Innovate the Pixar Way

To answer the main question of the case, we must think of the main problems that it faces. We need to find the solution for Bob Iger. What to do with Disney: to make some improvements in the existed company to compete better with Pixar, or to make a deal with another studio? Or should he work more with Pixar, or maybe just buy the whole company?

In both short films “The Present” and “Piper,” Pixar uses actions to showcase that learning from others can help to overcome obstacles. Each character learned from another and conquered their restriction.

While developing characters and captivating story lines, as expected Disney and Pixar both address parts the life cycle such as death due to its everyday occurrence. Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary defines death as the permanent end of something that is no longer alive : the ruin or destruction of something. The life cycle is defined by dictionary.com as a series of stages, as childhood and middle age, that characterize the course of existence of an individual, group, or culture. As evident within this definition the life cycle contains many parts which include birth, growth from childhood to old age, and then death. The life cycle is the driving force of life but is often misunderstood much like its smaller part, death. The human race

Pixar, being a leader in CG animations and having an exemplary track record of producing blockbuster hits, had a lot of potential suitors which include Warner Bros., AOL, Time Warner, Fox and Sony. Any media companies that strikes a deal with Pixar may instantly forefront the animation market.

They also have a Disney World Conservation Fund which has supported 112 countries totaling over $20 million in projects. They have also put conserving the environment in different movies they came out with. Examples of these movies are Disney Earth, Oceans, Wings of Life, etc. The profits of these movies have contributed to Disney planting trees in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, protecting 40,000 of the coral reefs in the Bahamas, and the conservation of 50,000 acres of savanna wildlife in Africa. The Walt Disney Company also made an effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Disney has reduces its GHG levels 31% since 2012, and hope to reduce GHG 50% by 2020. Disney also uses fuel cells as one of its improvements to be more energy efficient. These companies do great things for the environment. Even though they do some things similarly and some things differently, protecting the environment is something all companies need to do. Another thing these companies are known for is the helping hand they give kids. They help kids become more knowledgeable about the environment, but they also realize children are the future, and want to help them in any way

This study examines how leadership, teamwork, and organizational learning can contribute in making mergers and acquisitions work. Our intention is to identify critical factors and practices needed for merger success. Our research is part of an ongoing project, and builds on previous analysis of merger success/failure in such organizations as Standard Oil, Exxon Mobile, and Time Warner-AOL. In this paper, we turn our attention to the recent merger of Pixar and Disney. In our view, the Disney-Pixar case seems to be a good example of a successful merger in progress. This is demonstrated very clearly by recent box office successes such as Academy Award

Founded in 1934, The Walt Disney Animation studio is the oldest surviving animation studio in the world. The studio is documented with creating new techniques for the day, which are now considered standard. Disney produces the most animated motion picture films. Another major animation studio based out of California is Pixar Animation Studios. However, Disney agreed to purchase Pixar in early 2006, for 7.4 billion dollars. Pixar has produced films that have won seven academy awards including Toy Story, Cars, and Finding Nemo.

In 1974, Ed Catmull was hired to manage the Computer Graphic Lab (CGL) at the New York Institute of Technology. The CGL also hired a few other computer scientists who shared ambitions about creating the world’s first computer animated film. In 1979, Ed Catmull and his team moved to the computer division at Lucasfilm. In 1986, Steve Jobs bought the computer division from Lucasfilm, paid $5million to George Lucas for technology rights and founded an independent company, Pixar. Steve Jobs joined the company’s board of directors as chairman and Ed Catmull became the president of the company. In 1991, Pixar made a $26 million deal with Disney to produce three computer animated feature films. Pixar produced Toy

● Pixar relies heavily on intrinsic motivation to motivate and inspire its employees, which is

Pixar Animation Studios as we know today, was started as in 1984 when John Lasseter, chief creative officer of both Pixar

The demographics of the population that like animation encompasses baby boomers, adults and large numbers of children alike, leads to an improvement in the revenue and exposure for the animation industry (See Exhibit 1 for Percentage of total births). Therefore the social factors are also favorable.

Pixar Animation Studios was founded in 1979, initially specializing in producing state of the art computer hardware (Carlson, 2003). In 1990, due to poor product sales the company diversified from its core business and began producing computer animated commercials for outside companies. Success came for Pixar after the production of its first computer animated film ‘Toy story’ in 1995 (Hutton and Baute, 2007). Since then, Pixar has made many innovative animated feature films, with well known ones including - A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille and WALL-E, six of which are in the top grossing animated

At the age of 31, Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney, founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio (currently known as the Walt Disney Company), which became the industry leaders in the creation of cartoons. Gradually, the company expanded to also produce motion pictures and provide entrainment services through cable services or its theme parks.

Founded on February 3, 1986, Pixar was best known for its animated films created with Photo Realistic Rendermen. It initially began as a graphics group under Lucasfilm’s Computer Division. However, it was later purchased by Steve Jobs for $10 million dollars and renamed to Pixar. It continued to grow its success with the release of many movies, including their Toy Story series, one of their highest

The Walt Disney Company is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. Disney is able to create sustainable profits due to its heterogeneity, inimitability, co-specialization and immense foresight. During the late twentieth century, Michael Eisner founded and gave a rebirth to Walt Disney Company. Eisner revitalize TV and movies, Themes Park and new businesses. Eisner's takeover for fifteen years had climbed the revenues and net earnings of the company. It also successfully uses synergy to create value across its many business units. After its founder Walter Disney's death, the company started to lose its ground and performance declined. Michael Eisner became CEO