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Rakuten shuns Huawei, chooses Nokia instead

Rakuten CEO Mickey Mikitani says he “cannot take 1% risk” on Huawei Technologies or ZTE Corporation… Goes for Nokia instead.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-02-13/rakuten-ceo-mikitani-says-he-s-happy-he-shunned-huawei-and-zte-video

Picture credits: Nikkei Asian Review

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Nicolas Michelon

Nicolas is a corporate geoeconomics and strategic & business intelligence expert with 25 years of experience in the Asia-Pacific, and more recently in the Gulf and Türkiye. A Managing Partner at Alagan Partners, he advises corporate executives on how to navigate the current geopolitical and geoeconomic environment, mitigate risk and develop prospective scenarios. He is also an Adjunct Professor & Guest Lecturer in geopolitics, geoeconomics and business intelligence at ESCP Business School (France), Galatasaray University (Türkiye), University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (Morocco), Ecole de Guerre Economique (Paris School of Economic Warfare) and the International University of Monaco.

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