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Diversification in the Film Industry, 2001.
A look at the effects of the diversification of the film studio into a multifaceted conglomerate and how the film as a text and marketing asset, has come under the influence of product markets formerly unrelated to it.
2,478 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper examines how the conglomeratization of film studios has affected the way the Hollywood Blockbuster is marketed. It focuses on the movie "Jurassic Park" and asks how this might demonstrate the place of the film as part of a multimedia package, a film whose marketing campaign influences the content and mise-e-scene and transforms it into an advertisement for the vast range of tie-ins associated with it.
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"The diversification of the film studio since the 1960s, has had a vast and obvious effect on the form of the Hollywood Blockbuster. Diversification not only decreases the financial risk of the movie for the studio, but also alters the role of the film and its relationship with the products associated with and used to promote it. Conglomeratisation, as a means of decreasing the risk of financial loss in a particular market for the conglomerate, has transformed the film into a multifaceted commodity. The film package and its components are used as avenues for obtaining greater profits. Universal Pictures and the film Jurassic Park demonstrate how ancillary markets, beyond the actual film product, together create an intricate multimedia commodity, which ideally serves financial rather than creative interests."
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The Art Film and the Genre Film, 2004.
Art and genre criticism in four classic films.
3,048 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 48 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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An analysis of two genre films and two art films - Antonioni's "Blow Up," Kelly/Donen's "Singin' in the Rain", Truffaut's "The 400 Blows", and Sirk's "All That Heaven Allows". The validity of both genre and art film criticism are examined.
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"By its failure to accommodate the excess generated by its subject matter, All That Heaven Allows is not only critiquing the genre of melodrama, it also exposes the contradictions and conflicts present in American bourgeois society (Bourget, 1995, 45). However the subversive excess and contradictions present in the film prevent it from being ?just another melodrama?. Sirk worked within yet against the constraints of the Hollywood studio system to subvert the genre, and although the film is superficially a generic 1950s Hollywood melodrama, Sirk?s characteristic stylistic technique marks him as an auteur, a position usually associated with the art rather than the genre film."
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Strategy and Diversification, 2002.
Examines the impact, range, and extent of studies about corporate diversification and diversification strategy.
4,493 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 36 sources, APA, $ 117.95
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This study examines corporate diversification and the impact of social identity theory on the growth and stability of an organization. Further, it proposes to identify key areas where additional study can help to further understand the impact of diversification and social identity.
Diversification in Organizations
Variables Affecting Diversity
Significance of Diversification Strategy
Structure and Diversification
Understanding Social Identity Theory and Culture
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"The key components that result in the success or failure of an organization are the organizational goals and objectives. (Morgan, 1997) Without aims (for an organization), there is no logical reason for bringing people, money, and other resources together. The ideal utilization of material resources required, maximizing the performance and the productivity of the organization, while at the same time reducing cost, are the important guidelines. Organizations should realize the effects of personality and individuality on the morale of any group or department."
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Diversification as a Business Strategy, 2002.
This paper analyzes the business strategy known as 'diversification', attempting to answer the question of whether or not diversification is profitable.
2,493 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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The paper first defines diversification, then identifies the positive and negative aspects of diversification as a business plan. The writer looks into the effects of diversification using examples from international companies and industries. The paper studies what strategic management experts write about diversification and discusses whether or not diversification is a successful business strategy.
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"Whether a business should adopt the strategy of diversification or not is a question which brought about considerable debate among the great management thinkers all over the world. While Ansoff and Howe supported the idea thinkers like Kastens and Porter opposed it. Its true that diversification has a lot of advantages and some disadvantages as well. In this assignment I am going to discuss the problems and advantages of the diversification strategy in some detail. However as Mintzberg said, ??that no matter what its basis, every related diversification is also fundamentally an unrelated one. That is no matter what is common between two different businesses, many other things are not.?(In Mintezberg & Quinn, 1991:79). Hence I am not analysing the different types of diversification and its merits and demerits separately; instead I am taking diversification as a whole for this analysis."
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Diversification Synergies, 2005.
A discussion on why synergy is the only justification for a firm's diversification.
3,015 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 88.95
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This essay begins by examining the concepts of diversification and synergy as well as the general motives for diversification and then goes on to discuss whether synergy is the only justification for diversification. Throughout the paper, the topic is discussed from a strategic perspective, but the conclusion also comments briefly on the justifications for diversification from a managerial perspective.
Introduction
Concepts
Synergy
Diversification
Motives for Diversification
Is Synergy the Only Justification for Diversification?
