...Executive Summary The Walt Disney Company (TWDC), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with four business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment and consumer products. This executive summary summarizes the issues surrounding The Walt Disney Company based on its globalization efforts into a multinational corporation, its business power related to the exportation of “American imperialism”, its business ethics related to its theme parks and resorts, and its corporate governance problems under former CEO Michael Eisner. Many blame these kinds of changes in company values and mission to Michael Eisner. Globalization efforts made by The Walt Disney Company would prove costly when it made bad decisions based on naïve assumptions of the cultural acceptance of Mickey Mouse into Japan and France. Tokyo Disneyland emerged as the most profitable theme park, but with TWDC having no stake in the company; and Disneyland Paris, backed heavily by TWDC, had to be restructured only after two years of opening. Domestically, theme park safety had been compromised, all in the name of profit. An embittered declaration for Eisner’s resignation came in 2003 by ousted board member Roy E. Disney, nephew of Walt and last remaining active family member at TWDC, and his trusted friend, Stanley Gold, who resigned the board. Ultimately, Roy Disney helped lead a Disney shareholder...
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...assignment about environmental injustice I have decided on the Cane Run Power Plant, also known as the operating site for Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E), a coal-fired plant that is owned and operated by Louisville Gas and Electric in Louisville, Kentucky, located in Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood. I will describe how the utility company LG&E is guilty of Environmental injustice to the Louisville residents of the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood, which Bell describes as powerless communities that suffer from human caused environmental disasters by the hands of powerful organizations and governments (Bell 2009). Case Summary Louisville Gas and Electric Company is a utility company that provides natural gas and electricity services for Louisville, Kentucky, which total to approx. 718,000 customers, as well the 16 surrounding counties (Unknown, Author 2014). LG&E provides these services from the Cane Run Power Plant located in the Pleasure Park Neighborhood, where the per capita income per household is approx. $21,831 per person (Unknown, Author 2013). This amount is considered considerably low. The power plant has been problematic for the residents of Pleasure Park for many years for a number of reasons, such as coal ash, which is a byproduct from burning coal, strong odors, and dust. Residents have reported burning nostrils and throat, abdominal pains, headaches, and sinus problems, eye and skin irritation, severe mental and physically stability, all of...
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...Marketing Management | 2015 | Student: Houssem Eddine Ratel ID: 0060MRMR0414 Semester: One Program: MBA Lecturer: Dr. Syed Abdul Kadir TWC: 4669 (Executive summary to references) | Master of Business Administration | Westminster International College Executive summary In this work, we have tried to present the main approaches that helped to explain the brand extension evaluation mechanisms, namely the approach of perceptual congruence and group approach. Both approaches have dominated the literature on brand extension through concepts such as similarity, the fit or typicality and have been used to explain the causes of success and failure of specific extensions. However, these approaches have certain shortcomings that limit their use and that lead us to think of new research avenues for a better explanation of the evaluation of brand extension. Contents (100 words) Executive summary 1 List of Figures 2 I. Introduction 3 II. The brand extension strategy 3 III. Descriptive methods to the evaluation of brand extension 6 1. The approach to perceptual congruence 6 a) The role of the similarity in the evaluation of the brand extension 6 b) The role of perceptual coherence (fit) 7 2. The limits of perceptual congruence 12 a) The operationalization of perceptual congruence 12 b)...
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...Gartner Business Process Management Summit 2013 13 – 14 March | London, UK | gartner.com/eu/bpm Aspire, Challenge, Transform: Driving Breakthrough Business Performance TriP rePorT The annual Gartner Business Process Management Summit was held on 13 – 14 March 2013, at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge. This report summarizes and provides highlights from the event. SAve The DATe The Gartner Business Process Management Summit 2014 will take place on 19 – 20 March in London, UK. We hope to see you again! overview This year’s event was focusing on helping delegates break free from small scale, iterative BPM projects to deliver truly game-changing business transformation. In the opening presentation of the summit, Summit Chair John Dixon invited you to aspire to greater things, to challenge the status quo in your organizations and to transform your organizations using BPM. We carried this theme into our keynotes and track presentations, and we hope it has helped to spark some new ideas that will make a difference to you and your organization. TABle of ConTenTS Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London, UK Tina Nunno speaking at the Gartner Business Process Management Summit 2013 2 3 5 Key Take-Aways Keynote Sessions Top of Mind Concerns — What Attendees Asked About Top 10 Most-Attended Sessions Attendee Snapshot Top 10 best-rated sessions Sponsors Post Event Resources 5 5 6 7 8 © 2013 Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Gartner is a...
