Nokia: How a Giant Lost the Smartphone Era
In short: Nokia announced a smartphone in 1996 and at its peak sold nearly 40% of the world's phones, but as competition shifted from devices to software platforms and their ecosystems it struggled to adapt, and in 2014 it sold its handset business to Microsoft.
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Sources used in this film: Mobile Phone Museum (page filed as Google Exhibit 1013 in a USPTO PTAB proceeding), “download-documents”; IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), “How Nokia’s Feature Phones Lost to the Smartphone Era”; Springer (Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade); article by Martin Kenney & Bryan Pon, “Structuring the Smartphone Industry: Is the Mobile Internet OS Platform the Key?”; Telecom ParisTech, Department of Economics and Social Sciences (working paper by Yutec Sun, 2013, hosted on innovation-regulation.telecom-paris.fr), “1b-SUN.pdf”; Telecommunications Policy (Elsevier), article by Bryan Pon, Timo Seppälä and Martin Kenney (University of California, Davis, and Aalto University / Research Institute of the Finnish Economy), 2014; h…, “Android and the demise of operating system-based power_ Firm strategy and platform control in the post-PC world”; Business History (Taylor & Francis), article by Andreas Kornelakis & Dimitra Petrakaki, hosted on LSE Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science), “Kornelakis_technological-innovation--published.pdf”; Harvard Business School (Working Paper 23-054, Timo O. Vuori, Aalto University, and Michael L. Tushman, Harvard Business School), “Nokia platform strategy_2023-02-23__2 Final Version_3312cf7b-3e47-458b-8c3c-ca6393aae7dd.docx”; INSEAD (journal article summary on the INSEAD faculty research site), “Distributed Attention and Shared Emotions in the Innovation Process: How Nokia Lost the Smartphone Battle”; INSEAD Publishing (case study by Quy Huy, INSEAD), “Nokia: The Inside Story of the Rise and Fall of a Technology Giant”; Nokia Corporation (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission), “Nokia Corporation (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)”; BBC News, “Nokia and Microsoft form partnership”; Nokia Corporation (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission), “Nokia Corporation (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)”; BBC News, “Microsoft and Nokia complete mobile phone unit deal”.
Sources used in this film
- Mobile Phone Museum (page filed as Google Exhibit 1013 in a USPTO PTAB proceeding) — download-documents · View →
- IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) — How Nokia’s Feature Phones Lost to the Smartphone Era · View →
- Springer (Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade); article by Martin Kenney & Bryan Pon — Structuring the Smartphone Industry: Is the Mobile Internet OS Platform the Key? · View →
- Telecom ParisTech, Department of Economics and Social Sciences (working paper by Yutec Sun, 2013, hosted on innovation-regulation.telecom-paris.fr) — 1b-SUN.pdf · View →
- Telecommunications Policy (Elsevier), article by Bryan Pon, Timo Seppälä and Martin Kenney (University of California, Davis, and Aalto University / Research Institute of the Finnish Economy), 2014; h… — Android and the demise of operating system-based power_ Firm strategy and platform control in the post-PC world · View →
- Business History (Taylor & Francis), article by Andreas Kornelakis & Dimitra Petrakaki, hosted on LSE Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) — Kornelakis_technological-innovation--published.pdf · View →
- Harvard Business School (Working Paper 23-054, Timo O. Vuori, Aalto University, and Michael L. Tushman, Harvard Business School) — Nokia platform strategy_2023-02-23__2 Final Version_3312cf7b-3e47-458b-8c3c-ca6393aae7dd.docx · View →
- INSEAD (journal article summary on the INSEAD faculty research site) — Distributed Attention and Shared Emotions in the Innovation Process: How Nokia Lost the Smartphone Battle · View →
- INSEAD Publishing (case study by Quy Huy, INSEAD) — Nokia: The Inside Story of the Rise and Fall of a Technology Giant · View →
- Nokia Corporation (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) — Nokia Corporation (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) · View →
- BBC News — Nokia and Microsoft form partnership · View →
- Nokia Corporation (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) — Nokia Corporation (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) · View →
- BBC News — Microsoft and Nokia complete mobile phone unit deal · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Mobile Phone Museum (page filed as Google Exhibit 1013 in a USPTO PTAB proceeding): download-documents
- Also: IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers): How Nokia’s Feature Phones Lost to the Smartphone Era
- Also: Springer (Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade); article by Martin Kenney & Bryan Pon, published 7 June 2011: Structuring the Smartphone Industry: Is the Mobile Internet OS Platform the Key?
- Also: Telecom ParisTech, Department of Economics and Social Sciences (working paper by Yutec Sun, 2013): 1b-SUN.pdf
- Also: Telecommunications Policy (Elsevier), article by Bryan Pon, Timo Seppälä and Martin Kenney (University of California, Da: Android and the demise of operating system-based power_ Firm strategy and platform control in the post-PC world
- Also: Business History (Taylor & Francis), article by Andreas Kornelakis & Dimitra Petrakaki, hosted on LSE Research Online (L: Kornelakis_technological-innovation--published.pdf
- Also: Harvard Business School (Working Paper 23-054, Timo O. Vuori, Aalto University, and Michael L. Tushman, Harvard Business: Nokia platform strategy_2023-02-23__2 Final Version_3312cf7b-3e47-458b-8c3c-ca6393aae7dd.docx
- Also: INSEAD (journal article summary on the INSEAD faculty research site): Distributed Attention and Shared Emotions in the Innovation Process: How Nokia Lost the Smartphone Battle
- Also: INSEAD Publishing (case study by Quy Huy, INSEAD): Nokia: The Inside Story of the Rise and Fall of a Technology Giant
- Also: Nokia Corporation (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission): Nokia Corporation (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
- Also: BBC News: Nokia and Microsoft form partnership
- Also: Nokia Corporation (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission): Nokia Corporation (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
- Also: BBC News: Microsoft and Nokia complete mobile phone unit deal
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