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Objective: To analyze how dynamic capabilities are associated with the processes of identifying and exploiting international opportunities. Method: The research consists of a case study, qualitative in nature, with a retrospective approach. Data were collected through interviews, documentary research and observation, with triangulation of data sources. The data were analyzed using the Constant Comparison Method and with the help of the Atlas.ti software, version 8.0. Main Results: The company analyzed is able to identify international opportunities using network, entrepreneurial and innovation capabilities. The innovation capacity was used only in creation processes, while the others were used in both discovery and creation processes. However, to explore some opportunities, these capabilities were not sufficient, and it was necessary to develop market orientation, learning and adaptation capabilities. Relevance / Originality: The literature has sought to explain the processes of identifying and exploiting opportunities based on ordinary capabilities. The approach adopted in this research considers a set of capabilities that are created, adapted or transformed depending on environmental demands, which makes them truly dynamic and enables companies to access international opportunities. Theoretical / Methodological Contributions: The contribution of the study lies in understanding what capabilities companies need to develop to expand their international operations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: In the light of the firm's life cycle theory, the present teaching case aims to present the trajectory covered by Kodak - a giant in the photographic market during practically the entire 20th century -, seeking to relate the business characteristics arising from the changes that occurred overtime with each stage of an firm's life cycle. Method: The data for the construction of the historical context of the Kodak company was taken from several sources of traditional media, giving priority to the company's own website, digital newspapers of high international impact as well as national electronic magazines. Relevance/originality: This teaching case offers a debate about the firm's life cycle theory, through the analysis of the trajectory of a real company, in an international context, allowing the identification of business characteristics that can raise the life cycle current organization. Theoretical/methodological contributions: A triangulation is also sought between the firm's life cycle theory, the characteristics of the Kodak company and the various changes that have taken place in view of the various decisions taken towards restructuring the company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]