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Bad Loans, NPAs and Loan waivers
Here is a short original article on the current situation of rising non performing assets , bad loans and loan waivers
Arpan Pathak
Case write-up for AMERICAN WELL
sharing a case write up of an mba student pursuing from iim. #casestudy#iim#management
Ashish Deswal
Introduction to probability and statistics
Introduction to probability and statistics
HARSH PARMAR
SWOT Analysis of Walt Disney Company
A SWOT analysis is a look at a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and is a tremendous way to gain a detailed and thorough perspective on a company and its future. It is without undeniable dispute that The Walt Disney Corporation has created an empire that is unmatchable. They strived for excellence and are continually changing. They have surrounded themselves with the best artists, the most innovative creators, and the newest technology to compliment it all. Above all, the consumers are the driving force behind the genius enterprise, and the two brothers never lost sight of the goal. Walt and Roy believed that he had to stay one step ahead of the competition in order to be the most innovative and creative animation company of all times. Strengths: Strong product portfolio. Walt Disney’s products include broadcast television network ABC and cable networks such as Disney Channel or ESPN, which is one of the most watched cable networks in the world. Combining the significant audience reach of these cable networks, and the solid growth of cable television, Disney’s product portfolio provides a competitive advantage for the company over its competitors. Brand reputation. Walt Disney brand has been known for more than 90 years in US and has been widely recognized worldwide, especially due to its Disney Channel, Disney Park resorts and movies from Walt Disney studios. The company is perceived as the primary family entertainment provider and was the 13th most valuable brand in the world in 2012. Competency in acquisitions. One of the strongest sides the company has is its competency in acquisitions. The Walt Disney Company had acquired Pixar Animation Studios in 2006, Marvel Entertainment in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012. The former 2 acquisitions have already proved to be very successful in terms of revenue and profit growth. The third acquisition is expected to be just as successful because Disney has acquired rights to all of the Lucasfilm previous works including Star Wars. Few other Disney competitors have had such record of successful acquisitions. Diversified businesses. The business operates five different business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio environment, consumer products and interactive media. These company’s segments are operated online and offline, in many different economies and are generating their income using different business models. Due to such diverse operations, Disney is less affected by changes in external environment than its competitors are. Localization of products. Recently, Disney has started adapting its products to suit local tastes. Besides the parks and resorts, company’s movies and consumer products are adapted for Chinese market to attract more visitors. This is rarely initiated by the movie studio itself and is something that few other studios are doing. Weaknesses: The company operates in some of the highly competitive markets in the world, with numerous other companies producing the same products, (Universal Orlando to their Disney World) (Dreamworks to their Pixar) The company derives the large majority of its revenue from the volatile and unpredictable child market, as one day the world’s kids might like one thing and next another character or story The company’s success is highly linked to the overall economic condition as their products are the complete opposite of necessities, in times of despair people are noting going to have the money to go on a vacation or buy gifts at the Disney Store Costs of operation are high. Heavy dependence on income from North America. Although, Disney operates in more than 200 countries, it heavily depends on US and Canada markets for its income. More than 70% of the business the revenues come from US alone, while the major Disney’s competitor News Corporation receives less than 50% of revenues from US, making it less vulnerable to changes in US market. Few opportunities for significant growth through acquisitions. The Walt Disney Company is the largest entertainment provider in the world and has become so due to acquisition of competitors. The last Disney’s acquisition had to be approved by Federal Trade Commission so that the company wouldn’t have to deal with antitrust problems. This means that the size of the Disney’s business has become a concern for the government due to significant market concentration and that the company has very few opportunities to acquire competitors. Otherwise, Disney may become a subject to antitrust laws. Opportunities: Additional acquisitions are always a possibility, as Disney has continuously proven in the past that they are willing to pay out large amounts of money to acquire its targets With the track record the company possesses of producing blockbuster hits and resulting valuable brand lines, it is always a possibility that in the future they could duplicate this success Develop more attractions for theme parks. Growth of paid TV industries in emerging economies. The Asia Pacific region accounted for more than 50% market share of the world pay TV subscribers (394 million) in 2011. It was expected to grow to more than 55% by the end of 2016, where China would account for more than 27% of the market. The similar growth is expected in India as well. Disney Company has already entered these markets and should continue to strengthen its position there to benefit from such high industry growth. Expansion of movie production to new countries. Disney has an opportunity to expand its movie production to such countries as India or China, where movie production industries have developed good quality infrastructure. This would result in lower movie production costs and more localized movies for India and China’s markets. Room to develop the market in emergent countries. Expansion into different segments Threats: Intense competition. Disney operates in very competitive industries such as media, tourism, parks and resorts, interactive entertainment and others. The competitive landscape changes quite drastically in the media industry, where news and TV go online and new competitors with new business models compete more successfully than incumbent media companies. Disney’s parks and resorts business segment also receives strong competition from local competitors who can offer better-adapted product. This results in growing competitive pressure for Walt Disney Company. Increasing piracy. The advancements in technology allow copying, transmitting and distributing copyrighted material much easier. With an increasing number of internet users and the speed of internet, this poses a great risk to Disney’s income, as fewer people would go to watch movies in a cinema or buy its DVD, when it’s freely available online. Strong growth of online TV and online movie renting. Besides internet piracy, Disney’s media and movie production businesses may suffer from online TV and online movie rental growth. Subscription to online TV streaming and movie rental websites costs much less than to usual cable television providers. In addition, internet infrastructure is often managed by different companies, thus taking the power away from cable network providers. A major threat to Disney’s success is the current market stagnation, as consumers do not have money to spend on Disney’s products and vacations Conclusion: Disney possesses many strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, however in the end appears to a financially solid company with an upbeat future. On any market pullback, this company appears extremely attractive, and is tremendous long-term investment.
Deepak Maltumkar
IPS Slides
IPS Slides
Taanya Dayal
Corporate finance Risk and Return
Simplified notes with problems and their solutions
Ankit Srivastava Student, Jaipuria Lucknow
SBI TRANSFORMING A STATE OWNED GIANT - Case Analy
STATE BANK OF INDIA TRANSFORMING A STATE OWNED GIANT - Case Analysis
Kunal Rathod
Analysing Tata Motors’ Strategy to Acquire JLR
Analysing Tata Motors’ Strategy to Acquire JLR
Arok Priyadarshan
Case study of KARZ and presentation
Case study in one of the iims. #casestudy#mba#notes#research#assignment
Shelly Chhikara
Calpine Corporation - Case Study - Valuation
Calpine Corporation - Case Study - Valuation
ritwik kar
The week that finished Vol(1-6)
Published by monetrix, academics society of MDI.
Ajay Deshpandey
ECSR_Hand security solutions
The attatchment includes ETHICS AND CSR (Assignment –I) for the management students who are studying strategy as a subject. The assignment is of Indian Institute of Management Indore which includes product offering, CREDO- mission, vision and values. #ECSR
Sadhana Selvam