Introduction: Nokia is a world leader in mobile phone industry‚ but its market share has recently been diminished by tough competition in the smart phone market. It targeted rural markets with mobile phones that are affordable and‚ the mobile phones were not only for the communication but also for varied purposes like torch light‚ radio etc. Farmers use it during nights as a torch light. Nokia was able to fully penetrate and conquer the still untapped rural mobile phone market. Nokia plans to conquer
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Nokia Microsoft alliance LONDON – Feb. 11‚ 2011 – Nokia and Microsoft today announced plans to form a broad strategic partnership that would use their complementary strengths and expertise to create a new global mobile ecosystem. Nokia and Microsoft intend to jointly create market-leading mobile products and services designed to offer consumers‚ operators and developers unrivalled choice and opportunity. As each company would focus on its core competencies‚ the partnership would create the opportunity
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Michael Porter’s five forces Analysis Rivalry among competitors The Indian Telecom industry is comprised of three types of players. The State owned companies‚ private companies and foreign invested companies. Main State owned companies are BSNL and MTNL. Major private Indian owned companies include Tata teleservice‚ Tata Communications‚ Reliance communications. And finally‚ the major foreign invested companies in this sector are Vodafone‚ Idea cellular‚ Bharti Airtel Limited. BSNL Bharath Sanchar
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highly competitive $3 billion mobile phone market in India‚ Nokia has managed to make its brand the phone of choice for millions. It currently has a market share of over 70 per cent. Abhijit Joshi tracks the Finnish company’s strategy for success. W A DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DOUBLE THAT OF ITS RIVALS: Nokia’s Sanjeev Sharma hen mobile phones were introduced in India in the mid-90s‚ US based Motorola‚ Sweden’s Ericsson and Finland’s Nokia dominated the handset market in India. Over the years‚ the
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overwhelming domination of the mobile handset market‚ Nokia Corp. is entering unknown territory as its core product segment matures‚ leaving it to reorganize and transform operations in the midst of a sweeping recession. Although the company remains a strong competitor in all of its business segments—including the wireless infrastructure market‚ where it has a joint venture with Siemens AG—the reorganization plans announced in recent months indicate Nokia is feeling the heat from the global economic meltdown
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Indian IT: Reduced Growth According to Business Today‚ The Indian information technology (IT) industry’s growth has halved in 2012/13‚ going by the latest numbers from industry lobby Nasscom. IT-BPO (business process outsourcing) exports and domestic market revenues are expected to total $108 billion this year‚ inching just 7 per cent over the previous year. In contrast‚ the industry grew 15 per cent in 2011/12‚ albeit from a lower base. IT exports for 2012/13 are likely to come a touch below body
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regions? In what way? Look up a concept called "value chain". Is it relevant here? Nokia opened its factory in Germany in 1987‚ why do you think it made that decision then and what about the costs that it must have incurred till now? Is Nokia’s decision to relocate its factory is legitimate? Why or why not? Could Nokia have made the Bochum plant more competitive? How? 2. Was the German backlash against Nokia justified? How can nations make themselves more competitive? What are the factors
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MARKETING MANAGEMENT November 2007 Nokia cell phones have been arranged into four different categories‚ according to use‚ price‚ need etc. The four categories are Multimedia‚ Business‚ Lifestyle and Connect and each category contains several different phone models. Here for this exercise‚ I shall evaluate these different business units in relation to the 4Ps model of marketing. 1) In what way are the 4P issues different in Nokia ’s different mobile phone business units? The business units
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Internal Analysis An Internal Analysis of a company focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of internal factors that give a company certain advantages and disadvantages in meeting the needs of its target market. Strengths refer to core competencies that give the firm an advantage in meeting the needs of its target markets. Weaknesses refer to any limitations a company faces in developing or implementing a strategy. The aim of the internal analysis is to identify the company’s strengths and weaknesses
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QUESTION 1 a. A downward-sloping demand curve shows in both graphs when the quantity at each price is doubled what it was. However‚ the curve in demand for pharmaceutical drugs is drawn with a relatively steep slope as inelastic products. Equilibrium price down-sloping along the demand curve while quantity in both market increased to some extent. b. In inelastic demand of pharmaceutical drugs‚ the percentage change in price is greater than the percentage change in quantity demanded. While in elastic
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