You must read this information thoroughly. The Walt Disney Company is a publicly traded company. The stock symbol for The Walt Disney Company is: DIS. The corporate website is www.disney.com, Links to an external site; Begin to collect information about this company. Visit the company website and search for the most recent Annual Report. Do not print this report; it's very long! Look for information that deals with internal strengths and weaknesses for DIS. Go to www.finance.yahoo.com, Links to an external site. And enter DIS.
Look for information about The Walt Disney Company's competitors. Each factor that you identify below must include a %, #, $ or ratio that reveals some quantified fact or trend. These factors are central to a firm's strategic plan because firms must take advantage of strengths, improve weaknesses, minimize threats and take advantage of opportunities.
Identify what you consider to be DIS's: Three major strengths Three major weaknesses Three major opportunities Three major threats When you enter your replies in this forum, compare your lists of external and internal factors to those of your classmates.
Based on The Walt Disney Company's annual report and Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, do you think this entertainment giant is doing better than NBC Universal LLC or VIACOM? Why or why not?