Comments on: Nokia's CEO Switch: Right Move, Wrong Time?

By: Ouch: Nokia Ranked Below Palm on J.D. Power’s Smartphone Satisfaction Survey | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:05:03 +0000

[...] humiliating blow for Nokia which continues to struggle for relevance in the smartphone market. Incoming CEO Stephen Elop has his work cut out for [...]

By: Xentience (Internal) Blog » LG Electronics CEO Takes the Fall for Falling Behind

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:28:14 +0000

[...] to keep up in the smartphone race has cost another CEO his job. Today, just a week after Nokia bounced Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the board of South Korea’s LG Electronics, the world’s third-biggest maker of mobile phones, [...]

By: LG Electronics CEO Replaced by Chairman's Brother | Voices | AllThingsD

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:47:50 +0000

By: Confirmed: Nokia Chairman Jorma Ollila to Step Down in 2012 | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:24:51 +0000

[...] of a showcase for the company’s leadership and strategic woes than it is new hardware. On its eve Nokia replaced its CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with Stephen Elop, the head of Microsoft’s business unit and announced the departure of Executive [...]

By: Another Top Nokia Exec Heads for the Door | Voices | AllThingsD

Another Top Nokia Exec Heads for the Door | Voices | AllThingsD — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:28:40 +0000

[...] Stephen Elop takes over as Nokia CEO from the ousted Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo next week, one of his first jobs will be finding someone new [...]

By: asset protection

asset protection — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:40:00 +0000

I have to say that it’s not the right or wrong move. Tech companies are making major overhauls in their executive rosters, because the industry is having to deal with shrinking demand. I expect to see 1 out of every 4 companies related to technology out of business in the next 3 years.

By: demodave

demodave — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:43:00 +0000

I definitely think that the wisdom of the decision by Nokia is debatable. Maybe they are looking for a very clean slate and a really new front face.

I think that the MS email is laughable, though. At my former F100 employer, many employees left to pusrue other opportunities, but the new employer was never publicly acknowledged. To me, this a major PR failure.

By: Market Talk » Blog Archive » Links 9/10/2010

Market Talk » Blog Archive » Links 9/10/2010 — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:52:19 +0000

[...] Nokia (NOK) replacing its CEO is a long time coming, but Digital Daily blogger John Paczkowski questions timing of the move. It comes ahead of Nokia World and the company’s major product launch. [...]

By: rcastano

rcastano — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:01:00 +0000

I wonder if there is a shortage of high profile chairs in Redmond.

By: MOBIFY - Rich Mobile Advertising & Mobile Publishing » Mobify Weekly – The Latest Threads in the Mobile Web

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:07:15 +0000

[...] Nokia Replaces CEO, Brings on Microsoft’s President of Business Division This move is long overdue but Stephen Elop was inaugurated this morning at Nokia. Nokia’s [...]

By: Meet Nokia’s New CEO: Elop’s BoomTown Video! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:22:29 +0000

[...] this case, here is a video interview I did in April of 2009 with new Nokia CEO Stephen Elop (pictured here), just a year after he had taken over as president of Microsoft’s Business [...]