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===1. [[#Intellectual Property (IP) Services|Intellectual Property(IP) Services]]===<br />
===2. [[#Business and Information Research Services|Business and Information Research Services]]===<br />
===3. [[#Dolcera Technology Platform|Dolcera Technology Platform]]===<br />
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== Intellectual Property (IP) Services ==<br />
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===Life Sciences and Chemistry===<br />
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===Technology===<br />
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=== Landscape reports ===<br />
* [[Alopecia - Hair Loss]]<br />
* [[Inflammation and cardiovascular drugs]]<br />
* [[Hormone Sensitive Lipase]]<br />
* [[RNA Interference]]<br />
* [[Non-wovens]]<br />
* [[Pressure sensitive adhesives]]<br />
* [[Ureteral Stent]]<br />
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=== Landscape Reports ===<br />
* [[Hybrid Electric Vehicle Battery System]]<br />
* [[Supply Chain RFID Applications]]<br />
* [[Insurance sector]]<br />
* [[Quality of Service on CDMA platforms]]<br />
* [[OLED - Organic Light Emitting Diode]]<br />
* [[Carbon Nanotubes (CNT)]]<br />
* [[Metallic and Ceramic construction materials]]<br />
* [[Transactional memory]]<br />
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=== Dashboard ===<br />
* [http://client.dolcera.com/dashboard/dashboard.html?workfilegroup_id=10 Alopecia areata dashboard] <br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/ipmapdemo/stent_model.swf Stent dashboard]<br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/website/demos/dna/main.html Sequence dashboard]<br />
* [[Legal Updates Demo|Legal updates dashboard]]<br />
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=== Dashboard ===<br />
* [http://client.dolcera.com/dashboard/dashboard.html?workfilegroup_id=27 Automotive dashboard]<br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/ipmapdemo/rfid_model.swf RFID dashboard]<br />
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=== IPMap ===<br />
* [http://dolcera.com/client/d8r3/hairloss_map.htm Alopecia/Hair loss IPMap]<br />
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=== IPMap ===<br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/ipmapdemo/satellite_antenna/ipmap.html Satellite Antenna IPMap]<br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/ipmapdemo/rfid/ipmap.html RFID IPMap]<br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/ipmapdemo/multimodal_apps/ipmap.html Multimodal Applications IPMap]<br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/ipmapdemo/Invalidation_US4825448.htm Invalidation US4825448]<br />
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== Business and Information Research Services ==<br />
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===Technology===<br />
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* [[Diabetes products and services]]<br />
* [[Osteoporosis]]<br />
* [[Ureteral Stent]]<br />
* [[Identification of Coffee Community]]<br />
* [[Dolcera's Poster on Industrial Biotechnology|Industrial biotechnology]]<br />
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* [[4G wireless technology developments]]<br />
* [[HDTV in the US]]<br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/ipmapdemo/innovation_explorer/innovation_explorer.html Household robotics Innovation Explorer]<br />
* [[Web video]]<br />
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===Finance===<br />
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* [[Innovative personal finance products]]<br />
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== Dolcera Technology Platform ==<br />
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==== IP and Products dashboard ====<br />
* [http://client.dolcera.com/dashboard/dashboard.html?workfilegroup_id=10 Alopecia areata dashboard] <br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/ipmapdemo/stent_model.swf Stent dashboard]<br />
* [[Legal Updates Demo|Legal updates dashboard]]<br />
* [http://client.dolcera.com/dashboard_4g/dashboard.html 4G wireless product and patent dashboard]<br />
==== Patent-pathway mapping ====<br />
* [[Inflammation and cardiovascular drugs#Interactive signaling pathways and patents|Patent-pathway mapping]]<br />
==== Sequence dashboard ====<br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/website/demos/dna/main.html Sequence dashboard]<br />
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==== Design analysis ====<br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/website/demos/dental/main.html Dental Implant Design Analysis]<br />
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==== Innovation explorer ====<br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/ipmapdemo/innovation_explorer/innovation_explorer.html Household robotics innovation explorer]<br />
==== KPort ====<br />
* [http://dolcera.com/website/demos/kport/main.html Collaboration Portal]<br />
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=== Dolcera Offerings summary ===<br />
* [[Dolcera Offerings|Dolcera offerings summary]]<br />
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<div>==Introduction==<br />
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* '''RNA interference (RNAi)''', is a technique in which exogenous, double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) that are complimentary to known mRNAs, are introduced into a cell to specifically destroy that particular mRNA, thereby diminishing or abolishing gene expression. <br />
* This technology considerably bolsters functional genomics to aid in the identification of novel genes involved in disease processes and thus can be used for medicament and for delivery as therapeutics. [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7450/1245 Source]<br />
* RNA interference was known by other names, including post transcriptional gene silencing and quelling. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_interference Source]<br />
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===Effector RNA molecules===<br />
RNAi pathways are guided by small RNAs that include<br />
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'''SiRNA:''' <br />
* Small interfering RNA (siRNA), sometimes known as short interfering RNA or silencing RNA, is a class of 20-25 nucleotide-long double-stranded RNA molecules. <br />
* SiRNAs can also be exogenously (artificially) introduced into cells by various transfection methods to bring about the specific knockdown of a gene of interest. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiRNA Source]<br />
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'''miRNA:'''<br />
* microRNAs (miRNA) are single-stranded RNA molecules of about 21–23 nucleotides in length, which regulate gene expression. <br />
* miRNAs are encoded by genes from whose DNA they are transcribed but miRNAs are not translated into protein (non-coding RNA); instead each primary transcript (a pri-miRNA) is processed into a short stem-loop structure called a pre-miRNA and finally into a functional miRNA. <br />
* Mature miRNA molecules are partially complementary to one or more messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules, and their main function is to down-regulate gene expression. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroRNA Source]<br />
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'''shRNA:'''<br />
* A small hairpin RNA or short hairpin RNA (shRNA) is a sequence of RNA that makes a tight hairpin turn that can be used to silence gene expression via RNA interference. <br />
shRNA uses a vector introduced into cells and utilizes the U6 promoter to ensure that the shRNA is always expressed. This vector is usually passed on to daughter cells, allowing the gene silencing to be inherited. <br />
The shRNA hairpin structure is cleaved by the cellular machinery into siRNA, which is then bound to the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC). This complex binds to and cleaves mRNAs which match the siRNA that is bound to it. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_hairpin_RNA Source]<br />
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'''Others:'''<br />
* In addition to miRNAs and siRNAs, other innate RNAi effectors have been identified.<br />
** One class of these is the Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs). piRNAs seem to be uniquely expressed in the mammalian germline, particularly in the testes. The functional role of piRNAs is currently unclear, but a role in spermatogenesis is likely. <br />
** A number of other small RNAs associated with RNAi have been identified in different species, including trans-activating siRNAs (tasiRNAs), studied in plants and nematodes, and small scan RNAs (ScnRNAs), found in Tetrahymena. [http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.genom.8.080706.092424?cookieSet=1&journalCode=genom Source] <br />
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===Cellular Mechanism===<br />
* RNAi is an RNA-dependent gene silencing process that is mediated by the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) and is initiated by short double-stranded RNA molecules in the cytoplasm, where they interact with the catalytic RISC component argonaute. <br />
* When the dsRNA is exogenous, coming from infection by a virus with an RNA genome or laboratory manipulations, the RNA is imported directly into the cytoplasm and cleaved to short fragments by the enzyme dicer. <br />
* The initiating dsRNA can also be endogenous, as in pre-microRNAs expressed from RNA-coding genes in the genome. The primary transcripts from such genes are first processed to the characteristic stem-loop structure of pre-miRNA in the nucleus, then exported to the cytoplasm to be cleaved by dicer. Thus the two pathways for exogenous and endogenous dsRNA converge at the RISC complex, which mediates gene silencing effects. [http://www.answers.com/topic/rna-interference Source]<br />
[[Image:Mechanism of RNAi.jpg|center|thumb|550 px|'''Mechanism of RNA interference in mammalian cells''']]<br />
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===siRNA Delivery===<br />
* Delivery of siRNA to tissue is a problem both because the material must reach the target organ and must also enter the cytoplasm of target cells. <br />
* Naked RNA cannot penetrate cellular membranes, so systemic delivery of naked siRNA is unlikely to be successful. Naked RNA is quickly degraded by RNAse activity in serum and even siRNA chemically modified to be more stable has a half-life of only a few hours at most. <br />
* For these reasons, other mechanisms to deliver siRNA to target cells has been devised. [http://www.ionchannels.org/content.php?contentid=8 Source]<br />
[[Image:Hurdles in RNAi tech.jpg|thumb|center|600 px|'''Challenges of in vivo siRNA delivery''']]<br />
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Other mechanisms of siRNA delivery include:<br />
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* Viral delivery including Adenoviral, Lentiviral, Baculoviral, Adeno-associated viral vectors etc.<br />
* Bacterial delivery<br />
* Plasmid delivery<br />
* Peptides and polymers<br />
* Liposomes and lipoplexes<br />
* Nano particles<br />
* Antibodies<br />
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===Applications===<br />
[[Image:Applications.jpg|thumb|center|600 px|'''Applications of in vivo siRNA delivery in disease models''']]<br />
• RNAi technology is proving to be useful to analyze quickly the functions of a number of genes in a wide variety of organisms.<br />
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• RNAi technology has been successfully applied to identify genes with essential roles in biochemical signaling cascades, embryonic development, and other basic cellular process.<br />
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• In plants, gene knockdown-related functional studies are being carried out efficiently when transgenes are present in the form of hairpin (or RNAi) constructs. Plant endotoxins could also be removed if the toxin biosynthesis genes are targeted with the RNAi constructs, like theobromine synthase of the coffee plant was knocked down with the hairpin construct of the transgene, leading to the production of decaffeinated coffee plants.<br />
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• RNAi may facilitate drug screening and development by identifying genes that can confer drug resistance or genes whose mutant phenotypes are ameliorated by drug treatment, providing information about the modes of action of novel compounds.<br />
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• It may also be a method of choice to study the simultaneous functions of a number of analogous genes in organisms in which redundancy exists with respect to a particular function, because many of these genes can be silenced simultaneously.<br />
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• siRNAs have been shown to inhibit infection by human immunodeficiency virus, poliovirus, and hepatitis C virus in cultured cell lines. siRNAs can successfully be used to silence genes expressed in respiratory syncytial virus, an RNA virus that causes severe respiratory disease in neonates and infants. siRNA treatment has also been shown to reduce the expression of the BCR-ABL oncoprotein in leukemia and lymphoma cell lines, leading to apoptosis in these cells. With respect to future medical applications, siRNA-based therapy seems to have a great potential to combat carcinomas, myeloma, and cancer caused by overexpression of an oncoprotein or generation of an oncoprotein by chromosomal translocation and point mutations. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=309050 Source]<br />
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==Intellectual Property==<br />
===Search Strategy===<br />
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'''Micropat'''<br />
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'''Years: 1836 to 2008'''<br />
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{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''S.No'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''Concept'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''Scope'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''Query'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''<nowiki>#</nowiki> of hits'''</font><br><br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''1'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''siRNA'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''Claims, Title or Abstract'''</font><br />
|(siRNA*1 OR (short ADJ1 interfering ADJ1 RNA*1) OR (short ADJ1 interfering ADJ1 nucleic ADJ1 acid*1) OR (short ADJ1 interfering ADJ1 NA*1) OR siNA OR siNAs)<br />
|align = "center"|'''6880'''<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''2'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''RNAi'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''Claims, Title or Abstract'''</font><br />
|(RNA*1 NEAR2 interfer*) OR RNAi*<br />
|align = "center"|'''9041'''<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''3'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''&nbsp;'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''&nbsp;'''</font><br />
|align = "center"|'''1 OR 2'''<br />
|align = "center"|'''13227'''<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''4'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''Delivery'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''Claims, Title or Abstract'''</font><br />
|(Deliver* OR Formulation*1 OR conjugat*1 OR administ*)<br />
|align = "center"|'''1417779'''<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''5'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''&nbsp;'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''&nbsp;'''</font><br />
|align = "center"|'''3 AND 4'''<br />
|align = "center"|'''5920'''<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''6'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''&nbsp;'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#808080"|<font color="#CCFFCC">'''&nbsp;'''</font><br />
|align = "center"|Unique records<br />
|align = "center"|'''3560'''<br />
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'''Note: The search strategy can be modified in accordance to the Clients' requirements.'''<br />
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It can be narrowed down at concepts like<br />
* Delivery mechanism<br />
* Mode of administration<br />
* Target<br />
* Diseases<br />
* Composition, etc.<br />
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===Analysis Taxonomy===<br />
[[Image:SiRNA taxonomy1.jpg|thumb|center|700 px|'''siRNA Taxonomy''']]<br />
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==Analysis==<br />
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===Patent Literature===<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S.No'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Patent / Publication Number'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Date of Publication'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Application Date'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Assignee / Applicant'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Title'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#99CCFF"|'''Dolcera Summary'''<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''1'''<br />
|align = "center"|'''EP1946761'''<br />
|align = "center"|7/23/2008<br />
|align = "center"|10/17/2006<br />
|Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.<br />
|CARRIER COMPOSITION FOR NUCLEIC ACID TRANSPORT<br />
