look at the case of Eastman Kodak to discuss the challenges it has faced‚ and find the opportunities to the new restructured Kodak. In the report it makes use of Five Forces model‚ SWOT model and PESTLE model to analyse Kodak’s performance in the over 130-year. Finally‚ through the analysis‚ it concludes that the challenges of Kodak mainly come from three aspects: the fast development of digital technology‚ intense competition and the threat of substitutions. Because Kodak has maintained abundant patents
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1 The Rise and Fall of Kodak Company Promise Anukem Eastern Nazarene College BS433- Business Policy and Strategy BS 163 December 6‚ 2011 THE PROJECT PAPER 2 The Kodak Company was founded by George Eastman‚ an America who was so attracted to still photography and cameras
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PRICING STRATEGIES AT HP AND KODAK When marketing products‚ it is very unlikely that consumers will purchase every products created. The days of creating products and marketing to all consumers are over. Customers have wants and needs and they know where to go and find their wants and needs. The objective to a successful marketing campaign is to separate your product from the competition. Michael Porter developed a model to formulate strategy’s to gain competitive advantages over the competition
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Eastman Kodak As the photographic market had a significant transformation due to the technology in the last five years‚ Kodak‚ one of the leaders in this industry is currently straggling with the transformation and end up losing sales in the traditional photographic market. Moreover‚ the intense competition in the digital camera market has driven the profit margin to a razor-thin level. After reading the case and browse through Kodak¡¦s website‚ I came up with several recommendations that are
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Eastman Kodak and Fujifilm Sandra Greene BUS 302 Professor Cheryl J. Johnson 2 Feb‚ 2013 Eastman Kodak and Fujifilm 1. Describe the history and core business of each company. Kodak was considered the Google of its day. It was founded in 1880 and known for its pioneering technology and innovative marketing. “You press the button‚ we do the rest‚” was its slogan in 1888. By 1976 Kodak accounted for 90% of film and 85% of camera sales in
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CASE# KODAK VS FUJI Case Study On: Kodak vs Fuji The Battle For Global Market Share Under the Supervision of and Submitted To …………………….. ………. business Ethics & Legal Environment (510) Submitted By ……………… faculty of business studies 21 April 2012 Jahangirnagar University Savar‚ Dhaka CASE SUMMARY As retail America is undergoes a dramatic change with the constant consolidation of companies‚ management must strive to maintain a competitive advantage or risk
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KODAK FUNTIME ANALYSIS 1. Diagnosis of the reasons for Kodak’s market share loss and assessment of likely development of the market if Kodak maintained the status quo. Answer: Kodak had been experiencing a loss on market share from 76% to 70% over the past five years‚ which was caused by the action of its competitors like Fuji Photo Film Co. and Konica Corp.‚ wooing consumers with low-priced versions. If Kodak did nothing to deal with the situation‚ either in pricing or creating something
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Access articles about the history‚ business approaches‚ management‚ and marketing of Eastman Kodak and Fujifilm. Eastman Kodak has been a developer and pioneer of photographic films for over 130 years. Although it invented the digital camera‚ the company was unprepared for the rapid changes in new technologies and filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2012. Fujifilm‚ a Japanese competitor‚ on the other hand‚ has been successful in the U.S. and global markets. Write a six to eight (6-8) page
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The Second Industrial Revolution‚ signifies a thought-provoking evolution of change in America. In 1887‚ an entrepreneur‚ and inventor from New Yorker‚ by the name of George Eastman‚ came up with the slogan‚ “You press the button‚ we do the rest.” This slogan distinguishes one of the best discoveries during this time. George Eastman invented a single box with a single shutter speed and fixed focus lens. It was a wooden‚ light-tight box with a simple lens and shutter that was filled with film. For
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Analyzing Managerial Decisions: Eastman Kodak 1) What factors motivated Kodak to change its organizational architecture? When Kodak began making changes to its organizational architecture in 1984‚ its current architecture did not fit the business environment for the industry. The largest factor that motivated Kodak to make this change was increased competition and decreased market share. Until the early 1980’s‚ Kodak owned the film production market with very little competition. This suddenly changed
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