ASSIGNMENT NOKIA CASE STUDY JESSLYNE (090503322) STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT NOKIA CASE STUDY SUMMARY Nokia, once a world leader in wireless telecommunications, has lost nearly 39% of its market share to its competitors and in some instances to no name companies. In 80s and 90s Nokia expanded through the acquisition of many other companies with various technologies. Due to this rapid expansion, Nokia lost focus of its ingenuity in wireless communications. However Nokia reorganized
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C H O O L 9 - 7 0 2 -4 2 7 REV: O CTO BER 2 6 , 2004 O R JA N S O L V B L L •M ICHAEL E . P O R T E R Finland and Nokia When an inventor in Silicon Valley opens his garage door to show o ff his latest idea, he has 50% o f the world market in front o f him. When an inventor in Finland opens his garage door, he faces three feet o f snow. — J.O. Nieminen, CEO of Nokia Mobira, 1984 Until the 1990s, Finland was considered a remote and sleepy country in the northeastern corner of Europe, lying
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Nokia was once the pioneer in the development of mobile phones and became in 1998 the leader in the manufacturing and sales of mobile phones (McCray et al, 2010). Nokia kept its leading position for several years and at the turn of the century Nokia’s products were revolutionary and transformed the entire industry until Nokia was overtaken by Apple with the introduction of its iPhone in 2007. The introduction of the iPhone made Apple the market leader in smart phones and Nokia’s market share started
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SVEN GRUNDBERG In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop talks about innovation, management, and guiding the embattled company through a difficult transition. Frank Nuovo, the former chief designer at Nokia Corp., gave presentations more than a decade ago to wireless carriers and investors that divined the future of the mobile Internet. More than seven years before Apple Inc. rolled out the iPhone, the Nokia team showed a phone with a color touch screen set above a single
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his real test will be to manage the brand in face of a resurgent Nokia, besides facing off competition from the likes of Sony U 3 revenues of top mobile players Samsung’s revenue rose more than Nokia’s rank 201112 119.25 78.91 19.78 14.60 13.27 9.23 7.90 7.80 7.50 6.70 201011 129.29 57.20 22.89 19.50 10.04 4.50 9.20 18.34 6.26 13.26 Change market (%) share (%) -8 38 -14 -25 32 105 -14 -57 20 -49 -5 38.2 25.3 6.3 4.7 4.3 Nokia Samsung Micromax BlackBerry Karbonn HTC Spice LG Huawei G’Five
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Concerns about social and ethical implications on society caused by convergence technologies. Abstract The purpose of this paper is to outline concerns arising from the use of converging technologies such as smartphone’s. The discussion will more particularly dwell into the concerns resulting that are believed to have some social and ethical implications to the society. Introduction The technological convergence of communication and computing for mobile technology is in the outburst forefront
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1. The relationship between organizational structure and organizational culture Organizational structure and organizational culture have a dependent relationship with one another. In the business world, management structure determines the behaviors, attitudes, dispositions and ethics that create the work culture. If a company's organizational structure is strictly hierarchical, with decision-making power centralized at the top, the company's culture will likely reflect a lack of freedom and autonomy
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The new generation smart phone : an extensive study on the future of cellphone Introduction Topic area In recent years, the demand for smartphone has been increased significantly. Even company like Nokia has been reported of loosing market share in different countries because of the new generation smart phones made by Android and Apple corp. The reason is, these days, the functions that people want from the cellphone is a lot different from the primary users. At first only making calls was
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Introduction After conducting a Porter's 5 forces model on Nokia, I felt a PESTLE analysis would analyse the macro environment of Nokia. These are all the external forces that are out of Nokias' control but have a significant effect on how the company operates and the strategic decision they make. This model looks at the Political, Economical, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental factors relating to Nokia and the industry they operate in. To understand the macro environment more this article
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Always adapting Over the past 150 years, Nokia has evolved from a riverside paper mill in south-western Finland to a global telecommunications leader connecting over 1.3 billion people. During that time, we’ve made rubber boots and car tyres. We’ve generated electricity. We’ve even manufactured TVs. Changing with the times, disrupting the status quo – it’s what we’ve always done. And we fully intend to keep doing it. The story so far In 1865, mining engineer Fredrik Idestam sets up his first wood
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