invoke the senses and provoke the emotions of people. It does this by putting together solid and powerful performances‚ in combination with creative scenarios‚ precise illumination and magnificent costumes. In addition‚ Cirque du Soleil’s diversification included going into other aspects of entertainment. Thus‚ in 1999‚ it released its first feature film and its first television special. Also‚ in 2000‚ it created an IMAX large-format film. Moreover‚ Cirque du Soleil keeps diversifying its commercial
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Matrix is a useful tool for examining a company’s product range. The four main options are: 1. Market penetration 2. Product development 3. Market development 4. Diversification Information about some of the products produced by Coca Cola is given below. Read this information and complete the tasks over the page: 1. Diet Coke m penetration Since being introduced in 1982 as a result of a growing trend
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unfavourable terms of trade for agricultural goods 2. Diversification LEDCs may seal to diversify their economies in older to reduce dependency on agricultural and other commodities. Diversification may enable an LEDC to grow in a more steady and sustainable way. It also means the different sectors of the economy could grow in a balanced way‚ that us growth for the primary‚ secondary and the tertiary sector of the economy. The advantage of diversification also include more value-added in production of
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events in its fifty years of operation. Enormous successes from 1946 has been attributed to the collaborative venture between Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita whom due to health issues had to retire from the scene for another generation of management. Diversification into the US saw Sony’s biggest demise in the year 1995 to the tune of US$3.3 Billion. Sony’s conglomerate incorporation of multimedia facilities into its stream of entertainment business is till date yielding sizable profits from the bumper shares
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the context of a portfolio‚ the risk of an asset is divided into two parts: diversifiable risk (unsystematic risk) and market risk (systematic risk). Diversifiable risk arises from company-specific factors and hence can be washed away through diversification. Market risk stems from general market movements and hence cannot be diversified away. For a diversified investor what matters is the market risk and not the diversifiable risk. (4)In general‚ investors are risk-averse. So‚ they want to be compensated
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Case @ China The Roadmap Cheung Kong GSB Case Study Centre for Lenovo to Go Global —A Case study of Lenovo Group Strategies I.Lenovo: refocus on PC operation On December 8 ‚ 2004‚ Lenovo consummated a deal with IBM whereby Lenovo was to acquire IBM’s desktop and laptop PC unit and its R&D and procurement operations worldwide for the sum of US$1.25 billion. On May 1 2005‚ Lenovo completed its acquisition of IBM’s PC Unit. “Using an analogy‚ our enterprise is well likened to a tortoise but
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Chapter 8 Analysis of Risk and Return © 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned‚ copied or duplicated‚ or posted to a publicly accessible website‚ in whole or in part. Introduction This chapter develops the risk-return relationship for individual projects (investments) and a portfolio of projects. The principles can also be applied to securities. © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned‚ copied or duplicated‚ or posted
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RICHARD BRANSON’S VIRGIN GROUP —Problems— Although certainly notorious‚ Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has experienced several problems. In the short-term‚ brand overextension has become a threat since the company has entered multiple markets. Brand overextension leads to damaging the comprehensive Virgin brand. Since the Virgin brand itself is the company’s greatest asset‚ protecting the brand image is critical. The Virgin brand image has a connotation of value and lifestyle. Due to many joint ventures
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basis(usually 1 dominates another in mkt share/size/asset value) Hostile takeover: (delivers higher shareholder value than friendly acquires)(Preannouncement returns of hostile takeover anticipated with increase in bidder & target’s share price). Diversification creates value by using excess resource. Restructuring used to correct with ineffective mergers/acquisitions. M&A used as means of growth to potentially lead to strategic competitiveness. △ing ext env affect type of M&A used. M&A used cuz of uncertainty
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Warren E. Buffett‚ 2005 Executive Summary: Warren E. Buffett is one of the world’s richest men with a net worth estimated at $44 billion by Forbes magazine. Buffett is known for his patient approach to investing and making long-term investments in steady‚ predictable industries that generate positive cash flow. It was announced that MidAmerican would purchase the regulated electric utility PacifiCorp from Scottish Power‚ for $5.1 billion in cash and $4.3 billion in liabilities and preferred stock
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