International Tourism Internship Report “Dreams Come True” Exploration in Disney Student Name: Student Number: Internship Sponsor: Li‚ Danping 0609853G-B111-0073 The Walt Disney World Resort Internship Duration: Aug‚ 10th‚ 2008 ~ Jan‚ 16th‚ 2009 Submission Date: Apr‚ 30th‚ 2009 Brief Description of My Internship Fantastic memories of 169 days living in America‚ almost six months working in Walt Disney World offers an unforgettable experience in my personal life and has great influence
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evidence suggests that Walt Disney was a great leader when it came to decision making. Many leadership scholars attribute one methodology of decision making to Walt Disney‚ appropriately coined “The Disney Strategy” (Aston Business School). According to believers‚ Walt Disney kept three chairs in his office‚ each of which he placed in very particular spot. Each chair represented a specific anchor personality—the dreamer‚ the critic‚ the realist—from whose perspective Walt Disney would contemplate
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a value chain analysis for Walt Disney Company‚ I will be able to accurately show the “parts of its operations that create value‚ and those that don’t” (Hitt‚ Ireland‚ and Hoskisson‚ 87). The value chain is segmented into two categories: support functions and value chain activities. Support functions include finance‚ human resources‚ and management information systems which “support the work being done to produce‚ sell‚ distribute‚ and service the products [Walt Disney] is creating” (Hitt‚ Ireland
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ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ANALYSIS o Corporate connection: Relationship to other plans: Corporate goals with respect to profit‚ growth and so on. - Desired market share Positioning of the company or its product lines Vertical or horizontal integration Strategic alliances Product-line breadth and depth Customer-relationship management Marketing-related plans: (developed by people who do not report to marketing) Sales Advertising and promotion
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LOBLAW COMPANIES LIMITED Assignment Questions: 1. Do you expect Wal-Mart to introduce its Supercenters into Canada? Why or why not? 2. Should Loblaw be afraid of Wal-Mart? 3. What should Loblaw do to prepare for the entry of Wal-Mart? Design an action plan to counter this competitive threat. Starbucks Assignment Questions: 1. What is Starbuck’s strategy? 2. Given your assessment of its competitive premise‚ how should it leverage its resources and capabilities to achieve
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Disney is a diversified company with operations in three business segments: films/entertainment‚ theme parks/resorts‚ and consumer products. A major portion of Disney’s business comes from their theme parks and resorts. The Disney Corporation has three theme parks in the United States and two international parks located in Paris and Tokyo. Disney utilizes a fundamental component called synergy in all of their business entities. “Synergy can be described as “using ideas generated in one part of
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work of Walt Disney and his partners. Walt Disney not only improved the methods of creating animation‚ he also raised the expectations people have toward animation. Without his influence‚ the movie industry would not be the same. Early Life Walt Disney was born Walter Elias Disney on December 5‚ 1901 in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ to Elias Disney and Flora Call. When only four years old‚ Walt moved to Marceline‚ Missouri‚ with his family because his father wanted to own a farm. This is where Walt began school
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CASE STUDY THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY’S YEN FINANCING Alexandra Molnár Laure Vigneron Manuel Aguilee Pimprapai Lertamornkitti Pranav Goyal EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Walt Disney‚ an American leisure and entertainment company‚ receives royalty payment from Tokyo Disneyland every year. The royalties were denominated in yen and were constantly growing and becoming significant for the company (8 billion Yen in 1984‚ with 10-20% projected growth). However‚ the depreciation of the yen against the dollar could
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The Original Disney Company (pre-1984) Walt Disney set a vision for the company – to provide wholesome family entertainment. Everything that the company did was aligned to this vision and corporate philosophy. The key ingredient that fueled the success of Walt Disney Company was its ability to create new‚ unique cartoon characters that had universal appeal. Over the years‚ Disney did a great job in bringing these characters to life‚ and kept introducing new characters that further solidified
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Walt Disney was born December 5th 1901 in Chicago‚ Illinois. In 1918 he attempted to get in the army and did not get in because he was underaged‚ so instead he joined the red cross driving an ambulance in France with cartoon drawings on it.(Walt Disney) When he returned from France he went to Kansas City to start his career as an advertising cartoonist‚ he created his first animated cartoon here. He created a company called Laugh-O-Grams which he started to make Alice Comedies (It’s about a real
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