|A nucleic acid like siRNA carrier composition comprising of cationic lipids is used in the siRNA delivery to the target cells with low toxicity and high safety.<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''2'''<br />
|align = "center"|'''US7345027'''<br />
|align = "center"|3/18/2008<br />
|align = "center"|6/8/2006<br />
|The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania<br />
|Compositions and methods for siRNA inhibition of angiogenesis<br />
|A method of inhibiting angiogenesis and its related disorders using RNA interference, where siRNA alone or in combination with a pharmaceutical agent delivered using liposomes, specific to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene and the VEGF receptor genes Flt-1 and Flk-1/KDR, inhibit expression of these genes.<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''3'''<br />
|align = "center"|'''US20040242518'''<br />
|align = "center"|12/2/2004<br />
|align = "center"|9/29/2003<br />
|Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br />
|Influenza therapeutic<br />
|A method of inhibiting influenza infection or replication using RNAi technology, where siRNA is targeted to the infected cells containing the viral RNA using a delivery agent like polymers, peptides, liposomes, etc.<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''4'''<br />
|align = "center"|'''US20070003519'''<br />
|align = "center"|1/4/2007<br />
|align = "center"|10/20/2006<br />
|None<br />
|Targets for tumor growth inhibition<br />
|A method of treating cancer using RNAi technology, where siRNA interferes with target ICT1031, ICT1024, ICT 1025, or ICT1003 gene expression and causes post-transcriptional silencing, where siRNA is delivered in the naked or vector form.<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''5'''<br />
|align = "center"|'''US20080020058'''<br />
|align = "center"|1/24/2008<br />
|align = "center"|10/24/2006<br />
|Sirna Therapeutics, Inc.<br />
|Lipid nanoparticle based compositions and methods for the delivery of biologically active molecules<br />
|A method of treating diseases associated with gene expression using siRNA along with delivery agents like nano-particles.<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''6'''<br />
|align = "center"|'''WO2006086772'''<br />
|align = "center"|8/17/2006<br />
|align = "center"|2/10/2006<br />
|GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES<br />
|METHOD OF DIAGNOSING AND TREATING CANCER USING B-CATENIN SPLICE VARIANTS<br />
|A method and composition for treating f3-catenin gene (CTNNB 1) related diseases like cancer, using RNAi construct like siRNA, delivered using liposomes. The siRNA attenuates expression of a gene resulting in reducing proliferation.<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''7'''<br />
|align = "center"|'''WO2008054544'''<br />
|align = "center"|5/8/2008<br />
|align = "center"|5/22/2007<br />
|THE CBR INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC <nowiki>|</nowiki> NARASIMHASWAMY, Manjunath <nowiki>|</nowiki> SHANKAR, Premlata <nowiki>|</nowiki> KUMAR, Priti<br />
|METHOD FOR DELIVERY ACROSS THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER<br />
|A composition and method of delivering therapeutic agents like siRNA, shRNAs across the blood-brain barrier to the target cells or tissues for the treatment of neurologically related disorders.<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''8'''<br />
|align = "center"|'''WO2008039254'''<br />
|align = "center"|4/3/2008<br />
|align = "center"|5/31/2007<br />
|GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES <nowiki>|</nowiki> YINGLING, Yaroslava, G. <nowiki>|</nowiki> SHAPIRO, Bruce, A.<br />
|RNA NANOPARTICLES AND NANOTUBES<br />
|A method of providing polyvalent RNA nanoparticles with RNA motifs as building blocks to form RNA nanotubes which are further suitable for therapeutic or diagnostic use in a number of diseases or disorders.<br />
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===1. [[#Intellectual Property (IP) Services|Intellectual Property(IP) Services]]===<br />
===2. [[#Business and Information Research Services|Business and Information Research Services]]===<br />
===3. [[#Dolcera Technology Platform|Dolcera Technology Platform]]===<br />
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== Intellectual Property (IP) Services ==<br />
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===Life Sciences and Chemistry===<br />
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===Technology===<br />
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=== Landscape reports ===<br />
* [[Alopecia - Hair Loss]]<br />
* [[Inflammation and cardiovascular drugs]]<br />
* [[Hormone Sensitive Lipase]]<br />
* [[RNA Interference]]<br />
* [[Non-wovens]]<br />
* [[Pressure sensitive adhesives]]<br />
* [[Ureteral Stent]]<br />
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=== Landscape Reports ===<br />
* [[Hybrid Electric Vehicle Battery System]]<br />
* [[Supply Chain RFID Applications]]<br />
* [[Insurance sector]]<br />
* [[Quality of Service on CDMA platforms]]<br />
* [[OLED - Organic Light Emitting Diode]]<br />
* [[Carbon Nanotubes (CNT)]]<br />
* [[Metallic and Ceramic construction materials]]<br />
* [[Transactional memory]]<br />
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=== Dashboard ===<br />
* [http://client.dolcera.com/dashboard/dashboard.html?workfilegroup_id=10 Alopecia areata dashboard] <br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/ipmapdemo/stent_model.swf Stent dashboard]<br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/website/demos/dna/main.html Sequence dashboard]<br />
* [[Legal Updates Demo|Legal updates dashboard]]<br />
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=== Dashboard ===<br />
* [http://client.dolcera.com/dashboard/dashboard.html?workfilegroup_id=27 Automotive dashboard]<br />
* [http://www.dolcera.com/ipmapdemo/rfid_model.swf RFID dashboard]<br />
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<div>'''Rock processor'''<br />
*64-bit instruction set<br />
*Multimedia instruction set extension<br />
*16 cores are arranged in 4 core clusters<br />
*32 threads per chip<br />
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'''Parallel programming'''<br />
*Parallel computing is a form of computation in which many calculations are carried out simultaneously,operating on the principle that large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which are then solved concurrently ("in parallel"). There are several different forms of parallel computing: bit-level-, instruction-level-, data-, and task parallelism.<br />
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'''Deadlock'''<br />
*Deadlock refers to a specific condition when two or more processes are each waiting for another to release a resource, or more than two processes are waiting for resources in a circular chain<br />
*Deadlock is a common problem in multiprocessing where many processes share a specific type of mutually exclusive resource known as a software. <br />
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'''Atomicity'''<br />
*Atomicity states that database modifications must follow an “all or nothing” rule. Each transaction is said to be “atomic.” If one part of the transaction fails, the entire transaction fails.<br />
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'''Concurrency control'''<br />
*Concurrent computing is the concurrent (simultaneous) execution of multiple interacting computational tasks.<br />
*Concurrency control ensures that correct results for concurrent operations are generated, while getting those results as quickly as possible.<br />
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'''Concurrency control mechanism'''<br />
The main categories of concurrency control mechanisms are:<br />
*Optimistic - Delay the synchronization for a transaction until its end without blocking (read, write) operations, and then abort transactions that violate desired synchronization rules.<br />
*Pessimistic - Block operations of transaction that would cause violation of synchronization rules.<br />
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'''Transactional memory'''<br />
*Synchronization between processors running on a parallel machine is one of the most difficult aspects of parallel programming. In shared-memory parallel machines, the use of locks is often required for correct program execution.<br />
*With transactional memory, the software on an individual processor is ensured, by the hardware, that a set of memory accesses is either performed atomically or not at all.<br />
*Transactional memory can replace locks altogether resulting in a more intuitive programming environment as well as a performance increase.<br />
*The basic idea of transactional memory rests on atomic transactions, which offer a method for providing mutual synchronization without the protocol intricacies of conventional synchronization methods. A transaction can be thought of as a sequence of loads and stores performed as part of a program. Unlike in databases, we need not concern ourselves with failures, and so we can arrange that transactions either commit or abort. If a transaction commits, then all of the loads and stores appear to have run atomically with respect to other transactions, that is, the transaction’s operations do not appear to have interleaved with those of other transactions. If a transaction aborts, then none of its stores take effect and the transaction may be restarted, using a backoff or priority mechanism to guarantee forward progress.<br />
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'''Differences'''<br />
*Transactional memory has been proposed as a general and flexible way to allow programs to read and modify disparate primary-memory locations atomically as a single operation, much as a database transaction can atomically modify many records on disk. <br />
**Hardware transactional memory supports atomicity through architectural means, whereas software transactional memory supports atomicity through languages, compilers, and libraries. <br />
**Hardware transactional memory can be implemented quite easily with some modificaitons to the processor cache and cache controllers. However, this implementation imposes limitations on the size and length of transactions. On the other hand, software transactional memory does not suffer from these limitations but has a much higher overhead than hardware transactions.<br />
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<div>==Background==<br />
===Transactional memory===<br />
*Transactional memory is a general and flexible way to allow programs to read and modify disparate primary memory locations atomically as a single operation, much as a database transaction can atomically modify many records on disk.<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_memory Transactional memory] attempts to simplify parallel programming by allowing a group of load and store instructions to execute in an atomic way. Transactional memory is a concurrency control mechanism analogous to database transactions for controlling access to shared memory in concurrent computing. A transaction is a piece of code that executes a series of reads and writes to shared memory.<br />
*Transactional memory (TM) supports code sections that are executed atomically, i.e., so that they appear to be executed one at a time, with no interleaving between their steps. TM significantly reduces the difficulty of writing correct concurrent programs. A good TM implementation avoids synchronization between concurrently executed transactional sections unless they actually conflict. TM can significantly improve the performance and scalability of concurrent programs, as well as makes them easier to write, understand and maintain.<br />
*[http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220070156994%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070156994&RS=DN/20070156994 Transactional memory] generally refers to a synchronization model that allows multiple threads to concurrently access a shared resource (such as a data structure stored in memory) without acquiring a lock as long as the accesses are non-conflicting, for example, as long as the accesses are directed to different portions of the shared resource. <br />
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===Transactional programming models===<br />
*[http://research.sun.com/spotlight/2007/2007-08-13_transactional_memory.html Transactional programming models] can be supported in software using software-based transactional memory (STM), in hardware using hardware- based transactional memory (HTM), or in a combination of the two (Hybrid TM, or HyTM).<br />
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_transactional_memory Software based Transactional memory] (STM) can allow sequences of concurrent operations to be combined into atomic transactions, thereby reducing the complexity of both programming and verification. STM is a scheme for concurrent programming with multiple threads that uses transactions similar to those used in databases.<br />
**Hardware based Transactional memory (HTM) system requires no read or write barriers within the transaction code. The hardware manages data versions and tracks conflicts transparently.<br />
**[http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~fedorova/papers/asplos165-damron.pdf Hybrid Transactional memory] (HyTM) implements Transactional memory in software so that it can use best-effort Hardware Transactional memory (HTM) to boost performance but does not depend on HTM.<br />
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===Software based Transactional memory===<br />
*Software transactional memory (STM) is implemented in software. All speculative STM transactional data is stored in the system memory and indicated to be in a non-committed state. When the STM transaction commits, any data the transaction writes is indicated as committed and subsequently available to other threads and transactions. In certain STM systems, a flag may be set to indicate the data as committed and accessible and available in memory to other transactions. <br />
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====DracoSTM====<br />
*[http://eces.colorado.edu/~gottschl/dracoSTM/pubs/lcsd07-dracostm.pdf DracoSTM] is a high performance lock-based C++ Software Transactional memory research library. DracoSTM uses only native object-oriented language semantics, increasing its intuitiveness for developers while maintaining high programmability via automatic handling of composition, locks and transaction termination.<br />
*DracoSTM is a lock-based STM system. At its core, DracoSTM uses one lock per thread to implement transactional reads and writes. This allows multiple transactions to simultaneously read and write without blocking other transactions’ progress.<br />
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====Dynamic STM (DSTM)====<br />
*[http://research.sun.com/scalable/pubs/PODC03.pdf Dynamic Software Transactional Memory (DSTM)] is a low-level application programming interface (API) for syn-chronizing shared data without using locks.<br />
*DSTM supports dynamic-sized data structures. DSTM has non-blocking implementation. The non-blocking property is obstruction-freedom. Dynamic means that the set of locations accessed by the transaction is not known in advance and is determined during its execution.<br />
*DSTM techniques allow transactions and transactional objects to be created dynamically.Transactions may determine the sequence of objects to access based on the values observed in objects accessed earlier in the same transaction. DSTM is well suited to the implementation of dynamic-sized data structures such as lists and trees.<br />
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====Dynamic Software Transactional Memory 2.0 (DSTM2)====<br />
*[http://research.sun.com/scalable/pubs/OOPSLA2006.pdf DSTM2] is a Java-based software library that provides a flexible framework for implementing STM. DSTM2 significantly improves the programming interface of its predecessor DSTM. The code is provided in Java libraries and any Java programmer can use it easily. DSTM2 allows researchers to plug in their STM implementations and directly compare them with others.<br />
*The DSTM2 library assumes that multiple concurrent threads share data objects. The DSTM2 library provides a new kind of thread that can execute transactions, which access shared atomic objects. DSTM2 threads provide methods for creating new atomic classes and executing transactions.<br />
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====Nonblocking Software Transactional Memory====<br />
*[http://research.sun.com/scalable/pubs/PPoPP2008-NBSTM.pdf Nonblocking STMs] are obstruction free. Nonblocking Software Transactional Memory guarantees that, if a transaction is repeatedly retried and eventually encounters no interference from other transactions, then eventually the transaction commits successfully.<br />
*Nonblocking STM “steals” ownership of a memory location from another transaction, rather than waiting for the other transaction to explicitly release it. Accessing stolen locations is more complicated and expensive than accessing unstolen ones, but stealing is worthwhile in order to avoid waiting for another transaction that is delayed for a long time.<br />
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=====Lock-free transactional memory=====<br />
*'''Lock-free transactional memory:''' A transactional memory implementation is lock-free if all its operations are lock-free and if some thread repeatedly attempts to commit transactions, then eventually some thread performs a successful commit.<br />
