Introduction: "Nokia - Connecting People": this slogan is known all over the world. In 2006 Nokia employs 68‚041 people in 120 countries. Currently every third mobile phone sold in the world is from Nokia. The Nokia Company is today one of the world’s leading high tech companies. Its rapidly growth in the 1990s coincided with a basal structural change of the Finnish economy and industry. In this restructuring process Nokia played an important role. Despite the fact that Nokia is a leading multinational
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es NOKIA WEAKNESS The state or quality of being weak is the definition of weakness and therefore any organization‚ company and even people do have weakness. Therefore Nokia as a company does have it own weakness and the weaknesses are as follows. - Nokia fired a number of R&D employees in order to cut costs as of just weeks ago (Pepin G. 2009). As of that it will probably have effect on short run margin or long run margin. - Some of the products are not user friendly; if the customers face
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Final Examination——Microsoft Tinmin Yeung B3A81 49905881 THE SUMMARY OF THE CASE Firstly‚there is no doubt that Microsoft is quit successful in China.Because China is a very large market.Between 2002 and 2007‚Microsoft sales and revenue grew more rapidly in the Greater China region than in andy other market in the world.But Microsoft also meet a lot of challenges‚patent‚piracy and political. From Microsoft itself‚it is the world’s best.He gets the absolutely monopoly position.He draw up
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Airline Alliances an Analysis Introduction: Liberalisation of the Airline Market now allows carriers to engage in alliances to form more powerful synergy’s and capture a larger share of the market. Since the introduction of The Airline Deregulation Act in 1978 in North America and similar acts worldwide the aviation industry has become one of the fastest growing industries. The main objective of this was to allow the market place to influence the development of airlines. The main development from
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The 2009 Chrysler-Fiat Strategic Alliance A strategic alliance links two or more companies operations by combining manufacturing resources and knowledge. These tie-ups combine R&D‚ product development‚ distribution networks‚ and other areas in knowledge allocation. With that said‚ Chrysler was ordered by the U.S. government to form an alliance and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in-order to acquire government bailout. So‚ in early 2009‚ Fiat turned out to be the key contender for Chrysler
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History of Nokia Nokia has a long history of successful change and innovation. In 1865‚ Nokia was originally founded by Fredrik Idestam‚ a mining engineer. Fredrik Idestam opened his first wood pulp mill in South-Western Finland‚ Tammerkoski Rapids. In 1867‚ Fredrik Idestam’s wood pulp invention was awarded a Bronze Medal in the Paris World Exposition (Kolvuniemi 1998‚ p.17). Three years later‚ Fredrik Idestam constructed a second mill by the Nokiavirta river‚ which inspired him to name his company
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A typical strategic alliance formation process involves these steps: • Strategy Development: Strategy development involves studying the alliance’s feasibility‚ objectives and rationale‚ focusing on the major issues and challenges and development of resource strategies for production‚ technology‚ and people. It requires aligning alliance objectives with the overall corporate strategy. • Partner Assessment: Partner assessment involves analyzing a potential partner’s strengths and weaknesses‚ creating
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competenceswere chosen from Nokia: quality‚ price‚ services/functions‚ and brand image. 5.1 Quality The high quality of Nokia’s products and services enables the company to takeadvantage of environmental opportunities or neutralize environmental threats. Theseresources add value to Nokia’s customers and leads to customer satisfaction and loyalty.This strength is developed by Nokia’s well controlled value chain. Even though quality isa valuable resource for Nokia‚ it is not uncommon in the
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The Nokia Revolution The story of an extraordinary company that transformed an industry Dan Steinbock Presentation by: Selina Beelaerts & Meena Mallipeddi 1 *Note: It should be understood that the company now known as “Nokia” did not exist in its present form until the 1990s. However‚ for simplicity’s sake‚ we will be referring to the predecessor companies as “Nokia” as well. Outline • Introduction • Background: Nordic Cooperation & Nokia’s Postwar Consolidation • Nordic Cooperation
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Microsoft What is Microsoft? Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond‚ Washington that develops‚ manufactures‚ licenses‚ and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4‚ 1975. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world’s most valuable companies The history of Microsoft began on April 4‚ 1975‚ when
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