FINAN 6121 – Corporate Finance Cost of Capital – The Walt Disney Company Team Titans B (Doug Horne‚ Shaun Hoggan‚ James Thackeray‚ Jeff Burg) The purpose of this project is to determine the weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) for The Walt Disney Company. According to The Walt Disney Company’s Form 10-K filing for the fiscal year ended September 29‚ 2012‚ “The Walt Disney Company‚ together with its subsidiaries‚ is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in five business
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In-Depth Integrative Case 2.1a‚ Euro Disneyland 1. Using Hofstede’s four cultural dimensions as a point of reference‚ what are some of the main cultural differences between the United States and France? Some of the main cultural differences according to Hofstede’s are that France has a high power distance meaning that in these countries people blindly obey the orders of their superiors. In contrast of the United States‚ which have a lower power distance meaning‚ that they have lower strata
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list of new Disney Halloween outfits offered‚ both you and your children can both join in on the wonder of the holiday. Once upon a time‚ Disney was not the marketing genius it is now and finding princess costume for girls‚ let alone adults‚ was near impossible. However‚ being in the business of making dreams come true‚ Disney is now offering a line of Halloween costumes‚ including an extensive line of princess gowns (for both kids AND adults). Of course‚ you may wonder‚ "What Disney princess should
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a new non-recourse object‚ Hong Kong International Theme Parks Ltd (HKITP) was formed. While the owners supported the project with substantial amounts of equity Disney and Government as well as with subordinated debt Government‚ Disney had significant requirements for the financing portion of the remaining needed amount. Disney was looking to receive bank financing for this new object of HKD as a Delay Draw Term Loan DDTL plus HKD working capital line “Revolving Credit Facility” or RCL. While
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Juliana Grasso ELA 406-01 M.Bakos 26 Feb 20123 Misconceptions of Disney Princesses I think each and every girl including myself has gone through that “princess phase” at one point or another in our lives. How many of us have used Cinderella‚ Snow White‚ or Sleeping Beauty as our role models growing up? The problem is that these princesses are role models of what we shouldn’t be like in real life; they are superficial‚ they rely on fairy godmothers to solve their problems‚ and they wait around
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Evidence from this case suggests that the traditional Japanese corporate governance stance has started to shift in order to include some elements of the Anglo-American way of corporate governance. It appears that a final decision has been made to build Disney Sea Park (despite unattractive ARR‚ but attractive NPV/IRR and ACFR) not only for the potential profits reaped for the company but also due to their responsibility to keep uphold the interests of its stakeholders (which would include its parent company
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Disney World: Not Just for Kids General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the variety of activities available to adults at the Walt Disney World Resort. Central Idea: The three aspects of Walt Disney World that cater to adults are the “five star” amenities‚ annual special events‚ and sports & recreation activities. I would like to ask the audience: When you think of a vacation in Disney World‚ what comes to mind? John Cloud from Time International stated
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“Walt Disney’s Cinderella” is the retelling of a familiar fairytale. Walt Disney‚ regarded as America’s great filmmakers and innovators‚ combined animation and music to present this classic story. In the fairytale‚ Cinderella is a plain servant for her stepmother and two stepsisters. With the help of a fairy god mother and some mice‚ she transforms into a beautiful princess who captures the heart of a young handsome prince. Then when the clock turns midnight‚ she has to return home and she loses
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SWOT analysis Disney 4.1 Strengths‚ Weaknesses - Competitors The Walt Disney company has beaten the S&P 500 for the past 16 years (3x) but has had problems to repeat the performance in the past 5 years. Disney’s brands are one of the strengths of the company together with their core capability of content creation. Additionally the digital library owned by the company gives them an important source for TV programming or DVD creation. We will describe its competitors (AOL and Viacom are the main
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movies comes up is the studio’s popular princesses. Ever since Snow White made her debut in 1937‚ Disney has cornered the market on princesses. One primary topic that critics have discussed in Disney’s films is the way princesses are portrayed. The roles of the female characters are especially drawing the interest of academic critics. Jack Zipes‚ author of Breaking the Disney Spell‚ believes that the Disney princesses have regressed. On the other hand‚ Libe Zarranz‚ author of Diswomen Strike Back? The
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