*'''Lock-freedom:''' An implementation of an operation is lock-free if after a finite number of steps of any execution of that operation, some operation execution completes (irrespective of the timing behavior of any concurrent operation executions). <br />
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=====Wait-free transactional memory=====<br />
*'''Wait-free transactional memory:''' A transactional memory implementation is wait-free if all its operations are wait-free and any thread that repeatedly attempts to commit transactions eventually performs a successful commit.<br />
*'''Wait-freedom''': An implementation of an operation is wait-free if after a finite number of steps of any execution of that operation, that operation execution completes (irrespective of the timing behavior of any concurrent operation executions).<br />
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=====Obstruction-free transactional memory=====<br />
*'''Obstruction-free transactional memory:''' A transactional memory implementation is obstruction-free if all its operations are obstruction-free and if some thread repeatedly attempts to commit transactions, and runs in isolation after some point, then it eventually performs a successful commit. <br />
*'''Obstruction-freedom:''' An implementation of an operation is obstruction-free if every operation execution that executes in isolation after some point completes after a finite number of steps.<br />
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===Hardware based Transactional memory===<br />
*HTM comprises hardware transactions implemented entirely in processor hardware. For hardware transactions, data may be stored in hardware registers and cache, such that all cache actions are done atomically in hardware and data in the HTM is only written to the main memory upon committing the transaction. The HTM holds all the speculative writes without propagating to the main system memory, such as a Random Access Memory (RAM) device, until the transaction commits. If the hardware transaction aborts, then the cache lines holding the tentative writes in the HTM are discarded. HTM hardware transactions may utilize cache coherency protocols to detect and manage conflicts between HTM hardware transactions. The cache coherency protocols keep track of accesses within a hardware transaction. If two hardware transactions are accessing a same memory location, then the HTM aborts one transaction if there is a conflict, else the transaction's changes may be committed to the system memory.<br />
*HTM transactions usually require less overhead then STM transactions because HTM transactions occur entirely in hardware. HTM transactions may be limited to smaller transactions due to hardware limitations, whereas STM transactions can handle large and longer transactions. [http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220070143287%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070143287&RS=DN/20070143287 Source]<br />
*The multi-core processor '''Rock''' supports [http://research.sun.com/scalable/pubs/TRANSACT2008-ATMTP-Apps.pdf Hardware Transactional Memory] (HTM).<br />
*'''Rock'''’s HTM feature is an important but modest first step in integrating HTM support into a mainstream commercial multi-core processor.<br />
*'''Rock''' supports HTM with two new instructions, chkpt and commit, and a new checkpoint status (cps) register. A transaction is started by a chkpt instruction, and is terminated by either a commit instruction or the failure of the transaction. If a transaction fails, some indication of the cause of failure is stored in the cps register, and control is transferred to the PC-relative offset (fail pc) specified by the chkpt instruction.<br />
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====Adaptive Transactional Memory Test Platform====<br />
*The [http://www.cs.wisc.edu/gems/doc/gems-wiki/moin.cgi/ATMTP Adaptive Transactional Memory Test Platform] (ATMTP) provides a first-order approximation of the success and failure characteristics of transactions on '''Rock'''. ATMTP will allow developers to test and tune their code for '''Rock'''.<br />
*ATMTP correctly models '''Rock'''’s HTM-related instructions, and fairly accurately reflects most of the circumstances that cause '''Rock''' transactions to fail. ATMTP provides a good platform for experimenting with HTM-based code that will behave similarly on '''Rock'''.<br />
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====Unbounded Hardware Transactional Memory (UHTM)====<br />
*[http://supertech.csail.mit.edu/papers/xaction.pdf UHTM] is commited in-cache. When not possible, hardware “spills” transaction information into memory, allowing (essentially) unbounded transactions. UTM is more appealing for programmer, but is significantly more complicated. Unbounded means that there is no limit on the number of locations accessed by the transaction.<br />
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====Best-effort Hardware Transactional Memory====<br />
*Best-effort Hardware Transactional Memory transactions are committed in-cache and aborted if they don’t fit. Best-effort Hardware Transactional Memory has simple design.Best-effort Hardware Transactional Memory violates Principle of Least Astonishment. Programmer should not have to think about cache mapping, cache size, cache organization, etc.<br />
*[http://research.sun.com/scalable/pubs/TRANSACT2008-ATMTP-Apps.pdf Best-effort HTM] does not guarantee to support transactions of any size and duration, and thus is free to simply abort transactions that exceed on-chip resources for HTM or encounter difficult events or situations.<br />
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====Split Hardware Transaction (SpHT)====<br />
*The [http://research.sun.com/scalable/pubs/PPoPP2008-SpHT.pdf Split Hardware Transaction (SpHT])uses minimal software support to combine multiple segments of an atomic block, each executed using a separate hardware transaction, into one atomic operation. The idea of segmenting transactions can be used for many purposes, including nesting, local retry, or Else, and user-level thread scheduling. SpHT overcomes the limited expressive power of best-effort HTM while imposing overheads dramatically lower than STM and preserving useful guarantees such as strong atomicity provided by the underlying HTM.<br />
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====Virtualized Transactional Memory (VTM)====<br />
*[http://www.cs.wisc.edu/trans-memory/misc-papers/moir:hybrid-tm:tr:2005.pdf Virtualized TM (VTM)] maintains atomicity and isolation even if a transaction is interrupted by a cache overflow or a system event. VTM maps the key bookkeeping data structures for transactional execution (read set, write set, write buffer or undo-log) to virtual memory, which is effectively unbounded and is unaffected by system interruptions. The hardware caches hold the working set of these data structures. VTM also suggested the use of hardware signatures to avoid redundant searches through structures in virtual memory.<br />
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====[http://research.microsoft.com/~larus/Papers/p80-larus.pdf Conflict detection]====<br />
*HTM systems rely on a computer’s cache hierarchy and the cache coherence protocol to implement conflict detection. Caches observe all reads and writes issued by a processor, can buffer a significant amount of data, and can be searched efficiently because of their associative organization. All HTMs modify the first-level caches, but the approach extends to higher-level caches, both private and shared.<br />
*Conflict detection occurs as other processors receive the coherence messages from the committing transaction. Hardware looks up the received block address in the local caches. If the block is in a cache and has its R or W bit set, there is a read-write or a write-write conflict between the committing and the local transaction. The hardware signals a software handler, which aborts the local transaction and potentially retries it after a backoff period.<br />
*'''Direct memory updates:''' For direct updates, the hardware transparently logs the original value in a memory block before its first modification by a transaction. If the transaction aborts, the log is used to undo any memory updates.<br />
*'''Early conflict detection :''' For early conflict detection, the hardware acquires exclusive access to the cache block on the first write and maintains it until the transaction commits.<br />
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===Hybrid Transactional memory (HyTM)===<br />
*The HyTM approach is to provide an STM implementation that does not depend on hardware support beyond what is widely available today, and also to provide the ability to execute transactions using whatever HTM support is available in such a way that the two types of transactions can coexist correctly.<br />
*The key idea to achieving correct interaction between software transactions and hardware transactions is to augment hardware transactions with additional code that ensures that the transaction does not commit if it conflicts with an ongoing software transaction. <br />
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====Phased Transactional Memory (PhTM)====<br />
*[http://research.sun.com/scalable/pubs/TRANSACT2007-PhTM.pdf Phased Transactional Memory (PhTM])supports switching between different “phases”, each implemented by a different form of transactional memory support. PhTM allows to adapt between a variety of different transactional memory implementations.<br />
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====Nonblocking Zero-Indirection Transactional Memory (NZTM)====<br />
*[http://research.sun.com/scalable/pubs/TRANSACT2007-NZTM.pdf Nonblocking Zero-Indirection Transactional Memory (NZTM)] is a nonblocking, zero-indirection object-based hybrid transactional memory system. NZTM can execute transactions using best-effort hardware transactional memory or by using compatible software transactional memory system.<br />
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====[http://research.microsoft.com/~larus/Papers/p80-larus.pdf Hardware-Accelerated STM (HASTM)]====<br />
*Hardware-Accelerated STM (HASTM) system proposes hardware support to reduce the overhead of STM instrumentation. The supplementary hardware allows software to build fast filters that could accelerate the common case of read set maintenance.<br />
*HASTM provides the STM with two capabilities through per-thread mark bits at the granularity of cache blocks. <br />
*'''Conflict detection:''' Software can check if a mark bit was previously set for a given block of memory and that no other thread wrote to the block since it was marked.<br />
*'''Validation:''' Software can query if potentially there were writes by other threads to any of the memory blocks that the thread marked.<br />
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====[http://research.microsoft.com/~larus/Papers/p80-larus.pdf Signature-Accelerated STM (SigTM)]====<br />
*[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1250673 Signature-Accelerated STM (SigTM)]uses hardware signatures to encode the read set and write set for software transactions. A hardware Bloom filter outside of the caches computes the signatures.b Software instrumentation provides the filters with the addresses of the objects read or written within a transaction. To detect conflicts, hardware in the computer monitors coherence traffic for requests for exclusive accesses to a cache block, which indicates a memory update.<br />
*The hardware tests if the address in a request is potentially in a transaction’s read or write set by examining the transaction’s signatures. If so, the memory reference is a potential conflict and the STM can either abort a transaction or turn to software validation.<br />
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*75 patents published in the last 10 years.<br />
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* Intel(26 patents) and Sun Microsystems (19 patents) are major players. <br />
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*'''Top IPC class:''' G06F<br />
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==Sample analysis==<br />
{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">S.No.</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">Patent/Publication No.</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">Title</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">Transactional memory</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">Summary</font><br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">1</font><br />
|align = "center"|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220040015642%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20040015642&RS=DN/20040015642 US20040015642A1]</u></font><br />
|Software transactional memory for dynamically sizable shared data structures<br />
|align = "center"|Dynamic STM (DSTM)<br />
|A software transactional memory that allows concurrent non-blocking access to a dynamically sizable data structure defined in shared storage managed by the software transactional memory is described. The implementation is called dynamic software transactional memory (DSTM). DSTM techniques allow transactions and transactional objects to be created dynamically. The non-blocking property considered here is obstruction-freedom.<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">2</font><br />
|align = "center"|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&p=1&S1=20060085591.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060085591&RS=DN/20060085591 US20060085591A1]</u></font><br />
|Hybrid hardware and software implementation of transactional memory access<br />
|align = "center"|Phased Transactional Memory (PhTM)<br />
|The invention relates to a hybrid hardware and software implementation of transactional memory accesses in a computer system. A processor including a transactional cache and a regular cache is utilized in a computer system that includes a policy manager to select one of a first mode (a hardware mode) or a second mode (a software mode) to implement transactional memory accesses. In the hardware mode the transactional cache is utilized to perform read and write memory operations and in the software mode the regular cache is utilized to perform read and write memory operations.<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">3</font><br />
|align = "center"|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&p=1&S1=20070028056.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070028056&RS=DN/20070028056 US20070028056A1]</u></font><br />
|Direct-update software transactional memory<br />
|align = "center"|Dynamic STM (DSTM)<br />
|A transactional memory programming interface allows a thread to directly and safely access one or more shared memory locations within a transaction while maintaining control structures to manage memory accesses to those same locations by one or more other concurrent threads. Each memory location accessed by the thread is associated with an enlistment record, and each thread maintains a transaction log of its memory accesses.<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">4</font><br />
|align = "center"|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&p=1&S1=20070156780.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070156780&RS=DN/20070156780 US20070156780A1]</u></font><br />
|Protecting shared variables in a software transactional memory system<br />
|align = "center"|Dynamic STM (DSTM)<br />
|For a variable accessed at least once in a software-based transactional memory system (STM) defined (STM-defined) critical region of a program, modifying an access to the variable that occurs outside any STM-defined critical region system by starting a hardware based transactional memory based transaction, within the hardware based transactional memory based transaction, checking if the variable is currently owned by a STM transaction, If the variable is not currently owned by a STM transaction, performing the access and then committing the hardware based transactional memory transaction and if the variable is currently owned by a STM transaction, performing a responsive action.<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">5</font><br />
|align = "center"|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&p=1&S1=20070156994.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070156994&RS=DN/20070156994 US20070156994A1]</u></font><br />
|Unbounded transactional memory systems<br />
|align = "center"|Unbounded Hardware Transactional Memory (UHTM)<br />
|Methods and apparatus to provide unbounded transactional memory systems are described. Transactional memory is implemented through a table lookup mechanism. To access a shared resource, a thread may first check a table stored in memory to determine whether another thread is accessing the same portion of the shared resource. Accessing a table that is stored in memory may generate overhead that decreases performance.<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">6</font><br />
|align = "center"|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&p=1&S1=20070239942.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070239942&RS=DN/20070239942 US20070239942A1]</u></font><br />
|Transactional memory virtualization<br />
|align = "center"|Virtualized Transactional Memory (VTM)<br />
|Methods and apparatus to provide transactional memory execution in a virtualized mode are described. Data corresponding to a transactional memory access request is stored in a portion of a memory after an operation corresponding to the transactional memory access request causes an overflow and a stored value may be updated for an occurrence of the overflow.<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">7</font><br />
