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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. How Digital Business Models Are Changing. There were other ways in which Kodak could have emerged from the digital disruption of its core business. Consider Fuji Photo Film.

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Why Western Digital Firms Have Failed in China

Harvard Business Review

And these factors have not stopped Western multinationals from succeeding in China in car manufacturing, fast-moving consumer goods, and even sectors where culture plays a key role, such as beer, coffee shops, fast food, and the film industry. ill-fated attempts to impose global business models unsuited to the Chinese market.

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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. It's the business model, stupid. What lessons can we take from Kodak's struggles? photography.

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Rules For the Social Era

Harvard Business Review

"This business model is right for a company selling Purina Dog Chow, circa 1970.". Same business model architecture, two entirely different responses: obvious or unachievable. Same business model architecture, two entirely different responses: obvious or unachievable. They get it. They live it.

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Companies Are Turning Drones into a Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business Review

While 60% of drone usage currently relates to communications and media such as for film making and commercial photography, new higher-value applications are on their way, as drones have a significant advantage in terms of precision, convenience, and cost over more traditional solutions such as satellites and helicopters. Insight Center.

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Why Uber and Airbnb Needed a Different Kind of CEO

Harvard Business Review

At Uber, the idea for the business has been portrayed as this stroke of ingenuity, but I learned it was actually inspired by a product placement in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale. So much of the risks and challenges facing these companies involved whether their business models were legal.

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Reinvent Your Company by Reassessing Its Strengths

Harvard Business Review

And the essence of Walt Disney’s original strategy remains intact today: to construct a range of businesses — from animated film to fun parks, TV, retail, cruise ships, and more — around a group of engaging, family-friendly characters. And, yes indeed, such models will demand a set of capabilities now alien to most care providers.