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- March 2017 (Revised May 2018)
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Edwin Land: The Art and Science of Innovation
By: Tom Nicholas, Christopher Stanton and Matthew Preble
Throughout the second half of the 20th century, Polaroid first invented—and then continuously reinvented—the field of instant photography. Under the leadership of its mercurial founder Edwin Land, the company regularly released new instant cameras and films, often...
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Instant Photography;
Company History;
Change Management;
Disruption;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Entrepreneurship;
Business History;
Innovation Strategy;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation and Management;
Intellectual Property;
Patents;
Product Marketing;
Brands and Branding;
Product Launch;
Product Development;
Chemical Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Nicholas, Tom, Christopher Stanton, and Matthew Preble. "Edwin Land: The Art and Science of Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 817-107, March 2017. (Revised May 2018.)
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Influence: Medium-High 20192019 KDKA, first radio station First talking movie, Influence: Medium 30193019 Advances in aviation Nylon Fiberglass Instant photography Air-conditioning begins to realize...
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
aviation Nylon Fiberglass Instant photography Air-conditioning begins to realize commercial potential Influence: High 401940s19 Planes and ships built in less than a day for the war effort Atomic bomb ENIAC...
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
201920s19 KDKA, first radio station First talking movie, Influence: Medium 301930s19 Advances in aviation Nylon Fiberglass Instant photography Air-conditioning begins to realize commercial potential...
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Edwin H. Land
Land was a brilliant innovator whose instant photography invention created a billion-dollar corporation. He is responsible for inventing the Polaroid camera and 3-D glasses. Polaroid Corporation was viewed...
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Fabricated Goods
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Snapshot: Gary DiCamillo, Polaroid's CEO
progress." DiCamillo is seated before a tall cabinet displaying a collection of Polaroid cameras and equipment spanning six decades - including famed inventor-founder Edwin Land's "Land" camera and the all-time best-selling "One Step" camera. He explains that Polaroid,...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
importantly, mindset. Photography firms like Nikon, Canon, or Kodak, coming into this new arena, think about it very differently than Sony or another consumer electronics firm or HP or Intel as computer industry firms. So given the biases...
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