Thread: NYT: Internal politics doomed Nokia
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2010-09-27 , 03:11
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Originally Posted by tso View Post
Thing is that the items are paraded as examples of bad management, yet the examples given are flawed. As such one can question the validity of the article itself, as any argument made from a flawed starting point is bound to end up with a flawed conclusion.

And i am unsure how NYTs political stance colors their technology reporting.
The comment about the NYTs politics was an attempt at humor.

In any case, the author reached out to both ex-Nokia employees and a Nokia spokesperson for balance. Other than the share data citing ComScore and Strategy Analytics (American market research firms), all of the sources are European with an intimate understanding of Nokia's decision-making practices.

I still don't think Arja Suominen's failure to remember the touchscreen phones released before the Nokia 770 and the nicer-spec'd Internet Tablets that came afterwards really invalidates the author's main point about Nokia's management culture. Although, it can be said that Suominen's shot at the ex-Nokia's employees as being small potatoes in the Nokia world does potentially speak volumes.
 

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