Integrative Case Nokia Targets the Base of the Pyramid One of the most widely used clichés in the world of business is the so-called 80/20 rule. In the realm of sales, the rule is sometimes interpreted as “80 percent of our sales come from 20 percent of our customers.”1 One recent business theory that has challenged this rule is the so called BOP or Bottom of the Pyramid perspective, developed and popularized by C.K. Prahalad.2 It refers to the around 4 billion people at
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Supplemental In-Depth Integrative Case Nokia Targets the Base of the Pyramid One of the most widely used clichés in the world of business is the so-called 80/20 rule. In the realm of sales, the rule is sometimes interpreted as “80 percent of our sales come from 20 percent of our customers.”1 One recent business theory that has challenged this rule is the so called BOP or Bottom of the Pyramid perspective, developed and popularized by C.K. Prahalad.2 It refers to the around 4 billion people at
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European counterparts, like AT&T, Sprint and Vodafone AirTouch, of being closer to the 3.3 billion person Asian market. In addition, DoCoMo is at the leading edge of technology and is expected to be the first mobile operator to launch a 3rd Generation (3G) wireless network by Spring 2001. NTT DoCoMo Background In 1959 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) entered the telephone industry in Japan with an offering of maritime telephone service. They added paging services in 1968, car telephone services
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institute. Richa Bhalla Udai Bir Bhasin INDEX S.NO. | PARTICULARS | PAGE NO. | 1. | Executive Summary | 4 | 2. | Introduction | 5 | 3. | Difference between a Smartphone & Feature Phone | 7 | 4. | Indian Telecom Industry | 8 | 5. | SWOT Analysis of Mobile Industry | 12 | 6. | Low-Priced Segment of Mobile Phones | 13 | 7. | Market Structure & Segmentation | 15 | 8. | International Business | 20 | 9. | The Case of Micromax | 26 | 10. | The Case of Karbonn Mobiles | 30 | 11. | Recommendations
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Webster University Nokia Product Design Analysis A Product Design Project for the new Lumia Century Jaqui Melton Business 6110 Professor Gary Sample December 20, 2013 Nokia Product Design Analysis 2 Abstract Having been made project manager for the design of Nokia’s new cell phone, the Lumia Century, the purpose of this report is to provide management with an anticipated project schedule and calculated project duration. In doing this, a project network has been created; and the slack
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Finland and Nokia Executive Summary Finland had transformed itself from a sleepy economy to a highly competitive one with maximum contribution from the telecommunications sector. Focused efforts in R&D and education helped Finland achieve this position with Nokia being a major player. While Finland maintained its ranking as a leading competitive nation in 2001, it was facing challenges. The overall growth rates were declining and the telecommunications cluster was experiencing a severe
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Limited, commonly known as Airtel, is an Indian telecommunications services company headquartered at New Delhi, India. It operates in 20 countries across South Asia, Africa and the Channel Islands. Airtel has GSM network in all countries, providing 2G, 3G and 4G services depending upon the country of operation. Airtel is the world's third-largest mobile telecommunications company with over 261 million subscribers across 20 countries as of August 2012. It is the largest cellular service provider in India
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