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Norsk Data was a remarkable company that in just twenty years went from a glimmer in the eyes of some computer enthusiasts to become number two in share value at the Oslo Stock Exchange. Within a few years thereafter, it collapsed, for no obvious reason. How was this tremendous success possible and why did the company collapse?
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Steine, T.O. (2011). The Founding, Fantastic Growth, and Fast Decline of Norsk Data AS. In: Impagliazzo, J., Lundin, P., Wangler, B. (eds) History of Nordic Computing 3. HiNC 2010. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 350. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23315-9_28
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