Nokia is trying to regain lost ground in the mobile phone industry, this time by launching a highly sophisticated camera phone. The new Lumia 1020 offers 41 megapixel resolution. The main idea with all those pixels seems to be to enable users to zoom without losing image quality. This has been a drawback for many… Fortsätt läsa Nokia’s new Lumia and Technology Overshooting
Etikett: Nokia
Disruptive technologies and how firms think about markets
In this video inverview at Francisco Marroquin University I argue that firms fail or succeed in a technological shift depending on how they relate to markets. Are markets regarded as established and fixed or thought of as fluid, complex and subject to permanent change? The brief interview can be found here.
Seminar on Disruptive innovation and Nokia at Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala
Today I had the opportunity to present some preliminary research to professors at Francisco Marroquin University (UFM). Among other things, UFM has a great reputation for its openness and interest in evolutionary perspectives on markets. The seminar concerned the decline of Nokia and its implications for theory development. The overall argument I brought forward is… Fortsätt läsa Seminar on Disruptive innovation and Nokia at Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala
Public lecture in Stockholm tomorrow on Kodak Moments and the collapse of Nokia
Nokia’s decline in figures
I collected som key statistics on the performance of Nokia during the period 2004-2012. While these figures need to be analyzed in further detail, a glimpse at them still gives a good idea of what has happened. The first graph depicts Nokia’s sold volumes, both in emerging markets (China, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa and… Fortsätt läsa Nokia’s decline in figures
Nokia quarterly presentations 2007-2010: “Nokia’s longer term strategy remains valid and intact”
Apple’s IPhone was first revealed in January 2007 and available for consumers in June the same year in the United States, then progressively launched globally in 2008. Out of curiosity I pondered through Nokia’s quarterly presentation slides in the years 2007-2010 in order to get a better idea about how they related to the ongoing… Fortsätt läsa Nokia quarterly presentations 2007-2010: “Nokia’s longer term strategy remains valid and intact”
Explaining the Collapse of Nokia
In 2005, Nokia was the fifth most valuable brand in the world. With a turnover of 51,1 billion euros in 2007 and an operating profit of 8 billion euros, the company’s market share had climbed well above 40 percent. At this point, most mutual funds had invested significant shares of their funds in Nokia, probably… Fortsätt läsa Explaining the Collapse of Nokia