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Remember when young people could get ahead in busi
ness simply by growing old? It was a good system for
those with a little talent and a lot of patience, but today's
technology moves too fast to wait for seniority.
. At Kodak,our extensive involvement in basic research
has made the need for fresh, young thinking more press
ing than ever. So we hire the best new talent we possibly
(an. Then wve do both of us a favor by turning them loose
on real problems, and giving them the freedom and re
sponsi bility they need to solve them.
That'.4 howv three Kodak scientists in their early thir
ties just made a breakthrough in liquid lasers, develop
ing an organic dye laser with a continuous beam. Their
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men just made the
ne.The oldest is34.
(discovery means more than just a new kind of laser. It
means a whole range of new laser applications, in fields
f rom medicine to communications.
It was the kind of discovery most men and women
work a lifetime for. Yet these young men still have most
of their lifetimes ahead of them.
Why do we give young men and women so much free
dlomn and responsibility? Because it's good business, and
we're in business to make a profit. But in furthering our
own business interests, we also further society's inter
en;ts. And that's good.
After all, our business depends on society. So we care
what happens to it.
Kodak
More than a business