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2011-01-28 , 16:41
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Originally Posted by Ken-Young View Post
I think that might be an option if Nokia were an Asian company, but I doubt a corporation in a high wage, generous social safety net country like Finland could compete with asian manufacturers as a hardware-only company. I think the same reasoning means they can't just become a manufacturer of Android or (especially) WP7 phones, which will soon be commodity products.
Exactly my thoughts.

They need to differentiate their products from the market - not join the gang in a race to the bottom. It's how they used to operate, it's how Apple operate, and it's what they need to do again. [edit: Actually it's still how they operate - they just need to do it better!]

Then again I've never run a multinational so what do I really know?
 

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