Assignment 1: Kodak And Fujifilm Laura Renee Baxter Management 302 Milton Lawler‚ Ph.D. Strayer University January 23‚2013 Abstract Both Kodak and Fujifilm are companies that focused on photography and imaging as their core businesses. Despite Kodak having an upper hand of starting earlier than Fujifilm‚ 1888 compared to 1934‚ Fujifilm adapted more to market changes and currently still has a force to reckon. Kodak is currently in bankruptcy protection since January 2012 under Chapter 11
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Fuji Xerox (a joint venture partnership of Fujifilm & Xerox Corp.) now based 90% of production in China. Streamlining its supply chain E.g: Fujifilm UK adopted new online service manager system to handle repair works increase 15% of efficiency without increasing employees. 1.1.2. Long term solution: 1.1.2.1. Change of mission and vision: Original vision: focus on becoming world’s leader in film and printing pictures industry New vision: Fujifilm is determined to remain a leading company
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China’s Trade Disputes Disputes over protection of Intellectual Property Complainant: United States Respondent: China Before China joined the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) in 1986‚ it was a planned economy. What that does mean? It means that the government was in charge of the production‚ investment and prices. In other words‚ the government was in charge of running the economy. By that time‚ China almost had no international commerce but only with socialist countries such as
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How Kodak suffered due to a wrong decision. Kodak‚ because of its market dominance until the 1990s‚ was the one of the world’s top five most valuable brands. Kodak’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection brings to an end over 130 years of a brand that our grandparents’ generation would have seen as revolutionising their lives. Kodak‚ the company that George Eastman started over 130 years ago was to become part of the lives of everyone who wanted to take pictures of events both special
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The wild and unexpected technological breakthrough of digital imaging in 1980’s that required Kodak and Fujifilm to radically rethink their very existence. Both the companies saw the disruptive technology coming ahead. Fujifilm cannibalized the film business and Kodak wasn’t able to do it as the reengineering process had to be done. According to Hammer in the book ‘Reengineering the corporations’ reengineering entails the radical redesign of a company’s business process. But while reengineering
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company. The company Kodak received its name from Eastman and his mother‚ Eastman’s favorite letter was K he stated that it seemed strong to him. Eastman wanted his company name to be short‚ easy to remember‚ easy to say‚ and he wanted to make sure it wasn’t associated with any other business out there. There have also been suggestions that Kodak was originated by David Houston a photographic inventor‚ who had already begun patenting his inventions in the early 1880s. Kodak was founded in 1888 by
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US China Trade Dispute CJ Keist CSU-Global Campus ENC 500 – Global Economics Dr. William Cheng Dec. 25th‚ 2011 CASE STUDY: Analysis of the US-China trade relationship. Introduction The United States and China have had a long and complicated trading relationship. Both countries are greatly dependent on each other‚ and yet are so contradictory in many political and social problems affecting the entire world. These constant differences between the two nations have put extreme pressures
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Explain the demise of Kodak. Eastman Kodak is an iconic American photography brand which has been in operation since 1880 (Kodak 2012). Kodak created and influenced the photographic industry through an effective marketing strategy. This contributed to Kodak becoming the dominant firm in the industry for almost a century. Ironically the first digital camera was invented by Kodak‚ which happened to be the undoing of this successful company. Since 2003 Kodak has had to reduce its workforce by around
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MKTG Kodak and Fujifilm The Economist had a great article detailing the difference between Kodak’s historic bankruptcy and Fujifilm’s equally remarkable success‚ in the last Kodak moment‚ and expanded on in Sharper focus. The two companies have much in common but eventually took different paths when digital photography came around. Kodak had dominated the photo film market for most of the 1900s until competitors like Fuji began taking market share from Kodak in 1984. Kodak ignored the new threats
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University Assignment 1: Kodak and Fujifilm BUS 302 Management Concepts Dr. Gary HanneyJuly 27‚ 2014 Kodak and Fujifilm Kodak and Fujifilm are both extremely well recognized names in the photographic film industry. These two companies became two of the bestselling brands in history. Both companies had innovative products throughout their history that created a competitive advantage. Both companies prided themselves on creating value oriented products. While Fujifilm is still a global leader
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