The Decline and Fall of Nokia - Hardcover

David J. Cord

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9515233208 ISBN 13: 9789515233202

Publisher: Schildts & Söderströms, 2014

Synopsis

The first book about Nokia written after the Microsoft deal.
Nokia s fall from the pinnacle of the mobile phone industry was unprecedented in both its rapidity and its extent. Now for the first time the true, comprehensive story is told of the decline and fall of Finland s greatest company.
The Decline and Fall of Nokia details Jorma Ollila s retirement, Olli-Pekka Kallas­vuo s new role as CEO and the final years of unqualified success. Nokia s strateg­y is to drive digital convergence through their expansion into personal electronics as well as into content and services. It works well at first.
Weaved throughout the narrative are explorations of Nokia s structure and culture, the company s relationship with Finland, and reflections upon successes and mis­takes.
Apple s iPhone, Google s Android and low-cost competitors disrupt the market, and Nokia s attempts to correct their worsening situation are increasingly futile. Stephen Elop s choice of the Windows Phone operating system is a catastrophe which results in the sale of the handset business to Microsoft. Yet there is still a future, both for the devices business and for the new, slimmer Nokia.
The Decline and Fall of Nokia is based upon exhaustive research and dozens of interview­s. Journalists, financial analysts, competitors, politicians, union leaders, technology experts and Nokia insiders from modest engineers to the highest executive­s have told their stories, given their private insights and expressed their opinions for the book.

About this title

About the Author

David J. Cord spent fifteen years in the investment industry, as salesman, administrator and hedge fund manager. He has been a contributor to the Helsinki Times newspaper since its foundation, reporting on business and authoring its most popular column, which includes an eclectic mix of investment tips, angry policy recommendations and laconic observations about the economy. He has also written for publishers as diverse as European CEO and the Finnish Foreign Ministry.
His first book, Mohamed 2.0: Disruption Manifesto, was published in 2012. Called simply brilliant by Finland s largest business newspaper Kaupalehti, it tells the story of Mohamed El-Fatatry and the rise and fall of the online social network Muxlim.
Dead Romans was his second book. The shepherd slave boy Daphnis struggles to keep his family together under the ownership of a cruel master. The emperor s mistress Panthea doubts her self-worth due to an abusive relationship with her father. The writer Aristides must decide if he should sacrifice his integrity to get a literary patron. In the midst of their personal catastrophes, the plague sweeps through the Roman Empire. The three must face their mortality and what is really important in life.
An American by birth, David married a Finn and moved to Finland in 2005. He lives in Helsinki with his beautiful wife Niina and his globe-trotting dog Orion.

Edition details

• Publisher: Schildts & Söderströms
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9515233208
• ISBN 13: 9789515233202
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 305