Can Growth and Risk Reduction Justify Diversification?
Growth
Risk Reduction
Can Profitability via Synergy Justify Diversification?
Sharing Activities
Transfer of Skills
Is Synergy the Only Contributor to Profitability?
Conclusion
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"Diversification is a vital element of modern dynamic business, thus, a significant issue for enterprises and their management to deal with. Post-war diversification trends (see table 1 and 2) confirm this notion and also indicate that diversification activity will continue its significance in future. From 1949 to 1974 the share of the Fortune 500 companies that diversified into related business increased from 25.7% to 42.3%. Similarly, companies that diversified into unrelated businesses accounted for merely 4.1% in 1949, but for 20.7% in 1974."
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The Ski Resort Industry, 2008.
This report characterizes the market for the ski resort industry and related products/services and assesses the attractiveness of this market to potential producers/marketers.
2,780 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 82.95
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This paper explains that, although skiing is one of Americans' favorite sports and leisure activities, ski areas throughout North America are facing many problems. The author points out that fewer people visit U.S. ski areas now than ten or twenty years ago. The paper also relates that the high seasonality of demand, the potential negative effects of climate change and issues surrounding environmentally sustainable management practices present major challenges to the ski industry. The author underscores that the barriers to market entry include large amounts of initial capital, high maintenance costs, dependability on weather and human resources management. The paper reports that successful resorts respond to these challenges through continued diversification and effective customer relationship management programs. The author concludes that the ski resort industry is not an attractive candidate for potential market entrants.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures
Executive Summary
Purposes of the Report
Sources and Methods of Data Collection
Interpretations and Conclusions
Introduction
Industry Assessment
Industry Landscape
Market Demand
Seasonality of Demand
Factors Influencing Future Demand
Climate Change
Environmentally Sustainable Management
Barriers to Entry
Staying Ahead of the Competition
Summary
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"Seasonality of demand in the ski resort industry refers to the fluctuations in demand during different months of the year. Statistics reflecting the number of visits or the frequency of ski resort visitations per season is not readily available, making it difficult to quantify seasonality of demand. However, one can draw a parallel between the seasonality of demand in the ski resort industry and the seasonality of demand for skis and related equipment. According to AuctionBytes.com (2007), the independent trade publication for online merchants, demand for snow skis seems to concentrate around Christmas holidays."
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Sony Corporation: A Case Study in Diversification, 2002.
Examines the Sony Corporation's diversification into a host of related related fields and the reasons behind the success of the diversification.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 13 sources, $ 106.95
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Sony Corporation established its global reputation with the introduction of the transistor radio in 1957. For over forty years it has manufactured electronics hardware. In the past five years it has diversified into entertainment, software and a host of related and converging fields. The diversification has been successful because Sony has identified all of its new projects with its brand name and reputation for quality: Its core competency in electronics has been at the heart of its successful diversification.
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The Chinese Fireworks Industry, 2008.
This paper evaluates the competitiveness of the Chinese fireworks industry.
1,103 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 38.95
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The paper examines the Chinese fireworks industry and the circumstances facing the economic decision-makers in its de-facto capital, the Liuyang Region. The paper evaluates Liuyang with Porter's five forces and analyzes the unique and complex situation due to the distinctive nature of its product market and the very limited room for product growth or diversification. The paper recommends that research and development, with a focus on technological opportunities, should take precedence in this industry.
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"Accordingly, notation of the rising presence of other fireworks manufacturing regions in China is a legitimate issue for Liuyang area, which has benefited from its singular historical association with its market. New entrants into competition however, such as the Liling area, are making it difficult for a product market with limited lateral growth potential to remain in the position which had advantaged it to this juncture.
"Another aspect of its industry which is changing quite rapidly is its greater facilitation of competitiveness. A symptom of China's increasingly free-market proclivities, the fireworks industry is no exception. The force of bargaining power now afforded its resource suppliers is certainly changing to the expense of the producer, with regions such as Liuyang now increasingly being forced to acquire supplies as a market value notably altered by more widely distributed resource demand and evident product value."
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Siemens AG and Diversification, 2006.
This paper examines the recent trend of corporate diversification while focusing on Siemens AG, initially an electronics wholesaler, it now controls interests dealing in computers, cell phones, transportation, power and medicine.