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...EXPERIENCE HBR.ORG Case Study A theme park operator considers whether the boost in ticket sales is worth the trouble. by Marco Bertini, Luc Wathieu, Betsy Page Sigman, and Michael I. Norton The Experts Gideon Lask is the founder of BuyaPowa, a UK-based social commerce business. Do Social Deal Sites Really Work? T he sales reps from DailyDilly had just finished their rollicking video presentation, and the laughter in the meeting room was starting to subside. Ruth Davison, the marketing director of Flanagan Theme Parks, was still smiling when she finally spoke. “I’m thoroughly impressed,” she said. “This would give us the marketing capabilities we’ve always wanted.” Will Eastman, Flanagan’s operations director, was beaming. He had suggested doing the promotion with DailyDilly, a fast-growing Australian social-couponing company similar to Groupon and LivingSocial. “Then I think we’re ready to make a decision,” he said. Everyone looked at Allie James, a consultant decades younger than Will and Ruth. Allie had been working with Flanagan for just over a month. She knew she had to kill the DailyDilly initiative but was reluctant to do it with the reps present. “Let’s discuss this off-line,” she said. Will slapped the table. “Come on,” he demanded. “We’re here now.” The DailyDilly reps became wide-eyed. Allie took a deep breath. If Will was going to push her, she’d be blunt. “No, then,” Allie said. “It’s not on.” Will pushed his chair back and walked out of the room...
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...Author Note: This paper was prepare for Managing Employment Law in Business HRM 306 Contents Introduction 3 Background 3 HERRING V. HEWITT ASSOCIATES, INC. (D.N.J. 7-24-2007) 5 Body 5 International Franchise Association, Inc., Charles Stempler, Katherine Lyons, Mark Lyons, Michael Park and Ronald Oh v. City of Seattle 7 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction One of the biggest issues that are going on today is should we raise the minimum wage? According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, “In 2011, 73.9 million American workers age 16 and over were paid at hourly rates, representing 59.1 percent of all wage and salary workers. Among those paid by the hour, 1.7 million earned exactly the prevailing Federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. About 2.2 million had wages below the minimum. Together, these 3.8 million workers with wages at or below the Federal minimum made up 5.2 percent of all hourly-paid workers” (Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers In 2011, 2012). According to the data, there are very few people getting paid at or below the federal minimum wage. Yet, people are complaining that the current wages are not enough. With wages at the current state, people are still living in poverty. With the new Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2015 (H.R. 1010), the minimum wage will rise from $7.25 to $10.10. The debate is whether the increase in wage will either benefit everyone (employees and businesses) or will this increase have negative effects and create more issues...
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...Case Study 1 – “Once Upon A Time At Disney Summary: Since 1923, Walt Disney Co. has been an icon of animated and live-action films. It is because of Michael Eisner that Disney has become an entertainment conglomerate. Eisner is a very hands on manager, and under his leadership, the company adapted to the fast changing entertainment environment and played to it’s strengths. Since it’s founding in 1923, Walt and his brother Roy split their talents. Roy handed the financials, Walt the creativity. Mickey Mouse was their first major hit. In 1984, Eisner was named chairman where he immediately started transforming Disney into a learning organisation dedicated to creativity. 2. Why is it critical for Disney to be a learning organizing? Disney achieved their standing momentous status of being a leader of pure entertainment through fostering a learning attitude prevalent throughout their workforce. Their patented learning organization was derived from none other than their founder who realized that even the most beautifully crafted place in the world amounts to nothing without the people to make dreams a reality. Straying away from the orthodox image of a divided workforce, Disney revolutionized the workplace by closing the gap between corporate executives and clerical workers; all members of the workforce were mandated to participate in hands-on activities. Having all the employees involved in the most basic...
