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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Prepared by Elshan Imanli The Problem Of Nokia Company Introduction Nokia has a long history of successful change and innovation‚ adapting to shifts in markets and technologies. From its humble beginning with one paper mill‚ the company has participated in many sectors over time: cables‚ paper products‚ tires‚ rubber boots‚ consumer and industrial electronics‚ plastics‚ chemicals‚ telecommunications infrastructure and more. Most recently‚ Nokia has been best known for its revolutionary wireless
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leadership means risking a high stakes venture that requires a flawless debut‚ and ongoing improvements. This is because the average global denizen is extremely sensitive to the very product Nokia is trying to develop‚ and in many ways unforgiving of even the smallest glitches. Finally‚ there are doubts that Nokia can even sustain such a massive project. In the world of online mapping Google Map reigns supreme. Google’s position as top topographer may appear to be locked in as websites almost universally
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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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Introduction The company that we choose from the list is Nokia. Over the past 150 years‚ Nokia has evolved from a riverside paper mill in southwestern Finland to a global telecommunications leader connecting over 1.3 billion people. During that time‚ they’ve made rubber boots and car tires. They’ve generated electricity. They’ve even manufactured TVs. Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications and information technology corporation that is headquartered in Espoo‚ Finland
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COUNTRY REPRESENT •Finnish Company •Nokianvirta river Nokia‚ Finland YEAR OF BIRTH Company started in 1865 as wood pulp mill. After 1963 Nokia started producing radio telephone COMPANY PRODUCT Early products: Wood pulp Rubber Cables and Television Main Product: Mobile Phone‚ Smart Phone‚ Mobile Computers‚ etc. FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY •The company was initially founded by Fredrik Idestam in 1865 •But it was later converted into a share company
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1.1 The Morph concept The “Nokia Morph” is a theoretical future device based on nanotechnology that might enable future communication devices. It is intended to demonstrate the flexibility of future mobile devices‚ in regards to their shape and form allowing the users to transform them according to their preference. It demonstrates the ultimate functionality that nanotechnology might be capable of delivering i.e. flexible materials‚ transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces. It also features
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Microsoft and Nokia. This ‘transformation’‚ turning Microsoft into a ‘devices and services’ company‚ is key to the company’s continuing survival‚ and would be impossible without Nokia. Here are four reasons why the acquisition had to happen: Microsoft need to keep its momentum Recent industry figures have shown Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 posting its highest ever market share allowing the mobile OS to leapfrog BlackBerry and become the third-most popular globally. This means that Windows Phone
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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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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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