Posted by Antti Pekkanen: Nokia’s epic fail with Symbian, Elop’s ineptness to communicate a new smart phone strategy and a general slowness in operative execution in all fronts, has left the outside observers in a state of full and total confusion. What is happening and why this ‘fly-or-die’ WP strategy were chosen even though many other less risker,…
Posted by Jussi Autere: The verdict is still open, whether Windows Phone will become a success story or not. But the reasons why it will fail, if it fails, are already visible. Unfortunately, the reasons are the very familiar ones for all the large, mature organizations pursuing innovation. A week ago, I was in seminar…
Posted by Jussi Autere: It was announced today that Veritas Eläkevakuutus and Ingman Finance Oy have invested in a Finnish company M-Brain Oy. M-Brain is a business intelligence company monitoring and analyzing social and editorial media. This is a sign of market development that we have seen also in our M&A and consulting projects. The…
Posted by Jukka Kotovirta: I will be sued for treason but I say it anyway. The biggest current-day business innovation is IKEA. Here are the reasons why: Their share of a customer’s wallet must be 10 times higher than that of an average Finnish furniture vendor. IKEA’s customership is a lifetime affair. At every turning…