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...| 2013 | | Valerie KendricksJanuary 18, 2013Critical Thinking – PHI 210Professor R. Dean Davenport | [Sensory perceptions] | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | Sensory Perceptions One reason in believing that sensory information can be accurate is by touching something hot or cold. Touching something hot or cold engages into a sense of feeling which sends a message to the brain. A person can remove that part of the body that’s touching the hot or cold item before they get burned or frost bitten. The next reason in believing that sensory information can be accurate is by using the sense of smell. This sense could save a person’s life in the case of a fire. If a person smells smoke that means a fire has occurred or something similar. The last reason that sensory information can be accurate is a person’s sight. If children are playing in the park you can actually see them. A person can look at the sky to see if it’s cloudy, sunny or humid. The sensory of sight is so most accurate because whatever a person see most of the time is right in front of them. Sensory data is the ability to automatically collect, categorize and analyze with other collected data related to our senses. (Sensory data, 2013) The accuracy of sensory data is a test that checks or confirms one’s senses...
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...Case Summary The Walt Disney Company had successfully grown internationally by diversifying its entertainment empire. From its humble beginnings as a cartoon business starring one character, its business expanded to feature films – animated and live-action, film distribution, network and cable television, theme parks, retail stores, merchandising, publishing, and Broadway. After years of growth however, the company recently experienced sub-par performance and slower growth. Strategic Issue This deterioration in performance was preceded by Disney’s ambitious acquisition of CapCities/ABC, which made Disney the largest entertainment company in the U.S. Given its size and recent financial downturn, what opportunities exist for the company to achieve CEO Michael Eisner’s goal of 20% annual growth? Factors Contributing to Problem - With the purchase of ABC, Disney vertically integrated into a mature and highly competitive television industry. The merger also posed synergy challenges due to the immense size of both organizations and the difficulty in eliminating overlap across businesses and processes. - The ABC merger also presented culture clashes between the two organizations. In an attempt to achieve synergies across the company, Disney’s corporate culture became increasingly competitive and cost-driven, leading to an exodus of many high-level executives. - Rising costs in television programming, especially sports, hurting profitability. ESPN, for example, paid...
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...Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Diploma Health and Social Care Unit 4 Development through the life stages D1 Evaluate how nature –nurture may affect the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development for two stages of development of the individual. Nature * Voice * Ability to move * Appearance Nurture * Characteristics * Shyness * Being abused at a young age * Appearance In this assignment I will be explaining how nature and nurture are involved in Michael Jackson’s development of his childhood and adulthood. I will start of by explain what is meant by Intellectual, Social, Physical and Emotional development. Then I will carry on explaining the different events that occurred in Michael Jackson’s life and how it was either nature or nurture. Intellectual development: “Begins shortly after birth, when babies learn to use their brains to play, respond to caregivers and familiarize themselves with objects and other people in the attempt to learn about the world around them. The process continues through all of children’s lives, as they go to school, form intellectual relationships with others and learn new skills. Intellectual development continues to the end of a person’s life, but it can be largely impaired by illness, emotional insecurity, failing eyesight or hearing or through the lack of communication with other people.” (http://www.ask.com/world-view/intellectual-development-mean-b363c12a7264f641#full-answer) Emotional development: ...
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...Xavier Institute of management & entrepreneurship | EURO DISNEYLAND CASE ANALYSIS | CCM ASSIGNMENT | | | Augustine George (32)Balaji Subramanian (36)David Aditya Solomon (45)Eliza Mathew (52)Eliza Pani (53) | | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The given case “Euro Disneyland” elaborates about the issues faced by the Walt Disney Company when expanding to international borders. It first begins with the history of how Disneyland became so successful and expanded to various states across the country. It then describes about its first international success namely the Tokyo Disneyland and the factors affecting it. The case then describes Disney’s decision of expanding into Europe. The various differences and problems faced in setting up of the amusement park. Some of the major issues in setting up of the park were: * Cultural differences between the European and the American market * Environmental and location factors for setting up the amusement park * Financing and initial business plan were not analysed thoroughly in synchronisation with external economic factors * French labour laws were not taken into account while inducting the workforce * Management issues such as different attractions in the park It was understood that the chief reason for Euro Disney’s failure was a lack of understanding of European culture on Disney’s part. Based on the understanding from the case following recommendations were made: * A study in history and an understanding...