|align = "center"|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&p=1&S1=20070300238.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070300238&RS=DN/20070300238 US20070300238A1]</u></font><br />
|Adapting software programs to operate in software transactional memory environments<br />
|align = "center"|Dynamic Software Transactional Memory 2.0 (DSTM2)<br />
|Software transactional memory is used in non-managed language environments and with legacy codes without requiring a software programmer to change the programming paradigm they are currently used to. STM adapter system automatically transforms all the binary code executed within that block to execute atomically. STM adapter system automatically transforms lock-based critical sections in existing binary code to atomic blocks,<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">8</font><br />
|align = "center"|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&p=1&S1=20080005504.PGNR.&OS=DN/20080005504&RS=DN/20080005504 US20080005504A1]</u></font><br />
|Global overflow method for virtualized transactional memory<br />
|align = "center"|Virtualized Transactional Memory (VTM)<br />
|A method and apparatus for virtualizing and/or extending transactional memory is described. Transactions are executed using local shared transactional memory, such as a cache memory. Upon overflowing the shared transactional memory, the transactional memory is virtualized and/or extended into a higher-level memory, such as a system memory.<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">9</font><br />
|align = "center"|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&p=1&S1=20080098374.PGNR.&OS=DN/20080098374&RS=DN/20080098374 US20080098374A1]</u></font><br />
|Method and apparatus for performing dynamic optimization for software transactional memory<br />
|align = "center"|Dynamic STM (DSTM)<br />
|The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for performing dynamic optimization for STM. An optimistically immutable field is determined in the transaction to write. The transaction optimization unit keeps track of the status of object and class fields in a transaction. The transaction optimization unit invalidates methods corresponding to an optimistically immutable field in response to determining that the field has been written to and is therefore not immutable.<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#969696"|<font color="#00FFFF">10</font><br />
|align = "center"|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/fetch.jsp?LANG=ENG&DBSELECT=PCT&SERVER_TYPE=19-10&SORT=41253138-KEY&TYPE_FIELD=256&IDB=0&IDOC=1629252&C=10&ELEMENT_SET=B&RESULT=1&TOTAL=1&START=1&DISP=25&FORM=SEP-0/HITNUM,B-ENG,DP,MC,AN,PA,ABSUM-ENG&SEARCH_IA=US2008050081&QUE WO2008088931A2]</u></font><br />
|FACILITATING EFFICIENT TRANSACTIONAL MEMORY AND ATOMIC OPERATIONS VIA CACHE LINE MARKING<br />
|align = "center"|Hardware-Accelerated STM (HASTM)-Conflict detection<br />
|The system starts by executing a transaction for a thread, wherein executing the transaction involves placing load-marks on cache lines which are loaded during the transaction and placing store-marks on cache lines which are stored to during the transaction. Upon completing the transaction, the system releases the load-marks and the store-marks from the cache lines which were load-marked and store-marked during the transaction. Note that during the transaction, the load-marks and store-marks prevent interfering accesses from other threads to the cache lines.<br />
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<div>==Rationale Behind Study==<br />
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# The first goal of the study is to define segments/communities to whom a premium brand of coffee can be cost effectively promoted. <br />
# The second goal of this study is to identify if the defined segments/communities present a sufficient size to make coffee promotion viable.<br />
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==Some background about coffee==<br />
'''Premium Grade Coffee:''' <br />
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Premium Grade Coffee is a general term that describes high quality coffee. Premium grade or premium coffee is also referred to as specialty or gourmet coffee. These terms underscore quality, which is easily perceived on our palate. High quality coffee beans generally produce a richer and more flavorful cup of coffee than most generic or store bought coffees. The Specialty Coffee Association of America reports that less than 8% of the world's production of coffee qualifies as specialty or premium. Typically these beans come from higher altitudes where ripening is slow and uniform. High grown beans are dense and take the rigors of roasting very well. When roasted to a medium dark level these beans produce a smooth and flavorful drink with intense aroma and rich flavor. Coffee drinkers who experience a superb cup of coffee seldom go back to drinking generic coffee. Savoring a cup of freshly roasted specialty coffee is an experience of its own and an affordable luxury.<br />
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[https://mmm1116.verio-web.com/granc2/faq.html?PHPSESSID=496f6983e6fbbc3ae38d075cd907d66a Source]<br />
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'''Different types of Coffee Beans:'''<br />
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The most prevalent and used type of coffee beans are<br />
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{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S.No.'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Name'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Characteristics'''<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|1<br />
|Arabica<br />
|It is considered to be far superior in flavor - the champagne of coffee<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|2<br />
|Robusta<br />
|Robusta, is higher in caffeine and tastes far bitterer and more acidic, which makes it less than preferable for most domestic use.<br />
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Robusta is cheap and this makes it substitute for Arabica, which sees several coffee companies add small amounts of Robusta to their product lines as <nowiki>’</nowiki>filler<nowiki>’</nowiki>.<br />
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'''The various types or varieties of coffee are listed in the table below:'''<br />
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{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S.No.'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Types or Varieties of Coffee'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Definition'''<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''1'''<br />
|'''American (regular) roast'''<br />
|Beans are medium-roasted, resulting in a moderate brew, not too light or too heavy in flavor.<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''2'''<br />
|'''French roast and dark French roast'''<br />
|Heavily-roasted beans, a deep chocolate brown which produce a stronger coffee.<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''3'''<br />
|'''Italian roast'''<br />
|Glossy, brown-black, strongly flavored, used for espresso<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''4'''<br />
|'''European roast'''<br />
|Two-thirds heavy-roast beans blended with one-third regular-roast.<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''5'''<br />
|'''Viennese roast'''<br />
|One-third heavy-roast beans blended with two-thirds regular-roast.<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''6'''<br />
|'''Instant coffee'''<br />
|A powder made of heat-dried freshly brewed coffee.<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''7'''<br />
|'''Freeze-dried coffee'''<br />
|Brewed coffee that has been frozen into a slush before the water is evaporated, normally more expensive that instants but with a superior flavor.<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''8'''<br />
|'''Decaffeinated coffee'''<br />
|Caffeine is removed from the beans before roasting via the use of a chemical solvent (which disappears completely when the beans are roasted) or the Swiss water process which steams the beans and then scrapes off the caffeine-laden outer layers. <br />
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[http://homecooking.about.com/od/beveragerecipes/a/coffeetypes.htm Source]<br />
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== '''Coffee Market: USA'''==<br />
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'''Highlights'''<br />
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*The total sales of coffee in the USA USD 21.3 billions.<br />
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*8 out of 10 Americans are coffee drinkers.<br />
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*71% of All cups of coffee are consumed at home (notwithstanding increase in Specialty chains).<br />
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*Within retail (market of $9.8 billions), Grocery is the dominant channel with over 70% of retail coffee sales, and rest 28% by Alternate channels.<br />
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=== Consumption Pattern of Beverages ===<br />
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*The average annual beverage consumption of US population as per according to the '''2008 Beverages Market Research Handbook'''<br />
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[[Image:Bev. Consumption.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Average Annual Beverage Consumption]]<br />
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=== Distribution of coffee by segment ===<br />
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*Coffee is distributed primarily through two channels, retail and food service:<br />
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[[Image:Distribution11.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Distribution]]<br />
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*Within retail (market of $9.8 billions), Grocery is the dominant channel with over 70% of retail coffee sales, and rest 28% by Alternate channels.<br />
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*Growth in the grocery channel is being driven by premium and value gourmet segments<br />
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*Premium and value gourmet segments are capturing market&nbsp;share.<br />
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* The below table gives sales figures of coffee through the grocery channel. Figures are in USD million<br />
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[[Image:Grocery channels.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Source: IRI as of 12/31/06]]<br />
<br />
=== Market Share data of different coffee brands over time ===<br />
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*The table below consists of brands and their market share % from a survey of 205,000 users conducted on AOL money and finance website.<br />
<br />
[http://money.aol.com/special/best-coffee Home Brew]<br />
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{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="50%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|S.No.<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|Brand Name<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|Percentage Share<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|1<br />
|Folger<nowiki>’</nowiki>s<br />
|align = "right"|30%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|2<br />
|Maxwell House<br />
|align = "right"|19%<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|3<br />
|Eight O<nowiki>’</nowiki> Clock Coffee<br />
|align = "right"|11%<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|4<br />
|Gevalia<br />
|align = "right"|9%<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|5<br />
|Kona<br />
|align = "right"|8%<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|6<br />
|Chock Full O<nowiki>’</nowiki> Nuts<br />
|align = "right"|7%<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|7<br />
|Green Mountain <br />
|align = "right"|6%<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|8<br />
|Jamaican Blue Mountain <br />
|align = "right"|6%<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|9<br />
|Newman<nowiki>’</nowiki>s Own<br />
|align = "right"|2%<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|10<br />
|Bustelo<br />
|align = "right"|2%<br />
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|}<br />
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*The below drawn chart shows the comparison of various brands which are consumed at home by consumer. <br />
* The percentage data indicates the market share of each of these brands in the years 2000 and 2006 respectively. <br />
[[Image:In home.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Source: IRI as of 12/31/06]]<br />
<br />
=== USA - Coffee Consumption by Place ===<br />
The below mentioned figure gives break up of coffee consumption pattern by place<br />
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[[Image:Consumer Base.jpg|500px|center|thumb|NCA]]<br />
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=== USA - Coffee Consumption by Age ===<br />
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*If we see the below chart that’s depicts the data for the total coffee consumption by age , we can see there is continuous growth in the 18-24 yr segment, while last three years also shows an increase in consumption for age group of 60+.<br />
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*There is drop in consumption of coffee in age group of 25-39 years.<br />
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[[Image:Consumption of Coffee.jpg|500px|center|thumb|According to the 2008 Beverages Market Research Handbook]]<br />
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=== USA - Coffee Consumption (Out of Home data) ===<br />
<br />
'''Out of Home coffee consumption''':<br />
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Below bar chart shows the coffee consumption at various coffee bars, restaurants or retail locations.<br />
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[[Image:Out of Home.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Out of Home]]<br />
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The out of home coffee market is mostly captured by '''Starbucks'''.<br />
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Few other leading companies which fall under these companies are <br />
<br />
*The Coffee Bean & Tea Lea <br />
*Peet’s Coffee & Tea<br />
*The Coffee Beanery<br />
*Tully’s Coffee<br />
<br />
=='''Supply Chain of Coffee Products:'''==<br />
<br />
This below path very well depicts the supply chain of coffee for home consumption.<br />
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[[Image:SCM.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Supply Chain Management]]<br />
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== Business Research ==<br />
* The goal for this business research report is to:-<br />
# Identify unique segments, through hypothesis generation, where coffee for in-home consumption can be promoted <br />
# Define these segments<br />
# Determine places, online or offline, where these segments congregate<br />
# Size up the segments to determine marketing potential of each segment<br />
# Provide calendar view on "offline events" where these segments congregate for effective promotion planning<br />
<br />
== Segment Identification ==<br />
<br />
* For segment identification we did the following:<br />
# Identified online media where coffee lovers congregate<br />
# Ranked and sorted the online media based on traffic (from Alexa ratings)<br />
# Read up user generated content on such websites to identify unique segments/communities for coffee promotion<br />
# For each unique segment/community, '''we then defined the place where they congregate offline'''<br />
<br />
=== Segments Identified : Segments defined ===<br />
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{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S. No.'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Statements'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Place of Usage'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Communities'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Source'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|1<br />
|People enjoy coffee as a cocktail drink.<br />
|The places where the coffee is served alongwith cocktail drink<br />
|Businessmen, Youngsters who like to hang out at bars<br />
|coffeetea.about.com <br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|2<br />
|Companies have started pairing premium coffee with individual personality or individual needs depending on mood<br />
|Locations providing the customized coffee<br />
|Anyone who enjoys a customized coffee drink<br />
|ineedcoffee.com, gourmetcoffee.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|3<br />
| Messages pertaining to health<br />
|Any beverage outlet that is positioned to sell healthy drinks<br />
|Athletes, fitness conscious people<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|4<br />
|Caffeine supports physical performance<br />
|Any place selling healthy beverage products<br />
|Athletes, fitness consicous people<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|5<br />
