globalization‚ people can sell anywhere take advantage of a country’ resources (cheap labour‚ human intellect‚ lower taxes etc.) take advantage of a country’s less strict labour laws (ex. child labour) · Was the German backlash against Nokia justifiedadd your own opinion? How can nations make themselves more competitive? · New plant developed would be to maximize output in production to Europe‚ Middle East and Africa · Other manufacturers (ex. BenQ [bankrupt]‚ Motorola)
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Michael Porter in his article “The-competitive-advantage-of-nations-(1990)” discusses how a firm or a region can build competitive advantage and strategy. Porter argues that Competitive advantage is often not an outcome of favorable factor and macro-economic conditions as classical economists insists. A nation’s competitiveness depends on the ability of its industries to innovate. Porter introduces the concept of “the diamond of national advantage” - a system that some nations establish for its industries
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| History 1865 to 1967 | | | Fredrik Idestam‚ co-founder of Nokia. | | Statesman Leo Mechelin‚ co-founder of Nokia. | The predecessors of the modern Nokia were the Nokia Company (Nokia Aktiebolag)‚ Finnish Rubber Works Ltd (Suomen Gummitehdas Oy) and Finnish Cable Works Ltd (Suomen Kaapelitehdas Oy).[13] Nokia’s history started in 1865 when mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a groundwood pulp mill on the banks of the Tammerkoski rapids in the town of Tampere‚ in southwestern
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Nokia Smartphone Strategy Nokia is a world renowned telecommunications corporation that connects over 1.3 billion people. Nokia’s mission is simple: Connecting People. Their goal is to build great mobile products that enable billions of people worldwide to enjoy more of what life has to offer. The company started out producing wood pulp and paper‚ the most influential communication technology in history‚ in Finland in 1865. By the 1960’s Nokia is a booming business with large production of rubber
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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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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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Case study: Finland and Nokia 1. How was Finland able to move from a sleepy economy to one of the most competitive nations in the world by the end of the 1990’s? Finland was considered a sleepy country even after their independence from Sweden‚ depending its economy mainly on the Soviet Union by exporting its natural resources. Finland however slowly but constantly developed its economy up to the OECD average‚ following the models of its Nordic neighbors to invest highly in social welfare and
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NOKIA MARKETING PLAN PROJECT INTRODUCTION Nokia was founded in 1865 as a paper mill in Finland. It went on to establish it’s self as a renowned mobile phone manufacturer and one of the most powerful brands in the world. In 1992 Nokia shifted its focus to primarily telecommunications and appointed Jorma Ollila as its CEO. Six years later in 1998 Nokia had established it’s self as the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer with a turnover of 31 billion. In 2006‚ Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo replaced
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Smart devices. The first small phone was designed by IBM in 1992 and was called the Simon. It was displayed as a concept product that year at ODMEX expo. The phone was released for public in 1993 and marketed by a company named ‘Bellsouth’. As a smart device apart from being a mobile phone‚ it had calendar‚ address book‚ world clock‚ and calculator‚ address book entries‚ email‚ send and receive FAX and started the gaming revolution on phone. The most importatnt and attractive feature of that
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Joel Saaghy Oliver Thomson Massimo Trevisan Page 1 of 29 1020562 1022083 1022431 1021274 1022648 Executive Summary Nokia is one of the world’s most renowned mobile communications device manufacturers and former market leader. Recent years however have found Nokia struggling in the industry‚ haemorrhaging both profits and market share. Presently‚ Nokia has partnered with Microsoft to differentiate its product and deliver a new and fresh experience to consumers through its Lumia range
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