ENTERNTAINMENT MARKETING CASE MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC ABISHEK BHASIN 2091775562 Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc. is an industry-leading firm whose core business is character-based entertainment. Marvel’s foundation and success is built on their proprietary library of over 4‚700 characters featured in a variety of media for nearly seventy years (1939-2004). Marvel utilizes its character franchises in licensing agreements‚ and publishing of comic books through the division of Marvel Comics. Marvel’s strategy
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Case Reading: Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc. 1. In your view‚ what strategic direction should Marvel Enterprises’ Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo and his colleagues pursue? Why? How? • I believe the company should focus on developing their lesser-known characters and making them known to their audiences. Granted they now have the resources to expand beyond the current business model to take on more capital-intensive activities‚ their efforts may be in vein if they don’t have well-developed characters
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Marvel Enterprises Background: Marvel Comics was founded in the late 1930’s with the their first comics appearing in 1939. Up to the time of the case‚ the company had changed owners a few times‚ had ups and downs‚ and had built a large following by providing up to 60 periodicals per month which included comics like: Spiderman‚ Fantastic Four‚ and Iron Man along with about 4‚700 other characters. Decision Dilemna: What business model should Marvel Executives pursue to ensure continued growth?
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Case Analysis: Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc.__________________________________________ Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc is an industry leader of character-based entertainment‚ building its foundation on publishing comic books and licensing character rights over the past seventy years. After encountering some hardships in the late nineties‚ Marvel repositioned itself as a powerful global firm under the leadership of new CEO‚ Peter Cuneo. He developed a strategic recovery plan‚ allowing Marvel to overcome bankruptcy
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Marketing Strategy 8050 Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc. Case Writing by Xiaodan Dong February‚ 2008 Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc. (b) Why was Marvel’s turnaround so successful? Would you characterize that success as a fluke? Or do you view it as sustainable? Why? How? Marvel’s success is not a fluke because its business model is sustainable. Marvel’s new strategy monetized the content library by licensing characters for use with media products. During an era in which mass media is very important
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| Analysis of Bankruptcy and Restructuring at Marvel Entertainment Group | Case Study | | Team 8Anthony BorskiShawn KuehnHeather LuebbersVignesh Veer | 11/26/2012 | 1. Why did Marvel file for Chapter 11? Were the problems caused by bad luck‚ bad strategy or bad execution? Marvel filed for Chapter 11 because they couldn’t adequately restructure their debt. In 1996 they got to a point where they were going to violate bank loan covenants and so they needed to restructure their
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Case Study of Bankrupt and Restructuring at Marvel Entertainment Group 1) Why is Marvel in financial distress? Bad luck? Bad strategy? Bad implementation? When possible‚ back your claims with numbers. There are several financial problems that compromise Marvel’s financial distress. Each problem can be explained by one or several reasons. • Overcollateral: The first financial problem of Marvel is that huge amount of shares are collateralized as its holding companies’ debts. These debts were
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CASE SEMINAR CORPORATE FINANCE Marvel Enterntainment Group Bankruptcy and Restructuring May 20‚ 2013 Audrey Huai Kuan Khoo Chen-Fong Lin Marcin Sadowski Hasmik Saturyan Question 5 (Homework) As a public debt holder‚ would you vote for or against the proposed restructuring plan? Why‚ or why not? How would you expect Carl Icahn and the other secured and unsecured creditors of Marvel to vote? Hint: What options do public debt holders have‚ and how much would they gain under each alternative
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Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc. evolved from bankruptcy in 1997 to the best performing stock on The Wall Street Journal. This marvelous shift in Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc. is due to its strategic decisions in acquiring creative talent‚ a wide portfolio of super heroes and characters‚ synergetic acquisitions‚ strong control over the characters created by Marvel‚ very profitable value chain‚ and successful business model. Marvel History Marvel Comics started as an exclusive comic book company and was acquired
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Marvel Entertainment Inc. BUSINESS STRATEGY Marvel Entertainment Inc. is a media and entertainment company. The entertainment and the media they provide are based on characters like Spider-man‚ Spider-Man‚ Incredible Hulk‚ Fantastic Four‚ X-Men‚ Blade‚ Captain America and so forth. Their primary operating segments include Publishing‚ Licensing and Film Production. The Licensing segment earns revenues from selling rights to movies‚ television production companies‚ video game publishers‚ merchandise
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