Kodak ye Ying resignation: an era gone?

Keywords: Ye ying Ye ying, Executive Director of the Northern District of Kodak Kodak ye Ying ye Ying left leaving the Kodak

The world brand laboratory (brand.) Report: 3 years ago, I had to "an era gone", reported in the original Microsoft Global Vice President Kai-Fu Lee jumped to Google News. At that time, the author believes that the Manager's event of significance, has surpassed the two companies struggle between the PC era is in the Internet age landmark events transition. Now, go back and see the original judgment, I still think it is correct.

Today, I once again expect "one time away," a fairly described with sad that, also because a Manager — Kodak North Asia President Ye ying. Yesterday with the latest news, she has been removed from their present location to resign.

Ye ying to the people to know, because it contributes to the Kodak merger lucky company expense. At that time, this news is of concern, at two exciting point: first, Ye ying is a journalist and a beauty journalists; in addition, she has been serving as a diplomat. Second, lucky companies once is synonymous with China's national enterprises.

Acquisition of lucky, is on Kodak jiangshan ye Ying steady sit chips, is also the "evil" Ye ying. However, lucky is China's "Pro-son", plus Kodak is not an absolute holdings — the above two points, allows the lucky being of development after the merger, no Kodak control. 20 August this year, the Shanghai issued an interesting announcement said: since Kodak and lucky for cooperation projects are not yet complete, both equity transfer of contract has not been performed, so the two sides cannot share-trading reform discussions of related issues.

But in the early days, the domestic multitudinous media exposures out of the "lucky photo paper back to India and Kodak, suspected of unfair competition" in the news, more is on Kodak and openness of a world of lucky.

More seriously, for traditional camera business preference so that ye ying has become a stumbling block for new strategies of Kodak. When a digital camera and laptop, ipod, a young man's "new three piece", also means that film and traditional camera life time is running out. Beginning in 2006, camera manufacturer Nikon, Canon have discontinued film cameras, but for the past 11 quarters, Kodak has nine quarterly loss. The cruel reality forced Kodak had to layoff 2.7 million people, and declare the discontinuation of the film this year.

So, give ye ying, fully into the digital realm of Kodak could reinvent the brilliant? from the face of it, the answer is Yes: in the past year, Kodak has the sixth from industry rushed into the first three, behind only Canon and Sony — but from profit up, but Kodak profit margin far and Nikon and Pentax this two ranking over those occurring later in the company. Why the reason is simple, Kodak at ordinary digital cameras, Nikon and Pentax is good at SLR digital cameras. From IDG survey data show, thousands of dollars of SLR cameras are becoming the biggest market.

Another terrible news, Samsung is exerting force field of ordinary digital camera. This is one of the miraculous company, even if it is no more core technology, but with excellent industrial design and marketing capabilities, ordinary digital cameras into the era of "poor" is not a problem. At this point, bring most of his custody in the field of Kodak digital cameras, are not heard footsteps of death?