1,434 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper analyzes the continual influence of globalization which has resulted in mergers of various global corporations and thus the growth of multi-business firms have become more prevalent. This paper explores the success of such industries in the world arena, paying attention to how these firms have developed and prospered. This paper details and focuses on the diversification of Siemens AG. While initially a wholesale dealer in electronic goods within the communications industry, Siemens AG has since expanded outwards to many different areas. It now controls business interests dealing with computers, cell phones, transportation, power, medicine and more. The writer of this paper discusses the problems that many diversified companies face including how to incorporate new acquisitions into the overall corporate strategy of a particular business.
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"The growth of Siemens AG starts with an analysis of their financial strategy. Since Siemens AG began with its patent of the telegraph technology it has been a dominant force within the telecommunications industry. As such information and communication sector is the original cash cow industry. The strategy of corporation such as Siemens AG is to diversify in such a way that they extract excess cash from businesses that are cash cows and allow them to be invested in businesses in other sectors that will be able to become an economic force when it gains a high hold of the market share. When these "question marks" reach the stage of becoming big earners they could one day become a cash cow too. Siemens AG has been expanding outward to many different arenas, as such over the years it had become dominant in many different sectors of the commercial realm."
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The Greek Foods Industry, 2005.
This study investigates the strategies required when expanding the Greek food industry into the emerging markets of southeast Europe and Russia.
5,200 words (approx. 20.8 pages), 23 sources, MLA, $ 129.95
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This paper explains that food products from Greece are specialty and ethic delicacies in many of the Balkan countries and in Russia; however, the management styles employed by many of the Greek firms leave much to be desired. The author points out that Greek industries need to improve their strategies for business-to-business (B2B) operations and the customer relationship management (CRM). The paper stresses that failure of established companies in new markets often is not the result of poor product quality or performance, but rather the companies are using marketing and sales strategies that do not conform to the local ideas and values.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Literature Review
The Need for Diversification
Existing Conditions in Emerging Markets
Past Strategies for Entering Emerging Markets
Targeting and Understanding the Customer of Emerging Markets
Management and Worker Needs for Emerging Markets
Methodology
Discussion
Conclusion
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"The cost of products from Greece is not very much higher when compared to the other southeast European countries and Russia. The marketing infrastructure for foreign products is not very well developed and Greek companies wishing to do business in the region find partners and create alliances with local entrepreneurs. While Russia has opened its markets to foreign food products, government rules and sanctions still exist. Russia is a very large country and ensuring that products are distributed to all markets is practically impossible. As with any other industry having economies to scale in the food industry is also important."
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Bank Diversification and Specialization, 2005.
A discussion on bank diversification and specialization in the global marketplace.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 62.95
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The paper discusses diversification and specialization in the banking industry. The paper further examines the intricacies of diversification and specialization as they relate to modern society, focusing on the various elements of the concepts in finance. The paper applies these theories to the global marketplace, as well as to the local communities to determine which method of banking is more effective.
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"With the onset of globalization and the lending fraud of the past few decades to consider it would appear that consumers in America would be more supportive of strength in banking, than in dealing with small financial institutions. Large banks that have often times become consolidated and diversified their portfolios have reported significant gains in their value, and continued success because of diversification in the industry. Specialized bankers and financial institutions, however, have maintained their place in the local markets with a stronger sense of serving the average citizen, in spite of newsworthy events that would have them closed. The question for many Americans today is whether the specialized bank is more effective in meeting the needs of the public, or whether banks that have become diversified provide a more stable environment for financial considerations."
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Diversification, 1997.
An examination of the reasons for diversification. Looks at economic issues, strategies, types and impact on corporate performance,. Provides examples in beverage industry (Coca-Cola, PepsiCo & Cadbury Schweppes).
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 10 sources, $ 63.95
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I"ntroduction
Companies have long sought ways to protect themselves from downturns in the economy or from the commercial vagaries which can affect the success of their products. A popular strategy for many years has been that of diversification, which is the adding of new product or service areas to an organization which are different from the ones currently provided. This research considers diversification and the factors which contribute to it, and evaluates the diversification strategy of three leaders in the beverage industry, Coca Cola, PepsiCo and Cadbury Schweppes.
Reasons for Diversification
The primary reason for diversification is to lower overall risk by reducing dependence on one or only a few product or service areas (Campbell, Goold, & Alexander, 1995, p. 79). In undertaking diversification.."
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Seventies Films Versus Today's Films, 2001.
A comparison between films from different periods in time, and the differences in their entertainment methods.
