Strategic Management: Principles and Practice Case study A: the Rise and Fall of Nokia Nokia appears to be the world’s leading mobile handset manufacturer from 1998 to 2011. For acquiring and keeping this position it has had many successful ideas. 1- What did Nokia do right? Innovation : Concerning R&D‚ Nokia took advantage of the efficiency of global manufacturing and produced worldwide volume to reduce high costs. In the 1970s‚ The company maintained research and development (R&D) investments
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needs and requirement of mobile users. Through market segmentation‚ we are able to distinguish behavior usage or preferences of smart phones for each market segment and use this information to design or offer specific product that meet the behavior or preferences of the user in each market segment. This project helps in developing a segmentation scheme for Nokia Phones with the help psychographic segmentation. Our findings show that the resulted market segment can be identified based on the prices
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recession‚ inadequate succession planning‚ brain-drain are all the effects‚ of a shrinking global economy and globalization‚ which present both threats and opportunities to companies. With companies striving to obtain a competitive advantage in the global market place‚ the shortage of appropriate skill-sets by individuals to meet unique requirements‚ is becoming more problematic. Holbeche (2009:3) states: “Talent and the ability to engage that talent to produce high performance teams are the buzzwords which
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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 old
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returns to scale are constant) in the market causes the (horizontal) demand curve of each individual firm to shift downward‚ bringing down at the same time the price‚ the average revenue and marginal revenue curve. The final outcome is that‚ in the long run‚ the firm will make only normal profit (zero economic profit). Its horizontal demand curve will touch its average total cost curve at its lowest point. (Seecost curve.) In a perfectly competitive market‚ a firm’s demand curve is perfectly elastic
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Nokia SWOT Analysis Strengths Strong brand image is Nokia’s core asset. The company continues to strengthen its brand equity through various marketing campaigns. Nokia’s brand was the fifth most valued brand in the world according to the top 100 best brands list compiled by InterBrand in 2009‚ and was the only mobile phone manufacturer in the top 10 best brands list. A strong and highly visible brand enables the company to command a premium for its products and differentiate itself from competitors
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rise and fall of Nokia Nokia represent the level of manufacturing industry of Finland in the IT area. Several types of Nokia mobile helped Nokia to open up the market. Back to the old days‚ when Motorola is know as mobile gangster‚ Nokia introduced a clear sound‚ smart appearance‚ with large proportion of screen and scrolling text menu mobile phone‚ which had unprecedented sales‚ at the same time whole world remembered the name “NOKIA”. From1992‚ Nokia introduced their
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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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electronics like Samsung‚ LG‚ Sony-Ericsson and Motorola‚ Nokia really rules the mobile phone market all over the world with nearly 40% of the market share with no close competitors. Nokia is certainly the king when it comes to brand value‚ service and experience. The Finnish mobile giant is clearly No. 1 choice in South East Asia including India and China. How they could reach the top position? Let’s find out. 1. Call Quality Nokia is known for its circuitry to handle the RF Reception and
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Political The Political factors relates to the factors which the government also affects such as government instability or rules and regulations which the business must follow. Nokia have recently moved one of its manufacturing facilities to India‚ and because of this it is important that Nokia follow the rules and regulations that are set in India‚ so that they can operate as efficiently as possible. The types of things they will have to be aware of is the minimum wage‚ the maximum hours a week
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