Business Overview Nokia Corporation is a multinational corporation that engaged in communication devices and mobile phones production. The organization operates in 150 different countries with roughly worldwide annual sales of 42 billion and profits of 2 billion in 2010. Nokia was first established in 1865 as a groundwood pulp mill in Finland. The founders‚ mining engineer Fredrik Idestam and statesman Leo Mechelin transformed Nokia into a share company in 1871. Nokia started its involvement
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Brand Audit: Nokia... What’s Next? Introduction Click on the Nokia Philippines website and you will get the image above. This pretty much sums up Nokia at the end of 2014. A long history of dominance in mobile communication has succumbed to the pressures of innovation (and lack thereof). Nokia will go down in history as a case of “What not to do!”. Beset with declining sales‚ Nokia merged with Microsoft and licensed its Lumia and Asha line to the software giant. By the end of 2014‚ Microsoft dropped
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The beginning of Nokia goes back to the year 1865 with the establishment of a forestry industry enterprise in South-Western Finland by mining engineer Fredrick Idestam. While in the year 1898‚ the Finnish Rubber Works Ltd was found‚ and in 1912‚ Finnish Cable Works began operations. Gradually‚ the ownership of this two companies and Nokia began to shift into hands of just a few owners. Finally‚ these three companies were merged to form Nokia Corporation in 1967. Nokia Corporation engages in the
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SWOT analysis of Nokia Strengths Nokia world’s largest producer and manufacturer of cell phones as well as has the largest distribution network around the world. It is also known for the Creativity‚ Innovativeness‚ durability & reliability. It has very good financial position‚ higher return on equity (ROE)‚ return on assets (ROA) and net profit margins (NPM) Nokia leads the global cell phone industry Nokia dominates the world cellular industry because it has the Strong R & D facilities
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Nokia under Kairamo 1977-1988: Era of Growth Transformation from a paper and rubber concern to a major global electronics and telecom concern – RESTRUCTURING THE COMPANYS ORGANIZATION 1989 Nokia was influential in establishing the second generation network (2G) – allowed phones to work throughout Europe – INNOVATION / DIFFERENTIATION Nokias mergers and acquisitions activities – boosted revenues + adding valuable patents ‚ investments in R+D DIFFERENTIATION Nokia under Vuorilehto: Challenging Times
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So Nokia has already been through one (successful) change programme‚ turning itself from an unfocused conglomerate into a focused mobile phone producer. Can it change again? - Global market leader in mobile phones - but not smart phones - Still profitable‚ but revenues under pressure - September 2010: Appointed new CEO - Stephen Elop - to drive strategic change - February 2011 - Elop issued the famous “burning platform” memo bluntly explaining the serious strategic challenges facing Nokia -
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INTRODUCTION Nokia’s history spans more than a hundred years and contains many stories‚ events and milestones brought about by the many twists and turns of the world history and industrialization. After the 1966-67 mergers‚ Nokia defined its main businesses to be rubber‚ cable‚ forestry industry‚ electricity generation and electronics. 20 years on‚ the company had added chemicals‚ floor coverings and TV sets to the aforementioned businesses. The electronics business started in the 60s when the Finnish
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NOkia Organisation structure at Nokia Introduction Nokia is an international producer of computer software‚ internet and telecommunication equipment‚ it is one of the major candidates competing in the smart phone industries (Studymode2013). Dominating the market around 15 years‚ Nokia was perceived as the more dominant and relentless brand within its industry. However‚ due to a number of problematic issues within the company‚ Nokia was forced into making implosive and drastic design resulting
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NOKIA MOBILE PHONES STREAMLINGING LOGISTICAL TO CREATE VALUES Nokia was founded in 1865 in Nokia Finland as a timber and paper company. One could say Nokia from the beginning was a communication company. On the turn of the century the company started producing rubber. It was not until the 1960s when Nokia started the electronic venture. It was only in 1987 that with their major acquisition they brought the venture into reality and entered the electronic competition. With a rapid growth Nokia
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Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications‚ driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones‚ devices and solutions for imaging‚ games‚ media and businesses. Nokia provides equipment‚ solutions and services for network operators and corporations. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on four major exchanges. Nokia comprises
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