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Can Nokia Reinvent Itself Again?

Harvard Business Review

Nokia, today’s telecommunications networking company, has made corporate transformation into an art form. Another existential crisis was well underway. In 1992, new CEO Jorma Ollila and his team made a decision that is iconic in the world of corporate reinvention, going all-in on the emerging telecommunications markets.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

Mugabe’s ouster and replacement with his one-time deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the most significant development in the Southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. The land reforms triggered a series of events that spiraled into a major economic crisis and caused formal unemployment to soar to 90%.

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India’s Botched War on Cash

Harvard Business Review

But there is a question that hasn’t been asked: Is there a digital upside to this crisis? billion annually in currency operations costs. Furthermore, there are three fundamental structural factors to be mindful of as we understand the Indian context: India’s ties to cash are strong, even by developing country standards.

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In FCC's Report on Wireless Competition, an Agenda?

Harvard Business Review

To answer the question of how prices would be affected, it needed only to look at existing markets where one player operated but not the other. Its staff did an impressive job of detailing real marketplace developments, for which we commend them. By any measure, the industry is approaching a licensed spectrum capacity crisis.