1. What does it mean to Ericsson beats förvätningarna?
– the share price is likely to rise when the stock market opens. But it is also a strong signal that the crisis that Ericsson was inside for a couple of years ago are now largely over. All the important parts of the group has improved its profit margins.
2. So ”städjobbet” for the ceo Börje Ekholm’s over now?
No it is never in a large multinational group of companies, such as Ericsson. She also expects restructuring costs of eur 3-5 billion in 2019. There are costs such as Ericsson have to take in order to change and improve parts of their operations.
– in Addition, the area of business support systems still worries that forcing costly measures.
3. At the side of the improved margins, is there anything else that stands out and that is positive?
– Yes, it is that Ericsson has had an organic growth in sales in 2018, that is to say, the sales have increased by its own force, not by the group has increased sales by purchasing operations. It is the first time since 2013 that it is done and it is a clear indication that the group is on the right path.
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