| 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 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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In may 1992 the finnish company Nokia started to focus on telecommunications‚ and they are selling the first GSM-mobilephone. The companies goal in 1994 was to sell about five hundred thousand mobile phones. The goal was pulverised by selling more than twenty million mobile phones. Today‚ Nokia is a world leader in digital technologies‚ including mobile phones‚ tele-communications networks‚ wireless data solutions and multimedia terminals. In 2007 Nokia was worlds number one manufacturer
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offerings NOKIA Nokia‚ originally a Finnish forestry products company formed is 1865‚ is now the world’s top seller of mobile phones. Over the years‚ Nokia has made everything from toilet paper to television sets and tires. But in 1992‚ incoming CEO Jorma Ollila focused all of the company’s resources on telecommunications. Nokia’s first digital phones appeared on the market in 1993. At the time‚ Nokia expected to sell only about 400‚000 units. Instead‚ it sold 20 million. By 1998‚ Nokia was selling
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT - NOKIA a. Describe the industry-level strategies adopted by Nokia. More specifically: i. Which positioning strategy does the company follow? Nokia has not been acting well. Its strategy is not well organized; it’s more like an “old-fashioned” strategy. That’s because they centralized in making esthetical mobile phones‚ but the problem was that the technology was not well at all. Another error is that Nokia has been making a lot of different mobile phones in a short period
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1. Does Nokia have a truly global strategy‚ rather than just a series of regional strategies? Explain. Yes‚ it does have a global strategy. The global strategy of Nokia is the foundation of all the regional strategies and that is based on overall consumer needs. They found out the main consumer needs is focused on selling products (phones) as lowest price all over the world with its simple‚ easy and basic models. Also beside that Nokia has series of regional strategies that use most advanced technologies
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Microsoft Acquisition Strategy Microsoft identifies potential acquisition targets under four categories. Using these four categories‚ we can evaluate the strategic fit of the proposed acquisition of Sendit: 1. Distribution partners Sendit acts as a distribution partner through its use of Windows as a base operating system for its mobile Internet networks. This expands the potential customer base for Windows‚ as each mobile network operator will essentially become an ISP with a Microsoft platform
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BM3399 Strategic Management Strategic Plan: Nokia | Group F4 | 905690745162235792279447892599 | | | | Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Internal Analysis 3 2.1. Resource Analysis 3 2.1.1. Hierarchy of resources 4 2.1.2. Resource Portfolio 4 2.1.3. Core Competencies 5 2.1.4. Summary of Resource Analysis 5 2.2. Strategic Business Unit (SBU) Analysis 5 2.2.1. Identification of SBUs 6 2.2.2. Summary of SBU Analysis 6 2.3. Value Chain Analysis 7 2.3.1
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Nokia Swot Analysis Nokia SWOT Analysis Nokia group is the world’s largest mobile phone manufactures. Strengths Strong brand image‚ Nokia’s core asset is its strong brand image.A strong and highly visible brand enables the company to command a premium for its products and distinguish from the competitors.Nokia’s brand is the fifth most valued brand in the word according to the top 100 best brands list compiled by interbrand in 2009. Significant market position‚ Nokia has been a hignly efficient
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Joint Ventures‚ Strategic Alliances‚ Collaborations and Merger and Acquisitions Questions | Q1. Why is a Joint Venture (JV) preferable to more general collaboration form of the Strategic Alliance? Q2. What are the relative merits and weaknesses of JVs and SAs? Q3. Why would company seek M&A as a market entry strategy? What are the advantages and disadvantages of M&A? why might a merger fail and what might be the outcome? Q4. What are the relative merits/ disadvantages of JVs‚ SAs‚ and
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