|Coffee may reduce colon cancer risk among women<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|Women suffering from colon cancer<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|6<br />
| Caffeine and exercise may help against sun-induced skin cancer<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|population suffering from skin cancer<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|7<br />
| Coffee associated with lower liver cancer risk<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|population suffering from liver cancer<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|8<br />
|Coffee may lessen after-exercise muscle soreness<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|people visiting ortheopaedist<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|9<br />
| Coffee drinkers are less likely to develop Parkinson<nowiki>’</nowiki>s disease<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|Population suffering from parkinson disease<br />
|www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|10<br />
|Coffee consumption lowers diabetes risk<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|Persons treated for diabetes<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|11<br />
|Coffee reduces cognitive decline in elderly men<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|age group bove 40<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|12<br />
|Coffee can lower the risk of serious illnesses<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|13<br />
|Coffee can ease headaches, prevent diseases<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|all classes<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|14<br />
|Church Goers drink coffee to keep themselves awake during the sermons.<br />
|Café shops located in or around church<br />
|church goers<br />
| ineedcoffee.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|15<br />
|Creation of artistic centers attracts coffee drinkers.<br />
|Various museums,art galleries etc.<br />
|Tourists, Adults<br />
| auburncoffee.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|16<br />
|People drink coffee at the various business conferences.<br />
|Any business conference where lots of people meet together<br />
|Business persons<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|17<br />
|Coffee is consumed at International Coffee Festivals.<br />
|The places where the international festival occurs<br />
|Coffee lovers, business people that frequent these festivals<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|18<br />
| High Street locations are places to which people<nowiki>’</nowiki>s visit.<br />
|Places located on high street locations where beverages can be sold<br />
|Business people, Shoppers, etc. <br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|19<br />
|During Public performances<br />
|Amphitheaters,community halls, opera houses etc.<br />
|Art lovers/Theatre lovers<br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|20<br />
|Charitable places<br />
|Charitable organisations and their events<br />
|Charitable organizations, Charitable events etc. <br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|21<br />
| Rural and off highway locations<br />
|Places on rural and off highway location selling beverages<br />
|youngsters,tourists<br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|22<br />
|At places that have kids playing area.<br />
|Any place with a secure kids playing area<br />
|Married Couple…Persons in Parenthood<br />
|kimboal.ba.ttu.edu<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|23<br />
|At opera theaters.<br />
|Opera theatres<br />
|Opera goers<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|}<br />
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== Segment Sizing ==<br />
<br />
Each of the segments identified and defined are sized to determine the market attractiveness/potential of each segment. This is done as follows:<br />
# For each segment, a potential place where they congregate offline in large groups has been defined.<br />
# A detailed list of such offline events, up to a predetermined calendar date, has been made.<br />
# The places where such events happen/will happen have been identified.<br />
# For each individual event, a potential size has been estimated.<br />
# The size estimates for each individual event is then aggregated.<br />
# Based on this aggregation, the viability for promoting to each segment is determined.<br />
<br />
=='''Segment sizing of communities that follow Operas - Executive Summary'''==<br />
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* Opera definition:- We have defined operas as acts that involve dialogs and music. Symphonies, and other solo performances like comedy acts by Robin Williams are considered targeting a different community. <br />
* The Opera season in the USA peaks in October-November, then takes a dip to pick up again in February-April.<br />
* The top 2 states where we can reach the highest potential audience through operas is (a) New York - 444,600 people and (b) California - 384,733 people. Hence, the company can focus on any one of these 2 states for new coffee introduction. <br />
* Each of the top 20 shows caters to a potential audience of a 28,000 people and more thus making it a good promotion vehicle. The top 2 shows, Madam Butterfly and La-Traviata, have a potential to reach 100,000 plus people thus providing a good opportunity for promotion association. <br />
* The top music composers in the USA are Puccini and Verdi with more than 100 shows staged all over the USA. Association with their names can be a good promotion strategy for a brand. <br />
* Romance and Tragedy dominate the Opera scene in the USA. Emotional associations of a brand with Romance may appeal thus to a larger potential audience. <br />
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==='''Opera Community Sizing: Methodology'''===<br />
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* Opera community sizing method:-<br />
# We identified a list of opera companies that produce operas in the USA.<br />
# We made a detailed list of all operas produced by these companies, the number of times each opera is shown and the place where the opera is shown. <br />
# We then made a ranking of the top opera shows in the USA, the composers whose music is associated with them, and the places where these shows are held.<br />
# From the size of the opera theater where these shows are held, we estimated a potential audience each can cater to (since the calculation was for potential audience, we assumed 100% attendance). <br />
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==='''Opera companies and their schedule of Operas'''===<br />
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*This sheet also contains schedule of the events dated from Oct-2008 to July 2009.<br />
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* The dark green highlighted cell represents the total number of shows to be held in that opera house or conducted by particular opera company <br />
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[[Image:Opera companies' & Schedule of Events.jpg|center|thumb|1200px| Opera companies and Schedule of Events]]<br />
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'''The below link will guide to the full spread sheet'''.<br />
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[[Opera Companies and Schedule of Events]]<br />
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==='''Compilation of Operas and their respective number of shows'''===<br />
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[[Image:Comparison of Different Performances(shows).jpg|left|thumb|9500px|Comparison of Different Show]]<br />
* This excel sheets consists of the show name along with there composer, which are places in chronological order of number of times they are performed.<br />
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* It also contains details for number of location where a show is to be performed.<br />
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* It represent the number of performances that particular show has from oct-2008 to july-2009 <br />
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* The red highlighted cells indicate that the show is being performed at "N" number of location, where N=Number in the respective cell <br />
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* This information can be utilized to target the community as per the popularity of the show.<br />
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'''The below link will guide to the full spread sheet'''<br />
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[[Comparison of Different Shows]]<br />
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==='''Compilation of shows by Composer'''===<br />
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[[Image:Composers & No. Of Shows.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Composers]]<br />
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*This Sheet contains the information performing to various composers and the number of the performances of shows composed by them.<br />
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*The adjacent sheet contains the bar drawn in each cell for the comparative study of the various shows composed by composer.<br />
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* This information can be useful to target communities as per the popularity of composers.<br />
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'''The below link will guide to the full spread sheet'''<br />
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[[COMPOSERS]]<br />
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=== Estimating Potential Audience Data for each Opera show===<br />
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* The below excel sheet shows the potential audience for the top 20 shows.<br />
* This data an be used for targeting the shows with the larger number of potential audience.<br />
* This spread sheet is being prepared using the same methodology as described above.<br />
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[[Image:Estimating Potential Audiences Data.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Potential Audience]]<br />
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=== Classification of Opera Acts===<br />
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We had also tried to analyse the types of the acts written by composer i.e. type of acts whether it being comedy,tragedy,romantic act etc.<br />
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The following pie chart suggest this percentages of various types.<br />
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[[Image:trends.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Trends]]<br />
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==[[Methodology]]==</div>Adminhttps://www.dolcera.com/wiki/index.php?title=Premium_Coffee_Market_Segmentation&diff=5192Premium Coffee Market Segmentation2008-10-02T08:05:55Z<p>Admin: /* Segments Identified : Segments defined */</p>
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<div>==Rationale Behind Study==<br />
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# The first goal of the study is to define segments/communities to whom a premium brand of coffee can be cost effectively promoted. <br />
# The second goal of this study is to identify if the defined segments/communities present a sufficient size to make coffee promotion viable.<br />
<br />
==Some background about coffee==<br />
'''Premium Grade Coffee:''' <br />
<br />
Premium Grade Coffee is a general term that describes high quality coffee. Premium grade or premium coffee is also referred to as specialty or gourmet coffee. These terms underscore quality, which is easily perceived on our palate. High quality coffee beans generally produce a richer and more flavorful cup of coffee than most generic or store bought coffees. The Specialty Coffee Association of America reports that less than 8% of the world's production of coffee qualifies as specialty or premium. Typically these beans come from higher altitudes where ripening is slow and uniform. High grown beans are dense and take the rigors of roasting very well. When roasted to a medium dark level these beans produce a smooth and flavorful drink with intense aroma and rich flavor. Coffee drinkers who experience a superb cup of coffee seldom go back to drinking generic coffee. Savoring a cup of freshly roasted specialty coffee is an experience of its own and an affordable luxury.<br />
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[https://mmm1116.verio-web.com/granc2/faq.html?PHPSESSID=496f6983e6fbbc3ae38d075cd907d66a Source]<br />
<br />
'''Different types of Coffee Beans:'''<br />
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The most prevalent and used type of coffee beans are<br />
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{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S.No.'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Name'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Characteristics'''<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|1<br />
|Arabica<br />
|It is considered to be far superior in flavor - the champagne of coffee<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|2<br />
|Robusta<br />
|Robusta, is higher in caffeine and tastes far bitterer and more acidic, which makes it less than preferable for most domestic use.<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
Robusta is cheap and this makes it substitute for Arabica, which sees several coffee companies add small amounts of Robusta to their product lines as <nowiki>’</nowiki>filler<nowiki>’</nowiki>.<br />
<br />
'''The various types or varieties of coffee are listed in the table below:'''<br />
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{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S.No.'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Types or Varieties of Coffee'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Definition'''<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''1'''<br />
|'''American (regular) roast'''<br />
|Beans are medium-roasted, resulting in a moderate brew, not too light or too heavy in flavor.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''2'''<br />
|'''French roast and dark French roast'''<br />
|Heavily-roasted beans, a deep chocolate brown which produce a stronger coffee.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''3'''<br />
|'''Italian roast'''<br />
|Glossy, brown-black, strongly flavored, used for espresso<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''4'''<br />
|'''European roast'''<br />
|Two-thirds heavy-roast beans blended with one-third regular-roast.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''5'''<br />
|'''Viennese roast'''<br />
|One-third heavy-roast beans blended with two-thirds regular-roast.<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''6'''<br />
|'''Instant coffee'''<br />
|A powder made of heat-dried freshly brewed coffee.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''7'''<br />
|'''Freeze-dried coffee'''<br />
|Brewed coffee that has been frozen into a slush before the water is evaporated, normally more expensive that instants but with a superior flavor.<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''8'''<br />
|'''Decaffeinated coffee'''<br />
|Caffeine is removed from the beans before roasting via the use of a chemical solvent (which disappears completely when the beans are roasted) or the Swiss water process which steams the beans and then scrapes off the caffeine-laden outer layers. <br />
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|}<br />
[http://homecooking.about.com/od/beveragerecipes/a/coffeetypes.htm Source]<br />
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== '''Coffee Market: USA'''==<br />
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'''Highlights'''<br />
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*The total sales of coffee in the USA USD 21.3 billions.<br />
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*8 out of 10 Americans are coffee drinkers.<br />
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*71% of All cups of coffee are consumed at home (notwithstanding increase in Specialty chains).<br />
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*Within retail (market of $9.8 billions), Grocery is the dominant channel with over 70% of retail coffee sales, and rest 28% by Alternate channels.<br />
<br />
=== Consumption Pattern of Beverages ===<br />
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*The average annual beverage consumption of US population as per according to the '''2008 Beverages Market Research Handbook'''<br />
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[[Image:Bev. Consumption.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Average Annual Beverage Consumption]]<br />
<br />
=== Distribution of coffee by segment ===<br />
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*Coffee is distributed primarily through two channels, retail and food service:<br />
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[[Image:Distribution11.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Distribution]]<br />
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*Within retail (market of $9.8 billions), Grocery is the dominant channel with over 70% of retail coffee sales, and rest 28% by Alternate channels.<br />
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*Growth in the grocery channel is being driven by premium and value gourmet segments<br />
