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Re:Why Kodak Died and Fujifilm Thrived: A Tale of Two Film C... by User23 on Monday October 22, 2018 @02:59AM (#18272703)
The corporate structure was completely dysfunctional too. The company was basically a set of independent fiefdoms, and the CEO was completely incapable of reining them in. There were many times where the CEO would announce layoffs and the department heads just ignored him and headcount just kept rising. Great example of Parkinson's law in action.
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Re:Why Kodak Died and Fujifilm Thrived: A Tale of Two Film C... by Yizahi on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:22AM (#18273252)
Sound similar to the Nokia story, only Kodak doesn't have unrelated Microsoft to blame for their internal failure.
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Re:Why Kodak Died and Fujifilm Thrived: A Tale of Two Film C... by warrenm on Monday October 29, 2018 @02:58PM (#18330207)
Nokia as a company was doing fine - it was the phone (and, specifically, the smartphone) portion of their business that was having trouble keeping up.

Nokia as a company is still doing well, in fact

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