Case Study Monday‚ April 16‚ 2012 12:01 AM Christopher John International Marketing April 15‚ 2012 Professor Pepe 1. What factors contributed to EuroDisney’s poor performance during its first year of operation? What factors contributed to Hong Kong Disney’s poor performance during its first year? Some factors that hurt EuroDisney was their misconception of what the French enjoy in a theme park. They took the same ideas‚ plans and layouts that worked for the US market and imported
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of the Situation The Bellagio was one of 23 properties of MGM MIRAGE‚ one of the world’s leading hotel and gaming companies. Located in the heart of Las Vegas‚ The Bellagio was widely recognized as one of the premiere casino resorts in the world. Richly decorated‚ the resort featured a conservancy filled with unique botanical displays‚ and eight-acre lake featuring over 1‚000 fountains that performed a choreographed ballet of water‚ music‚ and lights‚ top-notch amenities and entertainment options
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and expanding its fleet of rental cars from 7000 to 24‚000. The case describes the company’s processes and facilities as well as its pricing and promotional strategies. It also describes a number of significant changes that the company has made in the last year‚ including a move to allow rentals for as little as an hour that was designed to position easyCar as a competitor to local taxis‚ buses‚ trains and even car ownership. The case also explores several legal challenges the firm faced‚ including
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international icon who is widely known for his creation of the theme parks Disneyland and Disneyworld. While he proposed for many of the same concepts and themes to be embedded into both parks‚ there are just as many differences as there are similarities. Both were built with the intention to ignite the dream in all of us‚ but differ when it comes to things like history‚ location‚ and attractions. The history of Disneyland started with Walt Disney’s vision of a place where parents and children could
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Novotel Pacific Bay Resort An economic enterprise operating at a local scale Location Pacific Bay Resort is located on Charlesworth Bay‚ three kilometres north of Coffs Harbour on the north coast of NSW. It is located on the Pacific Highway and is about 7 hours from Sydney and 5 hours from Brisbane by car. It is about one and quarter hours by plane from Sydney. There are many features that attract tourists to the region. Coffs Harbour is an established tourist centre in NSW‚ with the CSIRO
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Case Study Example | Max - From the book: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak used by permission of the author‚ Maire Kennedy | Abstract This paper explores a psychological case study on the character of Max from the film Where the Wild Things Are. By using various sources‚ it is asserted that Max may have suffered from a Brief Psychotic Break. This paper examines common diagnoses for children (ADHD‚ early acute schizophrenia)‚ as well as treatment options. It will discuss
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Michael Eisner’s time at the Disney Company he believed corporate synergy was the key to success. By actively encouraging synergy Disney could get the most out of its brand and create value that would greatly contribute to the growth of the company (Case‚ p.11). Synergy refers to how‚ by working together‚ two or more businesses can increase value creation greater than if they were working separately (Goode and Campbell‚ 1998). How Eisner sourced synergy will be discussed later‚ but first we must look
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Case Study 5: General Electric Prices Clarence Burke began working for the heavy-equipment division of General Electric as soon as he graduated from college in 1926. Clarence was an energetic‚ hard-driving‚ and tenacious person and looked forward to a promising career at GE. The heavy electrical equipment division at GE was the oldest part of the company‚ around which the rest had been built‚ and it still accounted for a quarter of its sales. Moreover‚ GE dominated the heavy electrical equipment
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MF 820: Management of Financial Institutions Hong Kong Disneyland Finance Ron Shell Jiang Jiang Zhaojie Wang On August 10th 1999‚ Disney awarded the sole mandate to Chase Manhattan Bank for the Hong Kong Disneyland financing of HK $3.3 Billion. We believe this decision was beneficial for both parties. For Chase‚ the rewards included underwriting fee‚ interest payments‚ being a part of a big loan-financing project in Asia and developing networks and relationships with Asian governments
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Mandalay Resort Group - 2004 Summary of the Case At the year end of 2003‚ the Las Vegas a place of glitz and glamour survived the terrorist attack of September 11‚ 2001. Mandalay describe themselves as business of entertainment and it has been one of the innovators in the theme resort concept that is popular in casino gaming. They are also famous for extravagant vacations and convention centers in Las Vegas‚ Reno‚ and Laughlin Nevada. They rejuvenate the Circus Circus with new marketing strategy
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