Describes the creation of open source software company in Norway, Australia and the United States, that the land of strategic OEM deal with a leading Japanese manufacturer of embedded devices (PDAs, in this case). Details of the evolution of relations between the two companies and the differences in thinking and culture--Norwegian/Japanese, as well as small enterprise / large enterprises and software companies / hardware company. There are also conflicts with the U.S. enterprise software, which acts as the general contractor for the project. Co-founders must decide how to deal with certain demands Japanese partners. "Hide
by Daniel J. Isenberg Source: Harvard Business School 19 pages. Publication Date: November 22, 2005. Prod. #: 806090-PDF-ENG
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