1. Based on what you read in the case‚ outline a rudimentary SWOT analysis for Cirque Du Soleil. A: Strengths: Every show in 20 years has produced a profit‚ encourages creativity‚ niche‚ financially strong‚ well known‚ great marketing‚ technology‚ database of 20‚000 potential employees‚ shows have a long run (10 to 12 years)‚ talent scouts recruit from all over the world‚ creative‚ leadership. Creative production staff. Great locations. Excellent leadership. B: Weaknesses: High turnover (people
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a) Background and Motivation The Cirque du Soleil‚ the arguably most famous circus in the world‚ has been founded in 1984‚ in Quebec‚ Canada. The two initiators of this company‚ Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier‚ have always seen circus with a modern eye. Effectively‚ their power of creativity and their visionary ideas have been the key ingredients to make this circus a global empire. The comparative advantage which makes the Cirque du Soleil so unassailable is its creative inspiration and the perfection
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Bibliography: AMBLER‚ S. (1995) "USING USE CASES: REDUCE DEVELOPMENT COSTS WITH USE-CASE SCENARIO TESTING‚" SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT‚ 3 (6)‚ JULY. BILOW‚ S. C. (1995) "DEFINING AND DEVELOPING USER INTERFACE INTENSIVE APPLICATIONS WITH USE CASES‚" REPORT ON OBJECT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN. 1 (5): 28-34.
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1.i. Test Marketing Expense: These can be identified as sunk costs‚ using the with-or-without test. These costs were undertaken to determine whether the Super project was feasible‚ and would exist even if the project were deemed unfeasible. 1.ii. Overhead Expenses: Mr. Sanberg proposed to include these in the fully allocated method used in Alternative III. However‚ we believe that these expenses have already been attributed to the Jell-O line of products‚ and the data does not explicitly provide
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Case Study Analysis HBS: The Coop: Market Research Case Study Analysis HBS: The Coop: Market Research Task 1 Decision Statement of the Coop. Where and how should the Coop invest money to retain the sales to their normal level? Why it is important to the company? The Coop had been going through an impressive growth since the foundation of the restaurant chain in 1974. However‚ about 20 years later‚ it found itself struggling with a sharp decrease in sales of certain restaurants that represented
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1. Cirque du Soleil does not have a product‚ they have a diverse‚ creative‚ critical thinking‚ artist works company; a circus without animals. Within this company‚ this show allows their featured unique artists‚ to tap into their creative side and create magic for an audience. Cirque du Soleil aims to create the greatest shows onstage all around the world. The core for a functioning Cirque du Soleil is behind the scenes‚ with artists and staff. Recruiting these people seems to be a challenge
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Cirque du Soleil: Juggling Act Baseline‚ June 10‚ 2005‚‚ http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0‚1540‚1826548‚00.asp By Larry Barrett Danielle Savoie can’t fold herself into a pretzel or spin around on her head. But she walks a tightrope every day managing the information systems that make it possible for the Cirque du Soleil to entertain more people each year than the Yankees and Red Sox combined. The circus‚ which features astonishing acrobatics and Broadway-caliber music
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1. Having in regard all the information that is given in the Case Study‚ what is‚ in your opinion‚ the best Investor/Partner choice for NatuRi Corporation? Is it the Angel Investor‚ the Strategic Investor‚ Waltham Partners or Westlake Partners? Please justify your answers. We are going to discuss each investor separately before coming to our conclusion. 1. The Angel Investor An angel investor bears extremely high risk and is usually subject to dilution from future investment rounds. Therefore
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HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL THOMAS J. DELONG V1NEETA VIJAYARAGHAVAN Cirque du Soleil Murielle Cantin arrastró sus maletas por el “lobby” del hotel. Este era uno de los mejores hoteles en Río‚ pero extrañaba su propia cama y su casa en Montreal‚ Canadá. Como directora de elenco del Cirque Du Soleil‚ Cantin estaba de gira durante semanas‚ e incluso meses‚ tratando de encontrar el talento más destacado‚ en los rincones más lejanos del globo. Algunos de sus asesores artísticos la estaban presionando
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1. What was the level of IT alignment at Cirque du Soleil in 2008? We can observe how an art and stage performance company used IT like no one could ever imagine. Cirque rooted IT in all its business processes. Cirque Memory is a knowledge repository used to store all relevant information on artists’ make-up and costumes‚ sets‚ and staging. Advantages of Cirque Memory are to transfer knowledge across‚ ongoing improvement‚ knowledge‚ growth‚ improvement‚ good memory‚ ill-structured‚ design. IT life
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