Warner Brothers is an enormous company built on decades of hard work and success. Since 1923 Warner Brother’s has established a first-mover advantage that has allowed them to lead the industry in a plethora of entertainment segments. Their differential advantages include the accumulation of industry knowledge and experience over nearly a decade of business, their access to large amounts of financial capital due to long lasting profitability, and the innovative technology and development of advanced operators thoroughly trained to perfect their craft within Warner Brother’s facilities.
The financial strength of Warner Brothers Entertainment creates the opportunities of differential advantage, which are in part responsible for the corporation's continued success. According to Time Warner’s Annual Report to Shareholders, year ending December 31st 2015, the subsidiary, Warner Brothers Inc. generated Revenues totaling $12.992 billion with Operating Income of $1.416 billion. With this enormous amount of in-house funding, Warner Brothers Inc. is capable of generating vast amounts of leverage for acquiring top of the line technologies, actors/actresses and distribution methods.
With the monstrous size of Warner Brothers, they are able to recruit the most qualified candidates to work for them and provide top-tier training upon employment. According to the Warner Brother’s Company Overview, “Warner Bros. Entertainment’s employee population ranges from 5,000to 10,000 on any given day in North America (depending on the level of television and movie production) and some 2,000 employees overseas.”
Warner Brothers has lead the entertainment industry for years and has not shown any signs of slowing up. As previously mentioned, industry knowledge, financial success, and a massive careers platform has given Warner Brothers differential advantage in a very competitive multi-billion dollar industry. In conclusion, Warner Brothers has a long record of sustainable growth and a solid foothold in their industry that is not likely to waver.
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