Problem of the case CEO of Kodak had to set out new strategy for film products‚ because during January 17 and January 24‚ 1994‚ Kodak lost 8% in value on rumors if a price cut. Kodak was still a dominant in photo film market‚ but he had a lot of competitors like Fuji Co. and Konica Corp. They were offering consumers lower priced products. Market share of Kodak was falling from about 76% to 70% over the past five years. Kodak introduced new product‚ Funtime Film‚ which would be priced at lower
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Eastman Kodak Meeting the Digital Challenges Eastman Kodak is suffering from profit margin losses and technological changes in the photo world. Film has always been a high profit product for Kodak‚ but the margins and sales are rapidly reducing. Kodak is shifting the focus to digital printing market to save itself from financial ruins. The new CEO‚ Antonio Perez has been appointed to make Kodak the industry leader. Based on the analysis below‚ which analyzes the current environment and identifying
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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 when
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CASE OF EASTMAN KODAK : MEETING THE DIGITAL CHALLENGE MODULE LEADER- DR HANS SCHLAPPA MODULE- CONTEMPORARY STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT DEGREE- MSc in BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY AUTHOR- SIRIWAN DARARATTANAROJ STUDENT NUMBER- 09249400 SUBMISSION DATE - 22/11/2010 THE WORD LIMIT FOR THIS COURSEWORK IS 1500 WORDS THE NUMBER OF WORDS USED IN THIS COURSEWORK SUBMISSION IS 1515 The purpose of this essay is to assess the balance of planned and emergent approaches that Eastman Kodak applied
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Eastman Kodak Company: Funtime Film 1. Diagnose the reasons for Kodak’s market share loss and make your assessment of the likely development of the market if Kodak maintained the status quo. Kodak has been losing market share for the past five years to the point it has gone from 76% to 70%. The underlying causes that have generated such losses and have ultimately led consumers to favor competing brands with larger growth are: I. Consumers are tending to view film as a commodity‚ often
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EASTMAN KODAK : MEETING THE DIGITAL CHALLANGE The case basically opens up with information regarding the present time. The information is presented in chronological order based on the company’s CEOs. It first provides with a history of the company’s creation. It moves on to the diversification of Kodak’s core competency‚ traditional photography to digital imaging and data storage. As stated earlier‚ the case studies has been segmented based on the company heads and their strategies and achievements
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Eastman Kodak George Eastman‚ founder of Eastman Kodak‚ developed the first fully portable camera in 1888. With strict business principles and innovative products he had created a new market with Eastman Kodak as the market leader. Decades later‚ Eastman Kodak was confronted with serious competitors in its traditional camera and film business. Several Diversifications gave Eastman Kodak temporarily leading positions in different fields in commercial imaging‚ medical imaging‚ image storage‚ thermal
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Datamonitor’s Eastman Kodak Company - SWOT Analysis Company Profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. The report examines the company’s key business structure and operations‚ history and products‚ and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy. Eastman Kodak Company manufactures and markets a range of consumer and professional imaging products. The company primarily operates in the US‚ Europe‚ Middle East and Africa. It is headquartered in
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INTRODUCCION Eastman Kodak sufre un significativo declive en su cuota de Mercado a manos de productores de marcas de bajo precio y marcas propias. Este caso presenta la propuesta de George Fisher‚ CEO de Kodak para lanzar una nueva marca economica para combatir esos rivales. Categorizada por Fortune 500 con $20 millones en ganancias en 1994‚ Kodak es una empresa estadounidense dedicada a proveer equipos de fotografia y suministros. Hoy en dia‚ la compania involucra cada vez mas la tecnologia digital
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Kodak and Fujifilm Management Concepts Professor Nekia Hackworth Ife Morrison 5/8/2014 In 1879 George Eastman traveled to London to obtain a patent on his plate coating machine. The patent was granted a year later. Once the patent was granted Mr. Eastman got an investor at the name of Henry A. Strong. Soon after‚ Henry Strong and Mr. Eastman decided to go into business together. They created a company called Eastman Dry Plate Company. At that time Mr. Eastman quit his job
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