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題名 Hola Baby 幼稚園企業計劃
Hola Baby Kindergarten Business Plan
作者 蕭少晟
Nabau, Albert Iglesias
貢獻者 吳文傑
Wu, Jack
蕭少晟
Nabau, Albert Iglesias
關鍵詞 幼稚園
企業計劃
Kindergarten
Business Plan
日期 2012
上傳時間 2-Jan-2013 13:24:44 (UTC+8)
摘要 There is no doubt that the world is more flat and people are more multicultural and movable than 10 or 20 years ago. If you take a look at my case, I am a Spanish who meet a Taiwanese in New York and now I am forming a family in Taipei.

During my childhood I didn’t learn any other language than my two natives’ languages (Catalan and Spanish), I started to study English with 20 years and since then I am still struggling trying to improve my language skills (English and Chinese). However, there is a way to avoid my long learning journey. As thousands of studies demonstrated, learning a language as a kid is a lot easier and faster than as adult, the main reason is because the brain’s cognitive flexibility decreases with age.

Living in Taiwan for more than 2 years, I realized the importance that the Taiwanese parents give to the early education of their children and specially to learn languages, mainly English. For example, last April I went to the Toddlers Fair in the World Trade Center in Taipei, it was astonishing see that 70% of the Area was focused on books’ subscriptions with a lot of bilingual books. Another fact is that in almost any street you can find an English cram school or an English kindergarten.

During my research I found that there is a lot of competition about English kindergarten, but I also found that there is no competition regarding other languages kindergarten besides the French and German section of the Taipei European School, with a prohibitive price. The lack of competition for trilingual kindergarten, plus the recent inflow of people with Spanish background that came to Taipei recently due to the ICDF program, makes me believe that there is a profitable niche to exploit in a trilingual kindergarten.

Based in my estimation and the information obtained through the contact with the Spanish Speaking Countries’ embassies the approximate number of children between 0 and 6 years with one Spanish Speaking parent is around 100 (around 20 Embassies in Taiwan with an average of 5 children per embassy). Our target would be acquire around 40% of this market and use it as a hook to attract Taiwanese families interested in a multicultural experience for their children and other foreign families (targeting North American) interested in helping their children to boost their language skills.

Hola Baby Kindergarten is a local Taiwanese company with 34 employees, 9 of them foreigners, created to help Taiwanese children to understand and learn from other cultures and to arouse interest to learning languages. The school is planned to be located in Tianmu neighborhood in Taipei with three different departments (Chinese, English and Spanish), each one in a different floor with different cultural decoration and motives to create three different worlds. Furthermore, each Department works independently in deciding their own individual activities under a general curriculum and monitored by a Committee formed by all the departmental heads and the Director.

The parents are given a wide range of flexible plans to choose for their children, part-time or full-time. They may choose just one language plan for their children (Chinese, English or Spanish) or they may choose bilingual or trilingual schedule. However, even if the parents choose the one language schedule their children will also have a daily involvement in activities with other departments and cultures with the activity “Explore New Cultures”. Other factors we consider important in our school are the involvement of the parents in the children education, through the “Saturday Family Activities”; and to build up confidence to have an outgoing and sociable child through the “Monthly Theater Activities” and a curriculum full of fun and sharing activities.
參考文獻 1. The Kindergarten Program “Ontario Ministry of Education” Online Available: http://edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/kindercurrb.pdf [accessed May 2012]

2. I-Fang Lee, Global and Local Problematics of Vouchers: An example of educational Reform Discourse toward Education for all, “Hong Kong Institute of Education”, Available: http://journals.sfu.ca/iccps/index.php/childhoods/article/viewFile/15/19 [accessed May 2012]

3. Chi-Peng Chiu and SueChun Wei, Child Care Friendly Policies and Integration of ECEC in Taiwan, International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2011, Vol.5, No.2, 1-19, Available: http://www.kicce.re.kr/upload/bbs_journal/2011121609400700660_01.pdf [accessed May 2012]

4. 2011-2012 Education in Taiwan Report “Taiwan Ministry of Education” Online Available: http://english.moe.gov.tw/public/Attachment/1113011175371.pdf [accessed May 2012]