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*Premium and value gourmet segments are capturing market&nbsp;share.<br />
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* The below table gives sales figures of coffee through the grocery channel. Figures are in USD million<br />
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[[Image:Grocery channels.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Source: IRI as of 12/31/06]]<br />
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=== Market Share data of different coffee brands over time ===<br />
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*The table below consists of brands and their market share % from a survey of 205,000 users conducted on AOL money and finance website.<br />
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[http://money.aol.com/special/best-coffee Home Brew]<br />
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{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="50%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|S.No.<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|Brand Name<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|Percentage Share<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|1<br />
|Folger<nowiki>’</nowiki>s<br />
|align = "right"|30%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|2<br />
|Maxwell House<br />
|align = "right"|19%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|3<br />
|Eight O<nowiki>’</nowiki> Clock Coffee<br />
|align = "right"|11%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|4<br />
|Gevalia<br />
|align = "right"|9%<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|5<br />
|Kona<br />
|align = "right"|8%<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|6<br />
|Chock Full O<nowiki>’</nowiki> Nuts<br />
|align = "right"|7%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|7<br />
|Green Mountain <br />
|align = "right"|6%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|8<br />
|Jamaican Blue Mountain <br />
|align = "right"|6%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|9<br />
|Newman<nowiki>’</nowiki>s Own<br />
|align = "right"|2%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|10<br />
|Bustelo<br />
|align = "right"|2%<br />
<br />
|}<br />
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*The below drawn chart shows the comparison of various brands which are consumed at home by consumer. <br />
* The percentage data indicates the market share of each of these brands in the years 2000 and 2006 respectively. <br />
[[Image:In home.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Source: IRI as of 12/31/06]]<br />
<br />
=== USA - Coffee Consumption by Place ===<br />
The below mentioned figure gives break up of coffee consumption pattern by place<br />
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[[Image:Consumer Base.jpg|500px|center|thumb|NCA]]<br />
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=== USA - Coffee Consumption by Age ===<br />
<br />
*If we see the below chart that’s depicts the data for the total coffee consumption by age , we can see there is continuous growth in the 18-24 yr segment, while last three years also shows an increase in consumption for age group of 60+.<br />
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*There is drop in consumption of coffee in age group of 25-39 years.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Consumption of Coffee.jpg|500px|center|thumb|According to the 2008 Beverages Market Research Handbook]]<br />
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=== USA - Coffee Consumption (Out of Home data) ===<br />
<br />
'''Out of Home coffee consumption''':<br />
<br />
Below bar chart shows the coffee consumption at various coffee bars, restaurants or retail locations.<br />
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[[Image:Out of Home.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Out of Home]]<br />
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The out of home coffee market is mostly captured by '''Starbucks'''.<br />
<br />
Few other leading companies which fall under these companies are <br />
<br />
*The Coffee Bean & Tea Lea <br />
*Peet’s Coffee & Tea<br />
*The Coffee Beanery<br />
*Tully’s Coffee<br />
<br />
=='''Supply Chain of Coffee Products:'''==<br />
<br />
This below path very well depicts the supply chain of coffee for home consumption.<br />
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[[Image:SCM.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Supply Chain Management]]<br />
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== Business Research ==<br />
* The goal for this business research report is to:-<br />
# Identify unique segments, through hypothesis generation, where coffee for in-home consumption can be promoted <br />
# Define these segments<br />
# Determine places, online or offline, where these segments congregate<br />
# Size up the segments to determine marketing potential of each segment<br />
# Provide calendar view on "offline events" where these segments congregate for effective promotion planning<br />
<br />
== Segment Identification ==<br />
<br />
* For segment identification we did the following:<br />
# Identified online media where coffee lovers congregate<br />
# Ranked and sorted the online media based on traffic (from Alexa ratings)<br />
# Read up user generated content on such websites to identify unique segments/communities for coffee promotion<br />
# For each unique segment/community, '''we then defined the place where they congregate offline'''<br />
<br />
=== Segments Identified : Segments defined ===<br />
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{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S. No.'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Statements'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Place of Usage'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Communities'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Source'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|1<br />
|People enjoy coffee as a cocktail drink.<br />
|The places where the coffee is served alongwith cocktail drink<br />
|Businessmen, Youngsters who like to hang out at bars<br />
|coffeetea.about.com <br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|2<br />
|Companies have started pairing premium coffee with individual personality or individual needs depending on mood<br />
|Locations providing the customized coffee<br />
|Anyone who enjoys a customized coffee drink<br />
|ineedcoffee.com, gourmetcoffee.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|3<br />
| Messages pertaining to health<br />
|Any beverage outlet that is positioned to sell healthy drinks<br />
|Athletes, fitness conscious people<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|4<br />
|Caffeine supports physical performance<br />
|Any place selling healthy beverage products<br />
|Athletes, fitness consicous people<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|5<br />
|Coffee may reduce colon cancer risk among women<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|Women suffering from colon cancer<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|6<br />
| Caffeine and exercise may help against sun-induced skin cancer<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|population suffering from skin cancer<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|7<br />
| Coffee associated with lower liver cancer risk<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|population suffering from liver cancer<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|8<br />
|Coffee may lessen after-exercise muscle soreness<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|people visiting ortheopaedist<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|9<br />
| Coffee drinkers are less likely to develop Parkinson<nowiki>’</nowiki>s disease<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|Population suffering from parkinson disease<br />
|www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|10<br />
|Coffee consumption lowers diabetes risk<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|Persons treated for diabetes<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|11<br />
|Coffee reduces cognitive decline in elderly men<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|age group bove 40<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|12<br />
|Coffee can lower the risk of serious illnesses<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|13<br />
|Coffee can ease headaches, prevent diseases<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|all classes<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|14<br />
|Church Goers drink coffee to keep themselves awake during the sermons.<br />
|Café shops located in or around church<br />
|church goers<br />
| ineedcoffee.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|15<br />
|Creation of artistic centers attracts coffee drinkers.<br />
|Various museums,art galleries etc.<br />
|Tourists, Adults<br />
| auburncoffee.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|16<br />
|People drink coffee at the various business conferences.<br />
|Any business conference where lots of people meet together<br />
|Business persons<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|17<br />
|Coffee is consumed at International Coffee Festivals.<br />
|The places where the international festival occurs<br />
|Coffee lovers, business people that frequent these festivals<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|18<br />
| High Street locations are places to which people<nowiki>’</nowiki>s visit.<br />
|Places located on high street locations where beverages can be sold<br />
|Business people, Shoppers, etc. <br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|19<br />
|During Public performances<br />
|Amphitheaters,community halls, opera houses etc.<br />
|Art lovers/Theatre lovers<br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|20<br />
|Charitable places<br />
|Charitable organisations and their events<br />
|Charitable organizations, Charitable events etc. <br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|21<br />
| Rural and off highway locations<br />
|Places on rural and off highway location selling beverages<br />
|youngsters,tourists<br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|22<br />
|At places that have kids playing area.<br />
|Any place with a secure kids playing area<br />
|Married Couple…Persons in Parenthood<br />
|kimboal.ba.ttu.edu<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|23<br />
|At opera theaters.<br />
|Opera theatres<br />
|Opera goers<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|}<br />
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== Segment Sizing ==<br />
<br />
Each of the segments identified and defined are sized to determine the market attractiveness/potential of each segment. This is done as follows:<br />
# For each segment, a potential place where they congregate offline in large groups has been defined.<br />
# A detailed list of such offline events, up to a predetermined calendar date, has been made.<br />
# The places where such events happen/will happen have been identified.<br />
# For each individual event, a potential size has been estimated.<br />
# The size estimates for each individual event is then aggregated.<br />
# Based on this aggregation, the viability for promoting to each segment is determined.<br />
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=='''Segment sizing of communities that follow Operas - Executive Summary'''==<br />
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* Opera definition:- We have defined operas as acts that involve dialogs and music. Symphonies, and other solo performances like comedy acts by Robin Williams are considered targeting a different community. <br />
* The Opera season in the USA peaks in October-November, then takes a dip to pick up again in February-April.<br />
* The top 2 states where we can reach the highest potential audience through operas is (a) New York - 444,600 people and (b) California - 384,733 people. Hence, the company can focus on any one of these 2 states for new coffee introduction. <br />
* Each of the top 20 shows caters to a potential audience of a 28,000 people and more thus making it a good promotion vehicle. The top 2 shows, Madam Butterfly and La-Traviata, have a potential to reach 100,000 plus people thus providing a good opportunity for promotion association. <br />
* The top music composers in the USA are Puccini and Verdi with more than 100 shows staged all over the USA. Association with their names can be a good promotion strategy for a brand. <br />
* Romance and Tragedy dominate the Opera scene in the USA. Emotional associations of a brand with Romance may appeal thus to a larger potential audience. <br />
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==='''Opera Community Sizing: Methodology'''===<br />
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* Opera community sizing method:-<br />
# We identified a list of opera companies that produce operas in the USA.<br />
# We made a detailed list of all operas produced by these companies, the number of times each opera is shown and the place where the opera is shown. <br />
# We then made a ranking of the top opera shows in the USA, the composers whose music is associated with them, and the places where these shows are held.<br />
# From the size of the opera theater where these shows are held, we estimated a potential audience each can cater to (since the calculation was for potential audience, we assumed 100% attendance). <br />
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==='''Opera companies and their schedule of Operas'''===<br />
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*This sheet also contains schedule of the events dated from Oct-2008 to July 2009.<br />
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* The dark green highlighted cell represents the total number of shows to be held in that opera house or conducted by particular opera company <br />
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[[Image:Opera companies' & Schedule of Events.jpg|center|thumb|1200px| Opera companies and Schedule of Events]]<br />
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'''The below link will guide to the full spread sheet'''.<br />
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[[Opera Companies and Schedule of Events]]<br />
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==='''Compilation of Operas and their respective number of shows'''===<br />
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[[Image:Comparison of Different Performances(shows).jpg|left|thumb|9500px|Comparison of Different Show]]<br />
* This excel sheets consists of the show name along with there composer, which are places in chronological order of number of times they are performed.<br />
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* It also contains details for number of location where a show is to be performed.<br />
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* It represent the number of performances that particular show has from oct-2008 to july-2009 <br />
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* The red highlighted cells indicate that the show is being performed at "N" number of location, where N=Number in the respective cell <br />
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<br />
* This information can be utilized to target the community as per the popularity of the show.<br />
<br />
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'''The below link will guide to the full spread sheet'''<br />
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[[Comparison of Different Shows]]<br />
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==='''Compilation of shows by Composer'''===<br />
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[[Image:Composers & No. Of Shows.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Composers]]<br />
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*This Sheet contains the information performing to various composers and the number of the performances of shows composed by them.<br />
<br />
*The adjacent sheet contains the bar drawn in each cell for the comparative study of the various shows composed by composer.<br />
<br />
* This information can be useful to target communities as per the popularity of composers.<br />
<br />
'''The below link will guide to the full spread sheet'''<br />
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[[COMPOSERS]]<br />
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=== Estimating Potential Audience Data for each Opera show===<br />
<br />
* The below excel sheet shows the potential audience for the top 20 shows.<br />
* This data an be used for targeting the shows with the larger number of potential audience.<br />
* This spread sheet is being prepared using the same methodology as described above.<br />
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[[Image:Estimating Potential Audiences Data.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Potential Audience]]<br />
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=== Classification of Opera Acts===<br />
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We had also tried to analyse the types of the acts written by composer i.e. type of acts whether it being comedy,tragedy,romantic act etc.<br />
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The following pie chart suggest this percentages of various types.<br />
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[[Image:trends.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Trends]]<br />
