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SWOT Analysis of Walt Disney

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">The Walt Disney Company formerly Walt Disney Productions was founded by two brothers&colon; Roy Disney and Walt Disney&period; Initially the company established itself as a leader in the American animation industry&period; With the passage of time&comma; Walt Disney diversified into travel&comma; television&comma; live-action film production etc&period; The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6&comma; 1991&period; It is best known for the products of its film studio&comma; the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Strengths<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The Walt Disney Corporation is the biggest entertainment and media in the globe in terms of revenue&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Walt Disney Productions recognized itself as a leader in the US animation industry and most diversified company in the industry&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The Walt Disney now has expanded its operations into radio&comma; theatre&comma; publishing&comma; and online media&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">It is best recognized for the brands of its film studio&semi; &&num;8220&semi;the Walt Disney Motion movies group&&num;8221&semi;&comma; nowadays is one of the best-known studios in Hollywood&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Walt Disney has very experienced and strong brand name in the industry&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Disney has many acquisitions with renowned companies of the world&period; In December&comma; 2009 it acquired the Marvel Entertainment&comma; Inc and Pixar Animation Studios for &dollar;4&period;24 and 7&period;4 billion respectively&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The corporation is a part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average&period; It had sales of &dollar;31&period;9 billion in 2005&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Very flexible culture because Disney&&num;8217&semi;s Employees have autonomy to think ahead of limits and come up with new innovative ideas&period; Employees have strong motivation and teamwork&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Walt Disney has a very creative process to do any work&period; It starts from brainstorming session known as &&num;8220&semi;Blue Sky&&num;8221&semi;&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Weaknesses<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">In May 2010&comma; the Walt Disney sold the Power Ranges product with its 700-episode records&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Walt Disney Interactive media Group and Internet Group are doing poorly and have negative net income in 2008-2009&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Walt Disney has a poor working condition in factories which is also dangerous for the employees&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Unnecessary Research and development which results in higher sunk cost&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Disney has Steady up gradation process which results in higher investment and causes low overall profits&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Disney&&num;8217&semi;s films store characters and banal plots have directed to criticism that Disney films holds racist elements&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Opportunities<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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