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The Nokia Revolution : The Story of an Extraordinary Company That Transformed an Industry

The Nokia Revolution : The Story of an Extraordinary Company That Transformed an Industry

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: What is my thought in theNokia Revolution?
Review: Before reading that book you should to ask your self why you reading it. Did you read it because of fun or as a buisness searching source. If you reading it for fun the book would be kind of boring and dump, but if you read it as a source you would benifit and that will be great for you. The book is a kind of historical book, the author just put facts on his own way. Althought the book have no fun it is generally a good historical book.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: What is my thought in theNokia Revolution?
Review: Before reading that book you should to ask your self why you reading it. Did you read it because of fun or as a buisness searching source. If you reading it for fun the book would be kind of boring and dump, but if you read it as a source you would benifit and that will be great for you. The book is a kind of historical book, the author just put facts on his own way. Althought the book have no fun it is generally a good historical book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Highly Recommended!
Review: Dan Steinbock gives you a riveting look at one of the most important companies of our time in an elegant, storytelling style. His text is rich in detail and seems to capture every conceivable perspective on every possible event in Nokia's 140-year-old history. Writing almost at the level of a fictional narrative, Steinbock adroitly takes you through the company's highs, lows and pivotal moments from its origins in the timber industry in the 1860s and the merger in the 1960s that first gave it an electronics division, to the suicide of its influential CEO in the 1980s. It's all here, along with Nokia's strategies and values. We [...] recommend this book to anyone who relishes well-written corporate adventures or who harbors a certain curiosity about events inside influential companies (or about corporate thought in Finland, for that matter).


Rating: 4 stars
Summary: a nice historical point of view
Review: Did you know that Nokia started out in the mid-1800s as a forestry plant in Finland? Yes you heard right: a forestry plant! This is a very well written book about the history of the Nokia Corporation, its ups and downs, successes and tragedies. If you've ever wanted to know what Nokia was like before it became a mobile communications giant, then you should read this book. However, be forewarned that this book is not for the casual reader as it can get very technical in terms of economics.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: History of Nokia Part 1
Review: I got this book hoping it would really expand my understanding of Nokia the company. It certainly does provide a lot of history about the company. If you're into that, you might like it. But if you're used to fater-paced books like those about Viacom, Blockbuster, Time Warner, Cisco, GE, etc. I don't recommend it.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: a good lesson for businessmen
Review: Nokia Revolution has such a detailed history of this famous cell phone company from its very beginning of a wood pulp factory to the leading mobile and internet company now, that it taught me a lot more about how a business really works than how a successful company looks. Nokia, according to my poor knowledge before, is merely a famous company whose cell phones are said to be the most durable product that won't be broken even if you drop it a thousand times to the ground. This book makes me think much deeper into the struggle the company went through to get this kind of fabulous quality and services to satisfy customers' needs.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Heavy book and heavy reading
Review: The book is very well written and gives a nice detailed background of Nokia. The book is however very hard to read since you have to look acronyms up and all the time divert your attention from the text too look at the many graphs. It is not a smooth read but the content of the book is very good and well documented.

Cornelius SAMOHI

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The revolution of Nokia's ideas
Review: This is an inspiring story in an inspiring book. Steinbock told us how Nokia prepared their revolution, how Nokia finally dominates the world of cellular market. To some extend, Nokia was brought Finland into the world economic map. If you want to know the secret of Nokia success, maybe this book could be one of the great sources to do so.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The story could have been tighter...
Review: This would have been a much better read if it was written in half as many pages. It took me a great amount of effort to get past the initial history chapters and get to where the real deal is -- the past decade under Jorma Ollila. But then, this is probably as precisely anyone can try to understand a company like Nokia. Also if everybody gets the "secret" behind a company's success, won't everyone else beat the company at it's own game?


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