Meadowlark Entertainment

Question 1

What is a PESTLE analysis?

Answer 1

P: Political
E: Economic
S: Social
T: Technological
L: Legal
E: Environmental

A tool used to identify and analyze external macro-environmental factors that can impact an organization. It helps businesses understand the big-picture trends and influences that might affect their operations or decisions.

Question 2

What is a SWOT analysis?

Answer 2

S: Strengths
W: Weaknesses
O: Opportunities
T: Threats

A planning tool used to identify a business’s internal and external factors. It helps company’s assess their current position and future growth or challenges.

Question 3

Who are Meadowlark’s Shareholders?

Answer 3

1. Annie Wong, CFO
2. Francois Viner, VP of Client Relations
3. Max Harlow, VP of Development and Production
4. Josie Busse, CFO

Question 4

What is Meadowlark’s Vision Statement?

Answer 4

To create and produce innovative films and television programs that entertain, educate, and delight children and parents.

Question 5

What is Meadowlark’s Mission Statement?

Answer 5

Mission is to produce films and television programs that make a difference in families’ lives by being innovative, timely, educational, and entertaining. MEI is passionate and committed to producing content that will expand children’s understanding and appreciation of the world around them to help them grow up to be global citizens.

Question 6

What is the purpose for a company’s vision and mission statement?

Answer 6

A vision statement outlines a company’s long-term goals to inspire, guide, and align stakeholders toward a shared future objective.

A mission statement defines an organization’s core purpose, explaining what it does, who it serves, and how it creates value.

Question 7

What are Meadowlark’s core values?

Answer 7

1. Empower individual creativity and passion
2. Embrace evolving film and production technology
3. Prioritize skilled and experienced talent
4. Foster fair, collaborative partnerships
5. Educate children to be responsible global citizens

Question 8

What are the 4 strategic options/issues in the Meadowlark Capstone case?

Answer 8

1. Merger with Smokey Visual Effects and Glenarry Attractions.
2. Progenies Streaming Ltd Proposal.
3. Collaboration with Eddycational Video Games Ltd.
4. Documentary film with CanaCreations.

Question 9

Board approved objectives/targets by 2027?

Answer 9

1. Increase revenue by 10% from 2024 figures.
2. Expand into at least one new market segment to generate a new source of revenue.
3. License at least one of the company’s current or new films or TV series to a new domestic or international market.
4. Increase operating margin to at least 12%.