Nokia?s $200m R&D ransom spawned a decade of paranoia

A mass exodus of Nokia R&D engineers in 1997 led to the company paying $200m in what amounted to retainer bribes, newly released documents in Finland confirm today, with the company held to ransom by a surprise staff walkout. The paperwork reveals that product developer�Jyrki Hallikainen persuaded 44 of his R&D peers to ditch Nokia [...]

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