Eastman Kodak is the leader in digital camera sales‚ all is not well. Film has always been a high-margin product for Kodak but as this part of the business is rapidly shrinking it’s time to look to new products and markets. For the first quarter of 2005‚ Eastman Kodak reported a $142 million loss. While it may appear Kodak is in dire straights‚ they are taking actions to establish themselves in the digital printing market. With the leadership of new CEO‚ Antonio M. Perez‚ Eastman Kodak is ready
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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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Kodak Marketing Myopia: For 40 years‚ you couldn’t walk through Grand Central Station in New York without admiring the Kodak Coloramas. These 18×60 foot photographs showcased the Kodak brand to commuters‚ highlighting the creativity of great photography in a series of “Kodak moments.” Kodak marketing executives were adept at weaving the brand into the fabric of America for generations. In fact‚ at its peak‚ Kodak captured 90% of the US film market and was one of the world’s most valuable brands
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Comprehensive Strategic Plan for Eastman Kodak | For Terry Bell‚ VP of Strategy‚ Eastman Kodak Company | Executive Summary This report’s objective is to create a comprehensive strategic plan for Eastman Kodak. An assessment of Kodak’s value and mission will assist in understanding the overall strategy and operation of the company. The development of strategic objectives is based on a review of the company’s competitive environment and an analysis of its core business functions. This report
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Kodak and Fujifilm Orin R. Prater Professor Monique Baucham BUS 302 Management Concepts 05 May 2013 The Eastman Kodak company of New Jersey‚ which it is called today‚ was founded in 1888 with the invention of rolled film. Kodak changed the company’s name many times in its one hundred and twenty five year history. The first name was The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company incorporated‚ which only had fourteen shareholders. Kodak invented the massed produced camera that would take one hundred
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From the start‚ the Eastman Kodak company had many distinct advantages. After the invention of the silver halide photographic film‚ Kodak had a step ahead of any other company during its time. In 1888 Kodak developed a camera which was portable and George Eastman was able to revolutionize the photography industry. He patented his invention and began a journey on developing more advanced photographic technology toward the future of the company. Kodak had a distinctive competency over its competition
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have never thought Kodak will become a “Kodak Moment”‚ when it filed bankruptcy on 19Jan2012 after 131 Years. An American icon company‚ failed to spin the wheel that was once invented in photographic business by Eastman. Famous tagline Kodak Moment created wonderful memories to people. At its peak it created more than 150‚000 jobs worldwide. In 1975‚ Kodak invented digital camera when very rest of the world was with film photography. Company became a household name when Kodak East Share Cameras
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to enter the digital business to date? Kodak was aware of the opportunities in the digital market as early as 1980s and allocated resources into the digital business‚ but the inconsistency of leadership strategies and resistance at the management level made it difficult to embrace opportunities in the digital market and stood out amid rigorous competitions. Kodak spent massive amount of research into exploring digital technologies since 1983‚ after Sony launched the first digital camera. The inconsistency
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Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change by Clayton M. Christensen and Michael Overdorf HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW March-April 2000 T HESE ARE SCARY TIMES FOR MANAGERS in big companies. Even before the Internet and globalization‚ their track record for dealing with major‚ disruptive change was not good. Out of hundreds of department stores‚ for example‚ only oneDayton Hudson-became a leader in discount retailing. Not one of the minicomputer companies succeeded in the personal computer business
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Johnson D.‚ Johnson F. (2013). Joining Together Group Theory and Group Skills (11th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Johnson‚ Craig E. (2012). Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership‚ 4th ed. Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage Publications. Northouse‚ P.G. (2010). Leadership: Theory and practice‚ 5th ed. Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage Publications. Eriksen‚ M. (2009). Authentic leadership: Practical reflexivity‚ self-awareness
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