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<div>==Rationale Behind Study==<br />
<br />
# The first goal of the study is to define segments/communities to whom a premium brand of coffee can be cost effectively promoted. <br />
# The second goal of this study is to identify if the defined segments/communities present a sufficient size to make coffee promotion viable.<br />
<br />
==Some background about coffee==<br />
'''Premium Grade Coffee:''' <br />
<br />
Premium Grade Coffee is a general term that describes high quality coffee. Premium grade or premium coffee is also referred to as specialty or gourmet coffee. These terms underscore quality, which is easily perceived on our palate. High quality coffee beans generally produce a richer and more flavorful cup of coffee than most generic or store bought coffees. The Specialty Coffee Association of America reports that less than 8% of the world's production of coffee qualifies as specialty or premium. Typically these beans come from higher altitudes where ripening is slow and uniform. High grown beans are dense and take the rigors of roasting very well. When roasted to a medium dark level these beans produce a smooth and flavorful drink with intense aroma and rich flavor. Coffee drinkers who experience a superb cup of coffee seldom go back to drinking generic coffee. Savoring a cup of freshly roasted specialty coffee is an experience of its own and an affordable luxury.<br />
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[https://mmm1116.verio-web.com/granc2/faq.html?PHPSESSID=496f6983e6fbbc3ae38d075cd907d66a Source]<br />
<br />
'''Different types of Coffee Beans:'''<br />
<br />
The most prevalent and used type of coffee beans are<br />
<br />
{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S.No.'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Name'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Characteristics'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|1<br />
|Arabica<br />
|It is considered to be far superior in flavor - the champagne of coffee<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|2<br />
|Robusta<br />
|Robusta, is higher in caffeine and tastes far bitterer and more acidic, which makes it less than preferable for most domestic use.<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
Robusta is cheap and this makes it substitute for Arabica, which sees several coffee companies add small amounts of Robusta to their product lines as <nowiki>’</nowiki>filler<nowiki>’</nowiki>.<br />
<br />
'''The various types or varieties of coffee are listed in the table below:'''<br />
<br />
{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S.No.'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Types or Varieties of Coffee'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Definition'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''1'''<br />
|'''American (regular) roast'''<br />
|Beans are medium-roasted, resulting in a moderate brew, not too light or too heavy in flavor.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''2'''<br />
|'''French roast and dark French roast'''<br />
|Heavily-roasted beans, a deep chocolate brown which produce a stronger coffee.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''3'''<br />
|'''Italian roast'''<br />
|Glossy, brown-black, strongly flavored, used for espresso<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''4'''<br />
|'''European roast'''<br />
|Two-thirds heavy-roast beans blended with one-third regular-roast.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''5'''<br />
|'''Viennese roast'''<br />
|One-third heavy-roast beans blended with two-thirds regular-roast.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''6'''<br />
|'''Instant coffee'''<br />
|A powder made of heat-dried freshly brewed coffee.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''7'''<br />
|'''Freeze-dried coffee'''<br />
|Brewed coffee that has been frozen into a slush before the water is evaporated, normally more expensive that instants but with a superior flavor.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''8'''<br />
|'''Decaffeinated coffee'''<br />
|Caffeine is removed from the beans before roasting via the use of a chemical solvent (which disappears completely when the beans are roasted) or the Swiss water process which steams the beans and then scrapes off the caffeine-laden outer layers. <br />
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|}<br />
[http://homecooking.about.com/od/beveragerecipes/a/coffeetypes.htm Source]<br />
<br />
== '''Coffee Market: USA'''==<br />
<br />
'''Highlights'''<br />
<br />
*The total sales of coffee in the USA USD 21.3 billions.<br />
<br />
*8 out of 10 Americans are coffee drinkers.<br />
<br />
*71% of All cups of coffee are consumed at home (notwithstanding increase in Specialty chains).<br />
<br />
*Within retail (market of $9.8 billions), Grocery is the dominant channel with over 70% of retail coffee sales, and rest 28% by Alternate channels.<br />
<br />
=== Consumption Pattern of Beverages ===<br />
<br />
*The average annual beverage consumption of US population as per according to the '''2008 Beverages Market Research Handbook'''<br />
<br />
[[Image:Bev. Consumption.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Average Annual Beverage Consumption]]<br />
<br />
=== Distribution of coffee by segment ===<br />
<br />
*Coffee is distributed primarily through two channels, retail and food service:<br />
<br />
[[Image:Distribution11.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Distribution]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
*Within retail (market of $9.8 billions), Grocery is the dominant channel with over 70% of retail coffee sales, and rest 28% by Alternate channels.<br />
<br />
*Growth in the grocery channel is being driven by premium and value gourmet segments<br />
<br />
*Premium and value gourmet segments are capturing market&nbsp;share.<br />
<br />
* The below table gives sales figures of coffee through the grocery channel. Figures are in USD million<br />
<br />
[[Image:Grocery channels.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Source: IRI as of 12/31/06]]<br />
<br />
=== Market Share data of different coffee brands over time ===<br />
<br />
*The table below consists of brands and their market share % from a survey of 205,000 users conducted on AOL money and finance website.<br />
<br />
[http://money.aol.com/special/best-coffee Home Brew]<br />
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{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="50%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|S.No.<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|Brand Name<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|Percentage Share<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|1<br />
|Folger<nowiki>’</nowiki>s<br />
|align = "right"|30%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|2<br />
|Maxwell House<br />
|align = "right"|19%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|3<br />
|Eight O<nowiki>’</nowiki> Clock Coffee<br />
|align = "right"|11%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|4<br />
|Gevalia<br />
|align = "right"|9%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|5<br />
|Kona<br />
|align = "right"|8%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|6<br />
|Chock Full O<nowiki>’</nowiki> Nuts<br />
|align = "right"|7%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|7<br />
|Green Mountain <br />
|align = "right"|6%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|8<br />
|Jamaican Blue Mountain <br />
|align = "right"|6%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|9<br />
|Newman<nowiki>’</nowiki>s Own<br />
|align = "right"|2%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|10<br />
|Bustelo<br />
|align = "right"|2%<br />
<br />
|}<br />
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<br />
*The below drawn chart shows the comparison of various brands which are consumed at home by consumer. <br />
* The percentage data indicates the market share of each of these brands in the years 2000 and 2006 respectively. <br />
[[Image:In home.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Source: IRI as of 12/31/06]]<br />
<br />
=== USA - Coffee Consumption by Place ===<br />
The below mentioned figure gives break up of coffee consumption pattern by place<br />
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[[Image:Consumer Base.jpg|500px|center|thumb|NCA]]<br />
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=== USA - Coffee Consumption by Age ===<br />
<br />
*If we see the below chart that’s depicts the data for the total coffee consumption by age , we can see there is continuous growth in the 18-24 yr segment, while last three years also shows an increase in consumption for age group of 60+.<br />
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*There is drop in consumption of coffee in age group of 25-39 years.<br />
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[[Image:Consumption of Coffee.jpg|500px|center|thumb|According to the 2008 Beverages Market Research Handbook]]<br />
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=== USA - Coffee Consumption (Out of Home data) ===<br />
<br />
'''Out of Home coffee consumption''':<br />
<br />
Below bar chart shows the coffee consumption at various coffee bars, restaurants or retail locations.<br />
<br />
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[[Image:Out of Home.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Out of Home]]<br />
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The out of home coffee market is mostly captured by '''Starbucks'''.<br />
<br />
Few other leading companies which fall under these companies are <br />
<br />
*The Coffee Bean & Tea Lea <br />
*Peet’s Coffee & Tea<br />
*The Coffee Beanery<br />
*Tully’s Coffee<br />
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=='''Supply Chain of Coffee Products:'''==<br />
<br />
This below path very well depicts the supply chain of coffee for home consumption.<br />
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[[Image:SCM.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Supply Chain Management]]<br />
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== Business Research ==<br />
* The goal for this business research report is to:-<br />
# Identify unique segments, through hypothesis generation, where coffee for in-home consumption can be promoted <br />
# Define these segments<br />
# Determine places, online or offline, where these segments congregate<br />
# Size up the segments to determine marketing potential of each segment<br />
# Provide calendar view on "offline events" where these segments congregate for effective promotion planning<br />
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== Segment Identification ==<br />
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* For segment identification we did the following:<br />
# Identified online media where coffee lovers congregate<br />
# Ranked and sorted the online media based on traffic (from Alexa ratings)<br />
# Read up user generated content on such websites to identify unique segments/communities for coffee promotion<br />
# For each unique segment/community, '''we then defined the place where they congregate offline'''<br />
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=== Segments Identified : Segments defined ===<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S. No.'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Statements'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Place of Usage'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Communities'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Source'''<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|1<br />
|People enjoy coffee as a cocktail drink.<br />
|The places where the coffee is served alongwith cocktail drink<br />
|Businessmen, Youngsters who like to hang out at bars<br />
|coffeetea.about.com <br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|2<br />
|Companies have started pairing premium coffee with individual personality or individual needs depending on mood<br />
|Locations providing the customized coffee<br />
|Anyone who enjoys a customized coffee drink<br />
|ineedcoffee.com, gourmetcoffee.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|3<br />
| Messages pertaining to health<br />
|Any beverage outlet that is positioned to sell healthy drinks<br />
|Athletes, fitness conscious people<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|4<br />
|Caffeine supports physical performance<br />
|Any place selling healthy beverage products<br />
|Athletes, fitness consicous people<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|5<br />
|Coffee may reduce colon cancer risk among women<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|Women suffering from colon cancer<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|6<br />
| Caffeine and exercise may help against sun-induced skin cancer<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|population suffering from skin cancer<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|7<br />
| Coffee associated with lower liver cancer risk<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|population suffering from liver cancer<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|8<br />
|Coffee may lessen after-exercise muscle soreness<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|people visiting ortheopaedist<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|9<br />
| Coffee drinkers are less likely to develop Parkinson<nowiki>’</nowiki>s disease<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|Population suffering from parkinson disease<br />
|www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|10<br />
|Coffee consumption lowers diabetes risk<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|Persons treated for diabetes<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|11<br />
|Coffee reduces cognitive decline in elderly men<br />
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|age group bove 40<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
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|Coffee can lower the risk of serious illnesses<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|13<br />
|Coffee can ease headaches, prevent diseases<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|all classes<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|14<br />
|Church Goers drink coffee to keep themselves awake during the sermons.<br />
|Café shops located in or around church<br />
|church goers<br />
| ineedcoffee.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|15<br />
|Creation of artistic centers attracts coffee drinkers.<br />
|Various museums,art galleries etc.<br />
|Tourists, Adults<br />
| auburncoffee.com<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|16<br />
|People drink coffee at the various business conferences.<br />
|Any business conference where lots of people meet together<br />
|Business persons<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|17<br />
|Coffee is consumed at International Coffee Festivals.<br />
|The places where the international festival occurs<br />
|Coffee lovers, business people that frequent these festivals<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|18<br />
| High Street locations are places to which people<nowiki>’</nowiki>s visit.<br />
|Places located on high street locations where beverages can be sold<br />
|Business people, Shoppers, etc. <br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|19<br />
|During Public performances<br />
|Amphitheaters,community halls, opera houses etc.<br />
|Art lovers/Theatre lovers<br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|20<br />
|Charitable places<br />
|Charitable organisations and their events<br />
|Charitable organizations, Charitable events etc. <br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|21<br />
| Rural and off highway locations<br />
|Places on rural and off highway location selling beverages<br />
|youngsters,tourists<br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|22<br />
|At places that have kids playing area.<br />
|Any place with a secure kids playing area<br />
|Married Couple…Persons in Parenthood<br />
|kimboal.ba.ttu.edu<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|23<br />
|At opera theaters.<br />
|Opera theatres<br />
|Opera goers<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
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== Segment Sizing ==<br />
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Each of the segments identified and defined are sized to determine the market attractiveness/potential of each segment. This is done as follows:<br />
# For each segment, a potential place where they congregate offline in large groups has been defined.<br />
# A detailed list of such offline events, up to a predetermined calendar date, has been made.<br />
# The places where such events happen/will happen have been identified.<br />
# For each individual event, a potential size has been estimated.<br />
# The size estimates for each individual event is then aggregated.<br />
# Based on this aggregation, the viability for promoting to each segment is determined.<br />
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=='''Segment sizing of communities that follow Operas - Executive Summary'''==<br />
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* Opera definition:- We have defined operas as acts that involve dialogs and music. Symphonies, and other solo performances like comedy acts by Robin Williams are considered targeting a different community. <br />
