> It’s interesting to see how Nokia succumbed to the bad strategy that had almost killed Apple in ‘97.

Well, here is one take;

> Nokia’s ultimate fall can be put down to internal politics. In short, Nokia people weakened Nokia people and thus made the company increasingly vulnerable to competitive forces. When fear permeated all levels, the lower rungs of the organisation turned inward to protect resources, themselves and their units, giving little away, fearing harm to their personal careers. Top managers failed to motivate the middle managers with their heavy-handed approaches and they were in the dark with what was really going on. [1]

[1] https://alumnimagazine.insead.edu/who-killed-nokia-nokia-did...