In 2007‚ Nokia combined its telecoms infrastructure operations with those of Siemens to form a joint venture named Nokia Siemens Networks. NSN has become a leading global provider of telecommunications infrastructure‚ with a focus on offering innovative mobile broadband technology and services. In 2011‚ Nokia joined forces with Microsoft to strengthen its position in the highly competitive smartphone market. Nokia adopted the Windows Phone operating system for smart devices and through their strategic
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Nokia Financial Statement Analysis: Measuring the performance through data Billy Mckeown 29th April 2012 Review before submission TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Profile 3 Standing Against the Competition 4 The Cross Border Markets 5 The Financial Strategy 6 Building the Books – The Net of Sales 6 Charging the Revenue Lines – Analyzing the Costs 8 Building Assets Against Liabilities 11 Multiplying the Numerations 11 Managing the Liabilities 12 Understanding the Financials
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Nokia can trace its roots back to 1865 and a pulp mill in south-west Finland. A century and a half later‚ Nokia’s handset business is being bought by Microsoft for €5.44bn after a troubled few years for the mobile phone giant. Here we track Nokia’s rise‚ and subsequent fall. 1865: Mining engineer Fredrik Idestam sets up a wood pulp mill at the Tammerkoski Rapids in south-western Finland. 1871: The Nokia name is born‚ inspired by the Nokianvirta river on the banks of which Idestam opens a second
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Unit 3: Organisations and Behaviour: Introduction: Organisational Behaviour (in short called as OB) is concerned with the study of the behaviour and interaction of people in restricted or organised settings. It involves understanding people and predicting their behaviour‚ and knowledge of the means by which their behaviour is influenced and shaped. Organisations are bodies or entities created for a stated purpose They may consist of one or more people. In the case of a sole trader or single operator
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Mechanistic Organization Structures The mechanistic view of an organization began with the industrial revolution. The view is a reflection of society’s radical change from a rural agricultural base to one more impersonally based on centralized urban industry employing great numbers of people. The first changes began in the late 1600’s and early 1700’s with rudimentary machines replacing manual labor or accomplishing things not previously possible because of size‚ weight‚ or sheer numbers
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Nokia SWOT analysis Strengths Weaknesses * Sold about more than 1 million smartphones last quarter than average analysts expected * Leader in Supply Chain Managment * Strong finances * World leader in R&D * Nokia has built one of the wireless industry’s strongest and broadest IPR portfolios with over 10‚000 patents * Sold about more than 1 million smartphones last quarter than average analysts expected * Leader in Supply Chain Managment * Strong finances
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Describe the structure and organisation of the retail sector Retailers provide a service to customers at a profit. They are able to do this since the aspects of retailing – operating from an appropriate location‚ offering attractive product variety‚ ensuring enough stock is available to meet demand – add value to the products bought from suppliers and eventually sold to customers. Retailers cut their bulk deliveries from suppliers so individual customers can buy the quantity they require – very
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about 32 000 employees of Nokia to switch to Microsoft. Headquartered in Espoo‚ near Helsinki‚ will be retained. A main output anyway no longer manufactured in Finland. Now‚ so hope in Finland‚ the Group faces a new beginning. Leading the group will
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Mechanistic Vs Organic Organization Structure What is Mechanistic Structure Mechanistic organizations have clear‚ well-defined‚ centralized‚ vertical hierarchies of command‚ authority‚ and control. Efficiency and predictability are emphasized through specialization‚ standardization‚ and formalization. This results in rigidly defined jobs‚ technologies‚ and processes. The term mechanistic suggests that organizational structures‚ processes‚ and roles are like a machine in which each part of the
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MODULE 1 Subject Matter: THE COMPUTER AS AN ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM Introduction: This module traces the evolution of the computer as it has been applied to an expanding scope of business with IT applications. The first application involved the handling of accounting transactions and was called data processing. Then‚ managers and computer scientists recognized that for greater potential existed in the form of information
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