<p>In a June 2010 interview with this newspaper, Chairman and CEO Antonio Perez observed that Eastman Kodak Co. was "a very successful company for 100 years that stayed too long in the old path." As Kodak's leader, Mr. Perez saw his task as finding a way to recover from that mistake. "I have complete faith," he said, "this is going to be the best turnaround in the industry that I've ever heard of."</p><p>A year and a half later, in the early hours of Jan. 19, 2012, Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In the eyes of many, Mr. Perez's turnaround strategy had become a Hail Mary bid for survival. More than a few obits for the company were written.</p><p>Yet if all goes as expected, Kodak in a matter of days will emerge from Chapter 11 with another chance to achieve Mr. Perez's goal of a return to sustained growth and profitability.</p><p>The skeptics, of course, were not entirely wrong. The "old Kodak" will no longer exist, though significant portions of it will live on, some under different ownership.</p><p><a href="http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=199889">Keep reading...</a></p>