5. http://www.theswissschool.com/TrilingualEducation.html

6. http://www.chicagoparent.com/magazines/chicago-parent/2011-august/back-to-school-special-section/trilingual-toddlers

7. http://www.moea.gov.tw/Mns/english/content/ContentLink2.aspx?menu_id=213

8. http://www.cepd.gov.tw/encontent/m1.aspx?sNo=0012353

9. http://english.moe.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=2

10. http://www.taipeieuropeanschool.com/

11. http://www.chocolates.com.tw/
描述 碩士
國立政治大學
國際經營管理英語碩士學位學程(IMBA)
999933034
101
資料來源 http://thesis.lib.nccu.edu.tw/record/#G0099933034
資料類型 thesis
dc.contributor.advisor 吳文傑zh_TW
dc.contributor.advisor Wu, Jacken_US
dc.contributor.author (Authors) 蕭少晟zh_TW
dc.contributor.author (Authors) Nabau, Albert Iglesiasen_US
dc.creator (作者) 蕭少晟zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Nabau, Albert Iglesiasen_US
dc.date (日期) 2012en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2-Jan-2013 13:24:44 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 2-Jan-2013 13:24:44 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 2-Jan-2013 13:24:44 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier (Other Identifiers) G0099933034en_US
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/56517-
dc.description (描述) 碩士zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 國立政治大學zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 國際經營管理英語碩士學位學程(IMBA)zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 999933034zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 101zh_TW
dc.description.abstract (摘要) There is no doubt that the world is more flat and people are more multicultural and movable than 10 or 20 years ago. If you take a look at my case, I am a Spanish who meet a Taiwanese in New York and now I am forming a family in Taipei.

During my childhood I didn’t learn any other language than my two natives’ languages (Catalan and Spanish), I started to study English with 20 years and since then I am still struggling trying to improve my language skills (English and Chinese). However, there is a way to avoid my long learning journey. As thousands of studies demonstrated, learning a language as a kid is a lot easier and faster than as adult, the main reason is because the brain’s cognitive flexibility decreases with age.

Living in Taiwan for more than 2 years, I realized the importance that the Taiwanese parents give to the early education of their children and specially to learn languages, mainly English. For example, last April I went to the Toddlers Fair in the World Trade Center in Taipei, it was astonishing see that 70% of the Area was focused on books’ subscriptions with a lot of bilingual books. Another fact is that in almost any street you can find an English cram school or an English kindergarten.

During my research I found that there is a lot of competition about English kindergarten, but I also found that there is no competition regarding other languages kindergarten besides the French and German section of the Taipei European School, with a prohibitive price. The lack of competition for trilingual kindergarten, plus the recent inflow of people with Spanish background that came to Taipei recently due to the ICDF program, makes me believe that there is a profitable niche to exploit in a trilingual kindergarten.

Based in my estimation and the information obtained through the contact with the Spanish Speaking Countries’ embassies the approximate number of children between 0 and 6 years with one Spanish Speaking parent is around 100 (around 20 Embassies in Taiwan with an average of 5 children per embassy). Our target would be acquire around 40% of this market and use it as a hook to attract Taiwanese families interested in a multicultural experience for their children and other foreign families (targeting North American) interested in helping their children to boost their language skills.

Hola Baby Kindergarten is a local Taiwanese company with 34 employees, 9 of them foreigners, created to help Taiwanese children to understand and learn from other cultures and to arouse interest to learning languages. The school is planned to be located in Tianmu neighborhood in Taipei with three different departments (Chinese, English and Spanish), each one in a different floor with different cultural decoration and motives to create three different worlds. Furthermore, each Department works independently in deciding their own individual activities under a general curriculum and monitored by a Committee formed by all the departmental heads and the Director.

