| Interviews with the Gurus By Jorge Nascimento Ferreira Jorge Nascimento Ferreira, editor of the renowned on-line management resource web page gurusonline.tv, brings to EAJM the latest from the management gurus ________________________________________________________________________ NOKIA, TEN TEARS AFTER THE STRATEGIC MOVE: A CONSISTENT RECORD OF STRONG BUSINESS EXECUTION: AN INTERVIEW WITH JORMA OLLILA, CEO Issue 25 (Vol. 13, No. 1), pp. 129-131 Jorma Ollila became CEO of the Nokia Group in January 1992, following his success at the Mobile Phones Division and also in the financial side as vice-president. He was de facto elected in December and presented a memo with strategic ideas for Nokia's future development to Board Members of the group. In the memo he pointed the new core business areas - telecommunications and mobile phones. And talked of divesting from historical areas of the conglomerate (paper, tires, cables, consumer electronics like television sets). His strategy was to focus and �dismantle� the conglomerate logic followed since the formation of the group in the 20s. |