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6. Personal opinion La Monica, Disney Buys Pixar, CNN Money, January 25, 2006, http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/disney_pixar_deal/,last accessed on October 15, 2006
The global strategy is effective as it regards numerous areas, all focused on the overall development of Disney. But since the strategy has numerous applications, it is only natural that some are better received that others. For instance, I believe that the decision to expand onto other continents was extremely wise as it not only increases profits, but it protects the company against economic features that might affect one continent and not the other. Furthermore, I disagree with the copyright strategy as I believe that by dismissing it, Disney would be the beneficiary of free publicity.
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