Much of Finland is cold and desolate, and a lot of people do not want to remain there for the rest of their lives. They get their top-quality education and then they go to another country to work, and Nokia loses out because the talented and qualified people are going somewhere else (Maney, 2004). It is unfortunate, but it is not surprising, and most of them are trained to work at a company like Nokia. When these people do move somewhere else all that they often know how to do is work with technology, and it can make it difficult for them to get any other kind of job in another country (Lewis, 2004).
Another disadvantage is that Nokia is growing so large that there are not many companies that can keep up with it. For people who want to work at some of the other companies, there are not many jobs -- and Nokia is mostly all that is available for people with the kinds of skills that technology companies need. That means that people who want to stay in Finland and work in a technology company generally must work at Nokia. If they do not want to work there but they plan to stay in Finland, they will usually study something other than technology (Lewis, 2004). That keeps them from getting the same kind...
It can damage their future, in some cases.
Bibliography
Lewis, R.D. (2004). Finland, cultural lone wolf. Intercultural Press.
This book on Finland addresses the seriousness of education there and how important Nokia is to that education, both from the standpoint of helping the
economy and from the standpoint of encouraging people to do well in
school so that they can work for a large, high-quality company.
Maney, K. (2004). Unlike some celebrity marriages, Nokia-Finland union won't end soon. http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/maney/2004-06-30-maney_x.htm
This article addresses what Nokia is doing for the country of Finland overall, but also what the company is dealing with in terms of not enough qualified people to employ and some other expansion troubles that may force them out of Finland to some degree in the future.
