Plan b
A group of 9 minority shareholders of Nokia (apparently, oooooochen minority shareholders) launched the site nokiaplanb.com on which they published an alternative plan for the development of the company.
Here is a brief translation of their program:
and the actions they plan to take if other shareholders support them:
Here is a brief translation of their program:
- Return the company a strategy whose goal is high growth and high profits obtained through innovation and the production of high-quality products.
- Retain ownership and control of Nokia software products.
- Transform your hiring strategy by targeting the best young talents from around the world.
- Significantly increase efficiency by eliminating obsolete and bureaucratic practices such as geographically distributed development and outsourcing.
- At all costs, do not become another OEM manufacturer of iron.
and the actions they plan to take if other shareholders support them:
- Immediate removal of Stefan Elop from his duties as president and CEO of the company.
- Restructuring of the alliance with Microsoft, to appeal primarily to the North American market.
- MeeGo will be the main platform of Nokia smartphones.
- Increase the period of support for Symbian to at least 5 years.
- Creation of a development strategy based on Qt with the main focus on MeeGo, as well as providing a transition for developers with Symbian.
- The end of distributed R&D.
- End of R&D outsourcing.
- Immediate removal of Thero Oyanper, Niklas Savander and Mary MacDowell from their duties in the company.
- An active recruitment of young talents from leading universities.
- At a later stage, the adoption of specific actions related to the S40 platform, Ovi services and marketing activities of the company.