On 2/10/2014 7:17 PM, Dale wrote:
> Kodak failed to leverage a giant imaging media market into emerging
> hardware and software markets and new media markets
>
> failed to leverage hardware and software into new media
> failed to leverage existing media into new hardware and software
> failed to develop emerging open systems hardware and software
>
> cheap labor competition cannot be an excuse, they had NAFTA and were
> making consumer digital cameras in Mexico, this could have been invested
> in more
>
> wasn't a lack of capital, they were Fortune 26 at one time
>
> wasn't a lack of intellectual property, in fact they failed to leverage
> the intellectual property they had in time
>
> so why?
>
> Rochester's nickname is "smug town"
>
> we are talking about entertainment technology for the most part, and
> entertainment oriented careers, if this was not a market of expendable
> income, the downfall would never have happened
>
> for the record I worked in R&D as a systems engineer
> the problem was the people
>
> existing connection circles prevailed over performance and even
> organizational responsibility
>
> there were all kinds of groups vying too do the new stuff
>
> film had the money, film people got the careers
>
> remember this is entertainment technology careers for the most part and
> entertaining work as opposed to necessity work, fun prevailed too
>
> the last job I had was hybrid systems integration on the film side
>
> we couldn't have the word integration in the name of our group, since
> there was an equipment group was responsible for integration,, but we
> got the budgets and careers, while the equipment people had "jobs" doing
> not much
>
> if it weren't an entertainment business that didn't really matter too
> much, in much cases, the money and performance would have prevailed
>
> they had NAFTA and a consumer camera plant in Mexico, they were right on
> time I tell you, it was not an accounting problem, or a strategic
> problem, it was a corporate culture problem
>
> there is your business case study
>
> want some verification?
>
> they tried George Fisher from Motorola as CEO with a BIG pay to shake
> things up, he left
>
> they tried Dan Carp from equipment side to shake up film probably, I
> don't know where he went
>
> might want to hear what these two have to say about their experience
>
> this was a publicly held company, public means socialism whether you
> think so or not, and the public suffered, there needs to be better law
> for socialized business
>
> private companies can set pecking orders however you want
>
> socialized companies have a trust, and pecking orders other than by
> performance should be called anti-trust, in fact I can't think of any
> other anti-trust that is worse
>
> corporate culture in USA has to change because a service industry
> economy lasts as long as EXISTING money, to have NEW money you need a
> manufacturing economy, you need fair trade and not free trade, just the
> right amount of Nationalism, another trust issue for socialized companies
>
> fair trade in USA/UN/WTO has to consider worker's rights and
> environmental investments, etc. I am not a CEO but I bet if you had a
> circle of accountants instead a circle of cronies things would work,
> just a little fascism is all you need
>
> let luxuries to competition, no socialism, and you will eventually have
> the demand for production, and eventually the production for a
> manufacturing economy, this will be held in place by the invisible hand
> of fascism if you legislate fair trade and not free trade
>
> socialize needs of the people and the commodity markets of those needs
> will eventually invest in returns, this will be held in place by the
> invisible hand of fascism if you legislate free trade here
>
> you don't need to enforce any thing free, in fact people will do
> whatever they want unless you give them something better to do, there
> should be anarchists rights to break the law with the understanding that
> not only do you face possible governmental societal repercussions, you
> enter the wild and may have repercussions there that are outside the
> realm of government
>
> so how do you enforce fair, one legislation kept in place and evolving
> as nations bond
>
> and if the laws are so complex that only the legal system can study
> their books of code and case law to use them, then only the legal system
> can be held accountable, ignorance is an excuse, if government doesn't
> teach law, they enter the wild themselves for people they cross
>
>

this thread isn't from me ...

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