At your request‚ I have compiled information on Eastman Kodak Co.‚ so that you may come to an investment decision. The report will consider the company’s background (including Kodak’s areas of production)‚ a past obstacle Kodak has had to face and overcome‚ and a financial snapshot of Kodak over the past five years. BACKGROUND Originally founded in 1880 by George Eastman‚ the Eastman Kodak company now stands as a leader in the infoimaging industry. Infoimaging is a $385 billion industry that
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Eastman Kodak Resource and Capabilities Analysis Eastman Kodak has been able to maintain business in a tough market that has changed dramatically fast. Kodak’s core competitive advantage was redundant with the new digital moves happening. The introduction of digital imaging has taken off beyond anyone’s belief. Eastman Kodak has acquiring other business in trying to gain a competitive advantage in markets they have never been in. Between 1985 and the early 1990’s‚ Eastman Kodak acquired
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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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business. A case study of Kodak is been given as an example because Kodak has gone through a transition phase in a period between 1980 ’s to 1990 ’s ‚ due to introduction of new technology in the field of photography specially digital photography. Kodak was the only one that developed many of the components of digital photography‚ yet the new form of photographic technology has had a serious‚ unconstructive impact on the firm business. 2.0 The need for the "change" George Eastman Kodak Company developed
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Kodak and Fujifilm Assignment 1: Kodak and Fujifilm Gyongyi Molnar Professor David Penkrot Strayer University- BUS 302 November 3‚ 2013 Describe the history and core business of each company. Kodak‚ formerly known as Eastman Kodak Company‚ was founded by George Eastman in 1888. The company’s early success was based on the launch of its revolutionary camera which simplified the photo taking process (Kodak‚ n.d.). Kodak’s main focus was photography and imaging‚ and its products ranged from
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Eastman Kodak Company‚ commonly known as Kodak‚ is an American multinational imaging and photographic equipment‚ materials and services company headquartered in Rochester‚ New York‚ United States and incorporated in New Jersey.[3] It was founded by George Eastman in 1888. Kodak is best known for photographic film products. During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film‚ and in 1976 had a 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. The company’s
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is to 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
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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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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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Eastman Kodak Company: Funtime Film Written Case The market for camera films is very competitive. During the five year period from 1988 to 1993‚ Kodak’s market share fell from 76% to 70%. In response‚ Kodak decided to revamp its product line to include Funtime Film‚ a seasonal offering at a low price point. In this case‚ you are asked to decide whether the new product line strategy will lead to a reversal in Kodak’s market share decline. In preparing this case‚ consider the
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