tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600802170849928872.post7174922579077730919..comments2023-10-29T15:18:25.355+08:00Comments on de minimis: Nokia's Downfall Holds Three Lessons for Malaysiade minimishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06478671079348612565noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600802170849928872.post-78544898041584077232010-09-24T11:14:51.999+08:002010-09-24T11:14:51.999+08:00“First, never rest on your laurels. Nokia got to t...“First, never rest on your laurels. Nokia got to the top of its industry quickly. But once there, it became complacent in an industry where laziness is fatal.” Nokia is 145 years old company, let look into its history.<br /><br />1865 Nokia was established as a pulp and paper mill in Finland. (By the way, paper is media use for communication) <br /><br />1960s, they expanded into the rubber and cable industries through a series of mergers. <br /><br />1975, they expanded into many industries such as computers, consumer electronics, and cell phones. <br /><br />1979, Nokia and Mobria entered into a joint venture, which Nokia took over later to design and manufacture mobile phones. <br /><br />Since 1998, Nokia has been the market leader in the mobile phone industry transcending the boundaries between countries and continents.<br /><br />2002, Nokia split its mobile phone division pillar into nine separate business centres based on geography, charging them with working on specific markets independently, especially Russia, China and India. Nokia had finally learnt from its folly of neglecting these growth markets.<br /><br />2003, Nokia reorganized by dividing the company into four divisions: mobile phones, multimedia phones, enterprise solutions and networks.<br /><br />2008, Nokia restructured itself into three main functional groups: Markets, Devices and Software & Services and, Nokia-Siemens Network.<br />Nokia focused on four main aspects in its current restructuring process:<br />1. Product focus: Nokia was manufacturing 70 models world wide <br />2. Functionality focus: Technical and functional expertise was important for cutting edge technology <br />3. Geographic focus: Expanding global footprint <br />4. Focus on Internet services: Exploring future possibilities <br />Nokia's entry into the mobile internet application development (such as ovistore, ovimail, ovimap, etc) is important for its future growth. Nokia sees this as the next step to stay ahead of the competition.<br /><br />Is Nokia on the right track? <br />Whether or not it succeeds will depend on how it is able to change itself from what it is now to what it should be to meet the demands of a new era. Nokia, over the years, has evolved both organically and inorganically. It has always kept an eye on the future and worked towards achievement of its future goals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600802170849928872.post-63712575802055759692010-09-20T13:15:58.444+08:002010-09-20T13:15:58.444+08:00Are you sure Matthew Lynn understand mobile indust...Are you sure Matthew Lynn understand mobile industry or he just wacthes Nokia figure?<br /><br />Careful when comparing Toyota and Ferrari....<br /><br />Nokia consists of dumb/feature phone, smartphone and telco equipment. Smartphone (ie. Aplle and RIM) unit sales for No.2, No.3 and No.4 together equal to nokia sales. All pc vendors jumping into smartphone market, Dell, HP, etc. Mobile phones sell 1.3 Billion units annually and 4 out of 10 are Nokia. 25% of world population are Nokia customer.<br /><br />Downfall or making adjustment...<br /><br />Who won, Windows vs Macintosh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600802170849928872.post-194511416794771812010-09-15T13:28:08.838+08:002010-09-15T13:28:08.838+08:00It is not necessary to be located near competitors...It is not necessary to be located near competitors etc. Today, business, innovation and even artistic collaboration are done over comm links. Singers collaborate on the same song, employees work for people they have not met, etc. This is the beginning of a new world where "more" and "same" are not necessarily better. <br /><br />The mania for bricks and asphalt is a big part of the mess we are in. I will end by saying that Cyberjaya is a shining example.semuanya OK kotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600802170849928872.post-19139589571315462982010-09-15T11:28:21.452+08:002010-09-15T11:28:21.452+08:00Reminds me of the story of Swiss watchmakers and t...Reminds me of the story of Swiss watchmakers and the success story of Swatch. In whatever industry you are in, you need to keep an eye on the trend developing, more so when you are the market leader. Technology moves fast.<br /><br />Goggle decided to open the market wide by allowing Android to be used by whoever is interested. They would seem to be a worthy challenger to Apple.<br /><br />AAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com