The parents are given a wide range of flexible plans to choose for their children, part-time or full-time. They may choose just one language plan for their children (Chinese, English or Spanish) or they may choose bilingual or trilingual schedule. However, even if the parents choose the one language schedule their children will also have a daily involvement in activities with other departments and cultures with the activity “Explore New Cultures”. Other factors we consider important in our school are the involvement of the parents in the children education, through the “Saturday Family Activities”; and to build up confidence to have an outgoing and sociable child through the “Monthly Theater Activities” and a curriculum full of fun and sharing activities.
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dc.description.tableofcontents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
2. COMPANY DESCRIPTION 3
2.1. Company Overview 3
2.2. Vision and Mission 3
2.2.1. Vision 3
2.2.2. Mission 3
2.3. Values 3
2.3.1. Happiness 3
2.3.2. Learning 3
2.3.3. Creativity 4
2.3.4. Multicultural 4
2.3.5. Safety 4
2.3.6. Trust 4
2.3.7. Respect 4
2.4. Management 5
2.4.1. Albert Iglesias 5
2.4.2. Katrena Hsiao 5
2.4.3. John Vatougios 5
3. MARKET ANALYSIS 6
3.1. PEST ANALYSIS 6
3.1.1. Political Factors 6
3.1.2. Economic Factors 7
3.1.3. Sociocultural Factors 8
3.1.4. Technological Factors 9
3.2. PORTER 5 FORCES 9
3.2.1. Bargaining Power of Suppliers 9
3.2.2. Threat of New Entrants 9
3.2.3. Threat of Substitutes 9
3.2.4. Bargaining Power of Customers 10
3.2.5. Competitive Rivalry within Industry 10
3.3. BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY 13
3.4. SWOT ANALYSIS 14
3.4.1. Strengths 14
3.4.2. Weaknesses 14
3.4.3. Opportunities 14
3.4.4. Threats 14
4. MARKETING PLAN 16
4.1. PRODUCT 16
4.2. PRICE 16
4.3. PLACE 16
4.4. PROMOTION 16
5. BUSINESS MODEL 17
5.1. GENERAL OVERVIEW 17
5.2. KEY ACTIVITIES 18
5.2.1. Weekly Schedule 19
5.2.2. Special Activities 21
5.3. KEY RESOURCES 22
5.3.1. Premises 22
5.3.2. Furniture and Facilities 24
5.3.3. Personnel: 26
5.4. REVENUE GENERATION 27
5.4.1. Pricing 27
5.4.2. Revenues Forecast 29
6. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 38
6.1. Capital Financing and Investment 38
6.2. Costs Detail 39
6.2.1. Monthly Expenses 39
6.2.2. Personnel Expenses 39
6.3. Pro-forma Income Statement (Based on Expected Scenario) 40
6.4. Pro-forma Balance Sheet (Based in Expected Scenario) 44
6.5. Pro-forma Cash-Flow Statement (Based in Expected Scenario) 48
6.6. Scenario Analysis 52
6.7. Break-even Analysis 55
7. REFERENCES 56
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dc.language.iso en_US-
dc.source.uri (資料來源) http://thesis.lib.nccu.edu.tw/record/#G0099933034en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 幼稚園zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 企業計劃zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Kindergartenen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Business Planen_US
dc.title (題名) Hola Baby 幼稚園企業計劃zh_TW
dc.title (題名) Hola Baby Kindergarten Business Planen_US
dc.type (資料類型) thesisen
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) 1. The Kindergarten Program “Ontario Ministry of Education” Online Available: http://edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/kindercurrb.pdf [accessed May 2012]

2. I-Fang Lee, Global and Local Problematics of Vouchers: An example of educational Reform Discourse toward Education for all, “Hong Kong Institute of Education”, Available: http://journals.sfu.ca/iccps/index.php/childhoods/article/viewFile/15/19 [accessed May 2012]

3. Chi-Peng Chiu and SueChun Wei, Child Care Friendly Policies and Integration of ECEC in Taiwan, International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2011, Vol.5, No.2, 1-19, Available: http://www.kicce.re.kr/upload/bbs_journal/2011121609400700660_01.pdf [accessed May 2012]

4. 2011-2012 Education in Taiwan Report “Taiwan Ministry of Education” Online Available: http://english.moe.gov.tw/public/Attachment/1113011175371.pdf [accessed May 2012]

5. http://www.theswissschool.com/TrilingualEducation.html

6. http://www.chicagoparent.com/magazines/chicago-parent/2011-august/back-to-school-special-section/trilingual-toddlers

7. http://www.moea.gov.tw/Mns/english/content/ContentLink2.aspx?menu_id=213

8. http://www.cepd.gov.tw/encontent/m1.aspx?sNo=0012353

9. http://english.moe.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=2

10. http://www.taipeieuropeanschool.com/

11. http://www.chocolates.com.tw/
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