2,625 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 8 sources, $ 79.95
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A comparison of three honored films from the seventies, "Easy Rider", "Five Easy Pieces", and "The Godfather" and two films from the the year 2000, "The Gladiator" and "Erin Brokovich". The paper considers how they differ in the realm of providing distracting entertainment versus probing consideration of timely issues, concluding that seventies films left a more lasting vision.
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"What do we want from our movies? Do we seek simple escape or deeper understanding of our lives? Can a movie be both probing and entertaining? Are entertainment, eye candy and special effects enough, or do we seek something deeper? Do we want to look inside ourselves and ask questions, or to merely stay on the surface, distract ourselves, and deny that there is anything more to be considered? These questions arise when comparing three movies from the 1970s with two films nominated for Academy Awards in the 2000. The films considered are: from the seventies, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, and The Godfather, and from 2000, Gladiator and, Erin Brokovich. Pauline Kael, the well-know New Yorker film critic, commenting on how she got hooked on films, agrees another critic, Paul Coates, that in its ideal form, ?Cinema is the dream of an afterlife from which to comprehend this one? (Kael 63). In light of this quote, the films from the seventies embody elements which through the focused vision of the director offer mythic qualities that provide not only entertainment but an opportunity for viewers to examine their lives. That in accomplishing this, they provide images that remain in the mind?s eye could be considered the tradition of the seventies. In contrast, recent films Gladiator and Erin Brokovich are entertaining distractions, providing no lasting vision."
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Film Studies: Analyzing Three Films within the Context of South East and Asian Historical Perspectives, 2005.
The Chinese Communist Party soon came to power after years of exile and puppet rule that Pu Yi had experienced in the ever changing political and gove...
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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The Chinese Communist Party soon came to power after years of exile and puppet rule that Pu Yi had experienced in the ever changing political and governmental landscapes of China. In 1950 Pu Yi was forced to leave his Soviet township and soon became a prisoner of the new Communist Party politics.
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Film Studies: Analyzing Three Films within the Context of South East and Asian Historical Perspectives Essay 1: Understanding the Premise of Vietnamese Communism within the Film: Full Metal Jacket The film Full Metal Jacket (1987), directed by Stanley Kubrick, offers an American point of view of a Vietnamese conflict that depended heavily on the communist (NLF) National Liberation Front. The communist resistance to American pressure to abdicate to the puppet regimes of older leaders, such as Ngo Dinh Diem, resulted in the NLF being called the "Viet Cong" or a "Democratic Dictatorship" within military and governmental propaganda. The reason for this is reflected in the film, as the Tet Offensive becomes the symbolic part of the movie where the Americans begin to lose the war, marking the American military's last real ground-based initiative to take the country. In this manner, a historical perspective of the NLF can be analyzed, but
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Women in Film Noir, 2004.
An in-depth look at the role of women in the genre of film known as film noir.
7,839 words (approx. 31.4 pages), 21 sources, MLA, $ 170.95
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Among the various styles of producing films, the noir style is one that has come to be recognized for its uniqueness in characterization, camera work and striking dialogue. Film Noir of the 1940s and 50s was well known for feminine characters that were the protagonists, the femme fatale. This was most common with the French and later accepted in the United States. This paper begins by introducing film noir, its definition, how it started and also the history of this genre in the United States of America. It looks at films such as the "Maltese Falcon" (1941) and "A Touch of Evil" (1958). In the second section, the paper explores how women are represented in film noir (heroine and femme fatal) by discussing the aforementioned films and analyzing them. The paper examines different authors, such as Ann Mary Doane whose research is based on feminism and psychoanalysis and Ewing Dale ("Style and Content in Film Noir"), to discuss their ideas. The paper also compares two film noirs - the "Maltese Falcon" (1941) and "Basic Instinct" (a contemporary noir), to see how women express themselves, looking to see whether they express themselves through their sexual diversity. In the third and last section, the paper examines how women are represented in contemporary noir by analyzing and discussing one contemporary noir - "Mulholland Drive" (2001). The paper analyzes sequences to demonstrate the movie's connection with film noir and examines the role of women in the film. The paper includes illustrations from movies.
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"Mulholland Drive reinforces the dominance of the femme fatale in contemporary film noir. In present times the role of the woman in society is observed to have a variation, and this is because of the fact that there is a change in the way that she can express herself. It also highlights the way that she can dominate men without them even knowing it. It is perhaps only when they reach their ultimate doom that they realize that women have exploited them. This kind of character portrayal is one that has increased over the years since the beginning of the film noirs. From then it has developed itself in American filmmaking, which has reflected the strengths and weaknesses both in American society."
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