Appendix 4.6 (Americanization of European Culture? Case Study: Disney in France) Until 1992‚ the Walt Disney Company had experienced nothing but success in the theme park business. Its first park‚ Disneyland‚ opened in Anaheim‚ California‚ in 1955. Its theme song‚ "It’s a Small World After All‚" promoted "an idealized vision of America spiced with reassuring glimpses of exotic cultures all calculated to promote heartwarming feelings about living together as one happy family. There were dark
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In-Depth Integrative Case 2.1a‚ Euro Disneyland 1. Using Hofstede’s four cultural dimensions as a point of reference‚ what are some of the main cultural differences between the United States and France? Some of the main cultural differences according to Hofstede’s are that France has a high power distance meaning that in these countries people blindly obey the orders of their superiors. In contrast of the United States‚ which have a lower power distance meaning‚ that they have lower strata
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and audience reach‚ the action of the Disney Company extends well beyond the boundaries of their theme parks. However‚ once a foreign expansion experience‚ named Euro Disneyland did not prove to be the successful venture that had been anticipated by its creators. Just a short time after the opening of the park in April 1992 reality proved to be not so magic. Euro Disney was much criticized‚ slipped into heavy losses and nearly went bankrupt. The case of Euro Disneyland is widely analyzed and discussed
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SWOT Introduccion The Walt Disney Company‚ is an American multinational corporation located in Burbank‚ California. It is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Disney was founded on October 16‚ 1923‚ by Walt and Roy Disney and established itself as a leader in the American animation industry. Disney has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship
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Learning from the Disneyland Paris Experience. A Case study in International/Intercultural Communication This is the most wonderful project we have ever done. Michael Eisner‚ CEO‚ Walt Disney Company A horror made of cardboard‚ plastic‚ and appalling colors; a construction of hardened chewing gum and idiotic folklore taken straight out of comic books written for obese Americans. Jean Cau‚ French Critic American businesses make assumption about the transferability of culturally loaded business
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case fourteen Euro Disney: From Dream to Nightmare‚ 1987–94 Robert M. Grant At the press conference announcing Euro Disneyland SCA’s financial results for the year ended September 30‚ 1994‚ CEO Philippe Bourguignon summed up the year in succinct terms: “The best thing about 1994 is that it’s over.” In fact‚ the results for the year were better than many of Euro Disneyland’s long-suffering shareholders had predicted. Although revenues were down 15 percent – the result of falling visitor numbers
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Two years after Walt Disney Co. opened its new part in France‚ Euro Disney was losing $1 million per day‚ despite over a million visitors per month. What had gone wrong? Disney was overly ambitious‚ and had made serious strategic and financial miscalculations. It relied too heavily on debt‚ just as interest rates started to rise. It assumed a real estate boom would continue‚ allowing it to see some properties to pay off its debts. It made mistakes in the park itself‚ including cost overruns
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Case Analysis 1: Harvard Business School Case #9693013 Euro Disney: The First 100 Days Euro Disney’s first few months in operation has already shown signs of mediocre profits and not living up to the success of its parks counterparts in the U.S. and Tokyo. There are a number of items Disney must attend to in order to make Euro Disney a success. For one‚ Disney must deal with the conflicting cultural aspects of its park attractions and service. Another is getting local residents as repeat guests
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still are to great success. Tokyo Disney followed with a slow start but quickly became a successful cash cow like the 2 parks in the United States. Disney next projected success was Euro Disney‚ today it goes by DIsney Paris. Disney was confident and quite optimistic that the 4th Disney theme park‚ located just over 30 minutes drive from one of the worlds biggest tourist attractions‚ Paris would be no different. Some would say a little too confident. However‚ Disney made some major planning mistakes
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Being a staff assistant to the Euro Disney president‚ a grand inaugural will be considered highly important. The maximum hype that the place is going to achieve is during the opening days. While we take all the efforts to bring in a big mass of people‚ it is also our responsibility to keep them with us for the future business. For the same reason price skimming and expensive accommodation is not recommended to an extent. Making the people experience what we have to offer is more important than setting
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