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...Fashion Anatomy 320 Rosemeade Drive Dallas, TX 75287 FashionAnatomy@gmail.com Phone: 972-684-7664 December 16, 2012 Main Contact: Michael Smith www.fashionanatomy.com Table of Contents * Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………… 3-4 * Company Description………………………….........................................5 * Industry Analysis………………………………………………………………………..6 * Industry Size, Growth Rate, and Sales Projections…………………6-7 * Industry Structure…………………………………………………………………..7 * Nature of Participants……………………………………………………………..7 * Key Success Factors………………………………………………………………….8-9 * Industry Trends…………………………………………………………………………10-12 * Market Analysis………………………………………………………………………………12-14 * Market Segmentation Target Market Selection……..…………………..15-16 * Buyer Behavior………………………………………………………………………….17 * Competitor Analysis…………………………………………………………………..18 * Estimate of Annual Sales and Market Share…………………………………18-19 * Marketing Plan………………………………………………………………………………….20 * Overall Marketing Strategy……………………………………………………………20-22 * Pricing Strategy……………………………………………………………………………..22-23 * Sales Process………………………………………………………………………………23-24 * Management Team and Company Structure……………………………….25 * Management Team………………………………………………………………….25 * Board of Directors……………………………………………………………………25-27 * Board of Advisors………………………………………………………………………28-29 * Other Professionals…………………………………………………………………30 ...
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...THE EFFECTS OF SALON PATRONAGE IN RELATION TO SEX APPEAL IN PRINT ADVERTISEMENTS by Sandra L. Morris A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy Capella University June 2006 © Sandra Morris, 2006 THE EFFECTS OF SALON PATRONAGE IN RELATION TO SEX APPEAL IN PRINT ADVERTISEMENTS by Sandra L. Morris has been approved June 2006 APPROVED: JIM MIRABELLA, DBA, Faculty Mentor and Chair RICHARD MURPHY, DBA, Committee Member ELAINE GUERRAZZI, Ph.D., Committee Member ACCEPTED AND SIGNED: __________________________________________ JIM MIRABELLA, DBA. __________________________________________ Kurt Linberg, Ph.D. Dean, School of Business & Technology ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is truth in the notion that sex sells to women better than more conservative advertisements that focus on skills and services when salon. advertising The study will for an also upscale look at full-service whether female consumers are honest with themselves about how they respond to advertisements. Two advertisements were produced for an upscale salon, one with sex appeal and one without. A survey was conducted at that salon which determined whether women would patronize the salon based on the sexy advertisement. The two different advertisements were then handed out to a target market of women with different variables such as age and marital status. responsiveness The results of this...
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...Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Missouri, and Michael Cuffley, Appellants, v. Curators of the University of Missouri No. 99-1168 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT 203 F.3d 1085 February 17, 2000, Filed Before McMILLIAN, MURPHY, and TUNHEIM, n1 Circuit Judges. n1 The Honorable John R. Tunheim, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, sitting by designation. McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Missouri ("Missouri KKK"), and Michael Cuffley, the state coordinator for the Missouri KKK (together "appellants"), appeal from a final order entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granting summary judgment in favor of the individual Curators of the University of Missouri and Patricia Bennett, general manager of the radio station KWMU (together "appellees"). For reversal, appellants argue that the district court erred in holding that, in light of certain facts not genuinely disputed, appellees' rejection of the Missouri KKK as an underwriter violated neither the First Amendment nor the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the order of the district court. Background KWMU is a not-for-profit public broadcast radio station located on the campus of the University of Missouri at St. Louis ("UMSL"). KWMU is owned and operated by The Curators of the University of Missouri, a public corporation...
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