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Interesting Article About Nikon and its Latest Financial Results
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iluvmacs99
macrumors 6502a
Here's an interesting tidbit.
According to the innosight report, the average lifespan for a company that is in the S&P 500 index has a typical lifespan of 33 years. In 2027, that lifespan will be reduced to only 12 years. In fact, the lifespan of any company in the S&P 500 has been steadily declining for the past decades. This is the contracting forces at work and had been for decades, but the speed of which this force is acting upon is getting faster and faster and more vicious in this decade. New disruptive technology had a lot to do with the reduction of lifespan and yet with the Japanese, it is somewhat immune to this contracting forces because governments had been willing to support zombie companies rather than, like the Western companies, let it die and let the new disruptive forces to take over its place.
According to the innosight report, the average lifespan for a company that is in the S&P 500 index has a typical lifespan of 33 years. In 2027, that lifespan will be reduced to only 12 years. In fact, the lifespan of any company in the S&P 500 has been steadily declining for the past decades. This is the contracting forces at work and had been for decades, but the speed of which this force is acting upon is getting faster and faster and more vicious in this decade. New disruptive technology had a lot to do with the reduction of lifespan and yet with the Japanese, it is somewhat immune to this contracting forces because governments had been willing to support zombie companies rather than, like the Western companies, let it die and let the new disruptive forces to take over its place.
deep diver
macrumors 68030
Yes. They have much more going on than just consumer camera equipment.
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Is that company life span or life span on the index?
Can you post a link to the article.
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Fishrrman
macrumors Nehalem
If Nikon can't survive, I would think "the name" is "sellable" along with the technology.
Wondering who might be interested?
And what they would do with the product line once they acquired it?
I read a few days' back that Olympus may be in serious trouble, as well.
Canon and Sony will survive.
Wondering who might be interested?
And what they would do with the product line once they acquired it?
I read a few days' back that Olympus may be in serious trouble, as well.
Canon and Sony will survive.
MacNut
macrumors Core
Olympus' problems were due more to issues at corporate and not really due to sales.
Another interesting article from Thom Hogan:
dslrbodies.com
He has some intriguing suggestions; whether or not they would come to fruition remains to be seen.
My Proposal For Nikon's Product Future | DSLRBodies | Thom Hogan
A proposed product line rationalization for Nikon
He has some intriguing suggestions; whether or not they would come to fruition remains to be seen.
mollyc
macrumors G3
He makes a lot of smart and compelling arguments. Nikon would never actually do this or even consider I don’t think.Another interesting article from Thom Hogan:
My Proposal For Nikon's Product Future | DSLRBodies | Thom Hogan
A proposed product line rationalization for Nikon
He has some intriguing suggestions; whether or not they would come to fruition remains to be seen.
gkarris
macrumors G3
Nikon Just Released Some Terrible Financial Results | Fstoppers
Nikon has just published its figures for the first half of the 2019 financial year and it’s looking bleak for the Japanese manufacturer. The company as a whole has reported year-on-year figures that don’t make for pleasant reading for shareholders: revenue is down 13.3% and operating profit has...fstoppers.com
They were late to the mirrorless party (especially the budget one) plus when you buy a Nikon, I would assume most people use it for years and years (I got my D3300 refurb and used 18-200 five years ago).