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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Problem Definition The problem in this case is Kodak’s steadily eroding market share and shareholder value in the film rolls market. This is especially undesirable given the fact that the market has been growing at a tepid 2% annual rate and the steadily increasing threat from competition. Kodak needs to come up with a strategy for corrective action so as to arrest this decline‚ regain market share and increase share holder value. Kodak’s strategy is to reposition itself by targeting a new segment
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PROBLEM STATEMENT Kodak is the photo film market leader since 1994 but the company is loosing share‚ in the past five years in United States has decrease from 76% to 70%‚ the main reason is the growing share of brands with lower prices. In January of 1994 Kodak is analyzing if launching a lower price product is the best alternative to stop loosing share. DIAGNOSIS As said before Kodak is loosing market share and looks like if the company doesn’t do something the tendency is going to be the same
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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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Assignment 1: Kodak and Fujifilm By: Rufus Wilson Bus 302 Dr. Gina Zaffino 2/3/2013 Kodak vs. Fujifilm/Management Concepts Kodak and Fujifilm Rufus Wilson Dr. Gina Zaffino Bus 302 2/02/2013 Kodak‚ also known as Eastman Kodak was founded in the 1880 ’s by George Eastman and is currently based out of Rochester‚ NY. When George Eastman started this company reputation was very important to him. Eastman ’s goal was to make photography an everyday affair or as he put it: "to make the camera
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Company Kodak and Polaroid are both extremely different firms. Polaroid has only one specialization and that is the instant photo market. Kodak on the other hand has reaches in all photo related industries. Kodak had high fixed costs due to their in-house production while Polaroid opted to be flexible and loose by subcontracting most of its production facilities. Therefore‚ Kodak had to reach a certain level of market volume in order to break even and become profitable. Polaroid‚ on the other
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To: Kelly Johnston‚ CEO Kodak From: Head of Marketing Operations‚ Kodak In Reference To: A Kodak moment; drawing your attention to major architectural flaws within our company‚ specifically the MAPP plan‚ as well as solutions for more sustainable options for future structures. It has come to my attention that there are some major flaws lying inside our organizational architecture. These flaws lay in the foundation of Kodak`s organization structure and so we cannot move forward until these
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Hyun Lee Eastman Kodak v. Image Technical Services -- Plaintiff This is yet another case that concerns the standard for summary judgment in an antitrust controversy. The principal issue here is whether a defendant’s lack of market power in the primary equipment market precludes — as a matter of law — the possibility of market power in derivative aftermarkets. Eastman Kodak Company manufactures and sells photocopiers and micrographic equipment. Kodak also sells service and replacement parts
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Kodak Case Study Company Argument MBA-565 Summary In a 1921 consent decree‚ the government concluded that Eastman Kodak‚ the pioneer firm of amateur photography‚ had violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act. By buying competitors and establishing exclusive dealing contracts with retailers‚ the government claimed that Kodak was acting as a monopoly. The 1921 decree barred Kodak from continuing with these practices. By 1954‚ Kodak enjoyed a 90% share of the color film market and a 90%
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Case Study: GEORGE FISHER WORKS TO TURNAROUND KODAK Management is the process of ensuring that an organization or company is able to operate in both the immediate and near future. When George Fisher take over the Kodak Company‚ he spent time to study for understand and analyse every part of Kodak’s business. After he spent time on this Kodak business‚ he start to identify the problems in the business. This case study is aim to describe the how did Fisher solve all those problem by the management
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