Disney and the American Princess: The Americanization of European Fairy Tales [pic] Marina Alexandrova Student number 3021874 MA Thesis, American Studies Program Utrecht University Course code 200401064 23943 words 12 August 2009 Contents Title page………………………………………………………………1 Contents……………………………………………………………….2 Introduction……………………………………………………………3 Chapter 1: European Fairy Tales and Values about Gender
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1. What is Walt Disney Company’s corporate strategy? Disney’s main strategies include: developing quality and innovative features that will separate Disney as “Best-in-class”; researching and implementing new and exciting technology for an early competitive advantage while at the same time increasing customer experience. 3. What is your assessment of the competitive strength of Walt Disney Company’s different business units? Media Networks/Broadcasting and Studio Entertainment –High market capitalization
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Abstract The Walt Disney Company has been able to gain recognition and is known across the world through its Disney movies like The Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast, The Incredibles and Finding Nemo just to name a few. The company was also able to make a name for itself through amusement parks and resorts, cruise lines, merchandise and media networks. Throughout this paper we will take a look at the company’s life cycle, competitive forces against its competitors through a SWOT analysis, we’ll also
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Literature REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMININITY IN DISNEY CARTOON PRODUCTION: An Analysis of Selected Examples The purpose of this essay is to explore how media, especially Disney cartoons, affect gender, particularly young girls and how the representations of females within the media affect the viewers through stereotypes or ideals to live up too. THE INTRODUCTION (the explanation of media influences and basic notions of women representations in Disney Production) A good
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Walt Disney: Media Introduction/Random Information The Walt Disney Company is the world’s largest media conglomerate. The company has the ability to be a successful conglomerate due to its Board of Directors, content theme of quality, as well as customer ordination in all its operating segments. The company has television holdings in ABC and ten other broadcasting stations, as well as cable networks including; ABC Family, A&E (37%), and ESPN (80%). Each of these divisions that Disney owns
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[pic] Movie Company Business Structure Case Study Analysis [pic] Leopoldo Vendramin ADVANCED BUSINESS STRUCTURES Special thanks to Mr. Peter Butters Academic Year 2010/2011- Term I The movie company considered for this analysis, has recently acquired one of the major comic company of the world, the “Comedy Factory”. Is therefore being developed a business strategy, that serves to clarify the organizational structure at global level. The investment made, then
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Strategic and operational plans for Pixar Rena Seifts MGMT/521 June 8, 2013 Instructor Name David Rollins Strategic and operational plans for Pixar PIXAR Pixar Animation Studios (Pixar), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is a computer animated studio that develops feature and short films, merchandise and other related products. The company’s primary mission is to combine proprietary technology and world-class creative talent to develop computer-animated
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to flourish as they had an acquisition by the Walt Disney Company for a heavy sum of $7.4 billion dollars, which Walt Disney was known for their animated movies of traditional 2D animation. This acquisition was finalized by Steve Jobs, the former Apple CEO, when there deal was to be expired after the 2006 movie Cars. The purpose of the deal was to protect Pixar’s creative culture of animations, while shifting some of Pixar’s amazing work over to Disney to team up and make movies that will boost both
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Walt Disney Company; Maintaining the Happy Ending Paul G Webster II COM530 November 16, 2015 Aileen Smith Walt Disney Company; Maintaining the Happy Ending Section 1: Company Values and Culture Walt Disney Company’s (here on in denoted with WDC) espoused values are as follows; innovation, quality, community, storytelling, optimist, and decency. While very broad subjects, they continue to define them within their website (http://disneycareers.com/en/working-here/culture-diversity/). Innovation
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