"Operation Elop" revealing what happened behind Nokia's acquisition of the world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia finally was translated into English and published in full

Finland's former world's largest mobile phone makerNokia (Nokia)Invited a new CEO from Microsoft in 2010 and was bought by Microsoft at 5.44 billion euros (September 7, 2013) three years later in September 2013. From 2010 to 2013, what happened in Nokia was reproduced and verified on the basis of the testimony of over 100 stakeholders and published in Finland in 2014Operation ElopIt was finally translated in English and published free of charge.

Operation Elop - Harri Kiljander - Medium
https://medium.com/@harrikiljander/operation-elop-6f2b043f52c5

"Operation Elop" is based on two Finnish journalistsMerina SalminenWith Mr.Pekka NykänenIt was published by Mr.

Nokia has been working for 30 years in Nokia on 10th September 2010Olli-Pekka KallasvuoI came from Microsoft's business department from Mr.Stephen EllipThe position of CEO has been taken over to Mr.. It was a CEO replacement drama that was aimed at "making a leap on the sale of Nokia falling in the American market", but it was a major event that could be seen as a starting point for Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia later.

Under the Elop regime, Nokia announced a strategic partnership to cooperate with Microsoft on a wide field to build a global mobile ecosystem with Windows Phone with Microsoft on February 11, 2011. According to this partnership Nokia decided to adopt Microsoft's Windows Phone on smartphone. Later stagnation of Windows Phone was largely reflected in Nokia's performance, eventually being swallowed by Microsoft.


What was going on inside the Nokia company in the erop organization from 2010 to 2013? Mr. Salminen and Nykänen interviewed over 100 people and interviewed. In addition, it seems that most of the people covered by the interview are still still enrolled in Nokia.

"Operation Elop" published in Finland in 2014 got a big reaction, but publishers who issued books were unable to release the English version. So, a former Nokia employee suggested that "Operation Elop should be translated into English by crowdourcing", and in fact some chapters were translated into English by volunteers. However, according to the contract with the publisher, the publication of the English Operation Elop is postponed until 2017.

The Operation Elop, which had long been waiting for the publication of the English version under the circumstances like this, was finally released on the Medium.

Operation Elop - Harri Kiljander - Medium
https://medium.com/@harrikiljander/operation-elop-6f2b043f52c5


The English Operation Elop which was completed thanks to the cooperation of many volunteers, 27 chapters in all. PDF / EPUB / MOBI format files are also prepared for people who want to read on electronic books or paper based rather than web layout, making it a volume of 300 pages in all. Since the English version of Operation Elop whose publication was delayed faithfully reproduces the expression of the original work, the notation "current" is annotated to replace it with "October 2014".