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# Polaroid

Mentioned by Nooyi (in the concept context, though not separately extracted as an entity in Phase 1) alongside [[entity-org-kodak]] and [[entity-org-xerox]] as a great company that failed to transform its business model — a cautionary anchor for [[concept-duration-of-the-company]]. This entity note is emitted so the reference resolves and cross-vault tooling can dedupe.

**Enrichment.** Pioneer of instant photography; declined with the rise of digital imaging and underwent multiple bankruptcies.

**Canonical:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_Corporation