case six Eastman Kodak: Meeting the Digital Challenge Robert M. Grant January 2004 marked the beginning of Dan Carp’s fifth year as Eastman Kodak Inc.’s chief executive officer. By late February‚ it was looking as though 2004 would also be his most challenging. The year had begun with Kodak’s dissident shareholders becoming louder and bolder. The critical issue was Kodak’s digital imaging strategy that Carp had presented to investors in September 2003. The strategy called for a rapid acceleration
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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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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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Grace Zimmerman Case: Eastman Kodak Kodak as a brand had a Unit market share of 70% in a market of 670 million film rolls produced annually. I assume that Kodak Ektar accounted for 30% of the 70%‚ which equals to 21% of the whole market share‚ also equals to 140.7 million sales. The revenue can be calculated by multiplying this sales number by retail price‚ which is $600.79 million. Given the gross margin of 70%‚ the cost of each roll‚ $1.28‚ can be calculated. Kodak Royal Gold‚ which was designed
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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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times‚ the name Kodak was born and the Kodak camera was introduced into the market. The marketing slogan “You press the button we do the rest‚” was the birth of snapshot photography. From 1889 until 1929‚ they had the only film‚ chemical‚ and research department for working just to innovate filmmaking. The pocket camera and the first film for motion pictures was now establishing a presence in Europe‚ and both swept through all the continents as great new invention‚ putting Kodak on the map. They
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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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Introduction Eastman Kodak is one of the largest film camera producers in the world which found by George Eastman in New York‚ 1880. Within the century‚ Kodak quickly became a household name and its photo-finishing process became the industry standard. With the advent of digital technology in 1980s‚ Kodak faced a challenge in digital transform development‚ and it experienced a sharp decrease in its market share and sales between 1980 and 2003. They began to make a statement that "Digital photography
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Title: Eastman Kodak Company: Funtime Films Question: Is Kodak doing the right thing with the decision to have line proliferation: Kodak Gold Plus‚ Kodak Royal Gold and Kodak Funtime? Support your statement if yes‚ if no‚ please provide practical suggestions what to do instead. Kodak is (in 1993) the dominant market player in U.S. with market share of 70%. In last 5 years the market share of Kodak decreased by 6 %. The main competitors are Fuji Photo Film Co (11% market share) and Konica
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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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