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- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
Kodak. If you were Kodak [several years ago], you were selling to consumers, your suppliers were chemical companies, and there was no substitute for high-quality film. Kodak was among the most profitable...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
Breakthroughs faculty draw on a broad range of cases to address decisions faced by senior leaders of science-based organizations. Consider Kodak and the digital revolution. "Kodak saw that film was going to be outmoded, but it wasn't...
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- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
from another company. Morrill had to clearly prioritize her financial and strategic decisions. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816073-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-006 Eastman Kodak Company:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
was in the forefront of this movement, "democratizing" photography with the one-dollar Kodak Brownie camera in 1900. Next I chose Henry Ford, who not only put America on wheels with the Model T, but altered the business world with the...
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- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
cutbacks, the firm was late to the game in the digital imaging market. In 2012, Kodak filed for bankruptcy. The aforementioned Nokia fixated on maintaining its leadership in the low-end phone business, a failure to anticipate the rise of...
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by Carmen Nobel
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Polaroid | Harvard Business School: Invention of the Polarizer
and Nasrin Rohani. Polaroid. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005. Ehrenfried, George. “Working with Edwin Land.” Optics & Photonics News 5, no. 10 (October 1994). Full text available (Harvard users only) Fierstein, Ronald K. A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the...
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- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
monetary value. He cites, as an example, the fact that 140,000 Kodak employees were replaced in large part by startups like Instagram (an Internet-based distributor of photos) a company with just 13 employees that was purchased last year...
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by James Heskett
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought
smile. ZMET, which is patented, grew out of his interests in anthropology, photography and cognitive neuroscience. It was sparked, in part, by a trip to Nepal and India ten years ago. On his travels, he presented villagers with plastic cameras and film — supplied by...
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by Martha Lagace
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Polaroid | Harvard Business School: Digital Archival Resources
documentation of Polaroid's efforts to defend its patent and trademark rights, most notably in its lawsuit against Eastman Kodak during the 1980s and 1990s. Polaroid Corporation Research and Development Records, circa 1905–2000 The...
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- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
American company that filed for bankruptcy protection in January. The company developed the first digital camera in 1975. Yet Kodak was never able to ride the digital wave over the long haul, and the company's invention ironically served...
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- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
square-foot retail complex, a hotel, and the Kodak Theatre, the future home of the Academy Awards. The second project was a mixed-use development, located on Sunset and Vine. This property had suffered a bad run of previous development...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
story showed the difference in pay, benefits, and career opportunities that can result from outsourcing. A woman cleaning floors for Kodak 35 years ago had a variety of benefits—paid vacation, tuition reimbursement, and an annual bonus...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
By the end of the second spin-off regime, Xerox's position in the copier market had begun to improve. While its share of the market would never return to 80 percent levels, Xerox was able to regain more than ten market share points, beating back the Japanese and...
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by Henry Chesbrough
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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
18. Faber-Castell (A) Guests: Countess Mary von Faber Castell (TBD), Stefan Leitz, CEO, Faber-Castell 19. Moleskine (A) (Pink Sheet Action Plan #3 Due) 20. The Reinvention of Kodak 21. Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc.: Extending a History of...
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Mountain; President, Coca-Cola Refreshments; President, Lincoln-Mercury (Ford) Module 5: Reinvention 18. Faber-Castell (A) Guests: Countess Mary von Faber Castell (TBD), Stefan Leitz, CEO, Faber-Castell 19. Moleskine (A) (Pink Sheet Action Plan #3 Due) 20. The...
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