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Quote from The Globe and Mail article[1] I read earlier: "...new chief executive officer says the company is doing everything right and does not need a change in strategy..." oh boy! [1] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/at-researc...
Quote from The Globe and Mail article[1] I read earlier: "...new chief executive officer says the company is doing everything right and does not need a change in strategy..." oh boy! [1] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/at-researc...
That's generally a good thing to say when the people that he has to calm the most are the Street and their demotivated workforce. People as a whole don't like change.
Quote from The Globe and Mail article[1] I read earlier: "...new chief executive officer says the company is doing everything right and does not need a change in strategy..." oh boy! [1] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/at-researc...
That's generally a good thing to say when the people that he has to calm the most are the Street and their demotivated workforce. People as a whole don't like change.
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That's generally a good thing to say when the people that he has to calm the most are the Street and their demotivated workforce. People as a whole don't like change.
Not if the status quo is terrible.
Too little too late? If we start seeing tons of "expense cutting" measures with no innovation, they need to a) hire from the outside for a fresh perspective or b) get acquired
Rumors are that they're shopping the company around but asking too much.
This company makes a lot of money, they still have a lot of marketshare, but there's no question they are in a serious downdraft. It would be completely normal for any company in this situation to put itself up for sale. I'm a little surprised Google choose to buy Motorola Mobility rather than RIM, given that RIM has a lower market value and has more attractive assets.
Regardless of what it says in the press I imagine finding a potential acquirer of the company will be the first task of the new CEO.
The fact that it took this long for the CEO's to step down reflects the extreme arrogance of this company. I've attended a few RIM-sponsored events in the Waterloo, and it's downright shocking how cocky the reps and developers are. RIM appears to be living in its own little tech bubble, blissfully ignorant that pretty much everywhere else in the first world owns or will own an iPhone. This company makes a lot of mone…
Too little too late? If we start seeing tons of "expense cutting" measures with no innovation, they need to a) hire from the outside for a fresh perspective or b) get acquired
Their phones are a lost cause. Even if they had an amazing phone in the pipeline, I don't think they could stop their slide if it was released tomorrow.
At this point, BES and their patents are the things with any value.