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Can you explain the process by which Microsoft can assign someone to be the CEO of Nokia?
by recoiledsnake 14y ago
Can you explain the process by which Microsoft can assign someone to be the CEO of Nokia?
- rbanffy 14y agoReplacing a CEO is not something that happens overnight. Headhunters are contacted, candidates are approached. It may be luck, it may be knowing the right headhunters, but once the "right" candidate is approached, you can pad his/her resume so that they become irresistible hires for the target company.
- cooldeal 14y agoSo you think MS padded Elop's resume to make him desirable to Nokia over other candidates? Like being the CEO of Macromedia? What about the decisions after he became CEO? You think they were not done with the support of the board? Look what happened to Leo Apothekar, the board found a replacement for him within a month of him taking questionable decisions. It seems very likely that Nokia wanted a partnership with Microsoft even before Elop was hired. Why else would they hire someone from outside Finland?