Repeatability

The Great Repeatable Model

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“Stifling bureaucracy led to lack of action on early smart

phone innovation,” the Herald Tribune headlined its well-

reported article. The article continued: “A few years before

Apple introduced the iPhone in early 2007, the prototype of an

Internet ready, touch screen handset with a large display made

the rounds among upper management at Nokia. The prototype

developed by Nokia’s research centers in Finland was seen as a

potential breakthrough by its engineers that would have given

the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones a powerful advan-

tage in the fast-growing smart phone market.”

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So, it was not that Nokia had insufficient time, resources, or

knowledge to pursue the next wave of products ...