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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

Given that Kodak’s core business was selling film, it is not hard to see why the last few decades proved challenging. Sasson himself told The New York Times that management’s response to his digital camera was “that’s cute – but don’t tell anyone about it.” Consider Fuji Photo Film.

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Kodak and the Brutal Difficulty of Transformation

Harvard Business Review

In the decades that followed Kodak established a dominant position in the lucrative film business, with its "you push a button, we do the rest" slogan demonstrating its commitment to making photography accessible to the masses. Of course, being a dominant film provider became increasingly irrelevant in light of recent technological shifts.

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Your Smartphone Works for the Surveillance State

Harvard Business Review

It''s only through history and books or films that my generation has a grasp of what life must have been like. Just recently, I had the chance to watch the German film, The Lives of Others , which won the 2007 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The execution of these systems is, as you''d expect, very different.

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