* The Opera season in the USA peaks in October-November, then takes a dip to pick up again in February-April.<br />
* The top 2 states where we can reach the highest potential audience through operas is (a) New York - 444,600 people and (b) California - 384,733 people. Hence, the company can focus on any one of these 2 states for new coffee introduction. <br />
* Each of the top 20 shows caters to a potential audience of a 28,000 people and more thus making it a good promotion vehicle. The top 2 shows, Madam Butterfly and La-Traviata, have a potential to reach 100,000 plus people thus providing a good opportunity for promotion association. <br />
* The top music composers in the USA are Puccini and Verdi with more than 100 shows staged all over the USA. Association with their names can be a good promotion strategy for a brand. <br />
* Romance and Tragedy dominate the Opera scene in the USA. Emotional associations of a brand with Romance may appeal thus to a larger potential audience. <br />
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==='''Opera Community Sizing: Methodology'''===<br />
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* Opera community sizing method:-<br />
# We identified a list of opera companies that produce operas in the USA.<br />
# We made a detailed list of all operas produced by these companies, the number of times each opera is shown and the place where the opera is shown. <br />
# We then made a ranking of the top opera shows in the USA, the composers whose music is associated with them, and the places where these shows are held.<br />
# From the size of the opera theater where these shows are held, we estimated a potential audience each can cater to (since the calculation was for potential audience, we assumed 100% attendance). <br />
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==='''Opera companies and their schedule of Operas'''===<br />
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*This sheet also contains schedule of the events dated from Oct-2008 to July 2009.<br />
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* The dark green highlighted cell represents the total number of shows to be held in that opera house or conducted by particular opera company <br />
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[[Image:Opera companies' & Schedule of Events.jpg|center|thumb|1200px| Opera companies and Schedule of Events]]<br />
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'''The below link will guide to the full spread sheet'''.<br />
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[[Opera Companies and Schedule of Events]]<br />
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==='''Compilation of Operas and their respective number of shows'''===<br />
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[[Image:Comparison of Different Performances(shows).jpg|left|thumb|9500px|Comparison of Different Show]]<br />
* This excel sheets consists of the show name along with there composer, which are places in chronological order of number of times they are performed.<br />
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* It also contains details for number of location where a show is to be performed.<br />
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* It represent the number of performances that particular show has from oct-2008 to july-2009 <br />
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* The red highlighted cells indicate that the show is being performed at "N" number of location, where N=Number in the respective cell <br />
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* This information can be utilized to target the community as per the popularity of the show.<br />
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'''The below link will guide to the full spread sheet'''<br />
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[[Comparison of Different Shows]]<br />
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==='''Compilation of shows by Composer'''===<br />
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[[Image:Composers & No. Of Shows.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Composers]]<br />
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*This Sheet contains the information performing to various composers and the number of the performances of shows composed by them.<br />
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*The adjacent sheet contains the bar drawn in each cell for the comparative study of the various shows composed by composer.<br />
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* This information can be useful to target communities as per the popularity of composers.<br />
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'''The below link will guide to the full spread sheet'''<br />
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[[COMPOSERS]]<br />
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=== Estimating Potential Audience Data for each Opera show===<br />
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* The below excel sheet shows the potential audience for the top 20 shows.<br />
* This data an be used for targeting the shows with the larger number of potential audience.<br />
* This spread sheet is being prepared using the same methodology as described above.<br />
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[[Image:Estimating Potential Audiences Data.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Potential Audience]]<br />
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=== Classification of Opera Acts===<br />
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The following pie chart suggest this percentages of various types.<br />
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[[Image:trends.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Trends]]<br />
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<div>==Approach for Segmentation==<br />
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[[Image:Segmentation.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Segmentation]]<br />
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* Creating the hypotheses by doing the web search, by studying the various websites consisting of relevant information to Coffee. This selection of websites is based on the most popular websites s per ALEXA.com . We had also done random search on Google.<br />
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* Identification of the sizable market for the selected hypotheses.<br />
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* Size determined will help us to decide the segment or the community that can be targeted.<br />
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===Alexa.com Rankings===<br />
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* [[Media:Coffee_Drinks.xls|Top Coffee places under Drink category]]<br />
* [[Media:Coffee_beverages.xls|Top Coffee places under Beverages category]]<br />
* [[Media:Coffee_Central America11.xls|Top Coffee places of Central America]]<br />
* [[Media:Coffee_Restaurants.xls|Top Coffee places under Hospitability_ Restaurant category ]]<br />
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==Post Approach==<br />
* Once the segment to be targeted is identified, we can also search for the various ways to reach the targeted community using various promotional tools.<br />
* This is can be done by developing the Value Adding (Unique Selling) proposition to the targeted segment.<br />
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=='''Hypothesis testing'''==<br />
* We will test some of the above Hypothesis for the following aspects:<br />
# Size of community<br />
# Places where these communities get together for specific events<br />
# Size of potential congregation during such specific events<br />
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=='''Identification of communities that follow Operas'''==<br />
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# We have defined operas as acts that involve dialogs and music. <br />
# Symphonies, and other solo performances like comedy acts by Robin Williams are considered targeting a different community. <br />
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* '''Methodology''':<br />
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#Under this category we first found out opera companies. Once identified the companies we had ranked them on the basis of the capacity of audience it can accommodate.<br />
#After ranking them, we had further broken the data on the basis of the events scheduled incoming months.<br />
#The production from these opera companies were further classified based on composers whose acts are being rendered by them.<br />
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Better insight can be obtained by viewing the following spreadsheet.<br />
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This spread sheet are prepared from the data obtained from the http://www.operabase.com/view.cgi?cc=us from where we were able to extract the information pertaining to various company in opera business. This information was then broke down, and the following excel sheets were prepared.<br />
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== Estimating Potential Audience Data ==<br />
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In estimating potential audience data we had followed the following steps:<br />
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'''Step 1''': We had identified the capacity of theater in which the performance is to be done.<br />
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'''Step 2''': Next we had identified the number of performance of particular show in a particular theater.<br />
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*Assumption: we have assumed that all the shows are houseful.<br />
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[[Image:Calculation of potential Audience.jpg|800px|left|thumb|Calculations]]<br />
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== Church Goers Community==<br />
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'''Methodology'''<br />
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*Mainly focussed on mega churches.<br />
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*Under this category we had first of all tried to find out top churches. Once identified them we had ranked them on the basis of attendance.<br />
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*After ranking them, we had further broken the data on the basis of the denominations.<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|S.No.||align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|Name ||align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|No. of Shows<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|1||Giacomo Puccini ||align = "center"|121<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|2||Giuseppe Verdi ||align = "center"|98<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|3||Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ||align = "center"|70<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|4||Gaetano Donizetti ||align = "center"|54<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|5||Richard Wagner ||align = "center"|40<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|6||Georges Bizet ||align = "center"|36<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|7||Gioachino Rossini ||align = "center"|31<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|8||Jules Massenet ||align = "center"|25<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|9||George Gershwin ||align = "center"|24<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|10||Ruggero Leoncavallo ||align = "center"|23<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|11||Pietro Mascagni ||align = "center"|21<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|12||Benjamin Britten ||align = "center"|20<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|13||Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky ||align = "center"|14<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|14||Hector Berlioz ||align = "center"|13<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|15||John Adams ||align = "center"|9<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|16||Arthur Sullivan ||align = "center"|9<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|17||Vincenzo Bellini ||align = "center"|9<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|18||Richard Strauss ||align = "center"|8<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|19||Léo Delibes ||align = "center"|8<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|20||Walter Braunfels ||align = "center"|7<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|21||Modest Petrovich Musorgsky ||align = "center"|7<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|22||Francesco Cilea ||align = "center"|7<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|26||Andre Previn ||align = "center"|5<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|27||Ricky Ian Gordon ||align = "center"|4<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|28||Ludwig van Beethoven ||align = "center"|4<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|29||Johann Strauss ||align = "center"|4<br />
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|30||Francesco Cavalli ||align = "center"|4<br />
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<div>'''Name:''' It displays the name of the composer along with shows name.<br />
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'''Total:''' It represent the number of performances that particular show has from oct-2008 to july-2009<br />
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'''No. of Locations:''' It represents number of locations where the show is to be performed.<br />
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|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''1'''<br />
|Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Madama Butterfly<br />
|align = "center"|51<br />
|align = "center"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''2'''<br />
|Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;La traviata<br />
|align = "center"|41<br />
|align = "center"|6<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''3'''<br />
|Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Rigoletto<br />
|align = "center"|31<br />
|align = "center"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''4'''<br />
|Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Tosca<br />
|align = "center"|28<br />
|align = "center"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''5'''<br />
|Gaetano Donizetti &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Elixir of Love<br />
|align = "center"|32<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''6'''<br />
|George Gershwin &nbsp;:&nbsp;Porgy and Bess<br />
|align = "center"|24<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''7'''<br />
|Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La bohème<br />
|align = "center"|24<br />
|align = "center"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''8'''<br />
|Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Il trovatore<br />
|align = "center"|24<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''9'''<br />
|Ruggero Leoncavallo &nbsp;:&nbsp;Pagliacci<br />
|align = "center"|23<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''10'''<br />
|Pietro Mascagni &nbsp;:&nbsp;Cavalleria rusticana<br />
|align = "center"|21<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''11'''<br />
|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Don Giovanni<br />
|align = "center"|21<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''12'''<br />
|Georges Bizet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Carmen<br />
|align = "center"|20<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''13'''<br />
|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Le nozze di Figaro<br />
|align = "center"|20<br />
|align = "center"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''14'''<br />
|Gioachino Rossini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Il barbiere di Siviglia<br />
|align = "center"|17<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''15'''<br />
|Georges Bizet &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Pearl Fishers<br />
|align = "center"|16<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''16'''<br />
|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Die Zauberflöte<br />
|align = "center"|14<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''17'''<br />
|Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Das Rheingold<br />
|align = "center"|12<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''18'''<br />
|Gaetano Donizetti &nbsp;:&nbsp;Lucia di Lammermoor<br />
|align = "center"|11<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''19'''<br />
|Benjamin Britten &nbsp;:&nbsp;Peter Grimes<br />
|align = "center"|11<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''20'''<br />
|Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Die Walküre<br />
|align = "center"|11<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''21'''<br />
|Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La rondine<br />
|align = "center"|10<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''22'''<br />
|Jules Massenet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Manon<br />
|align = "center"|10<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''23'''<br />
|John Adams &nbsp;:&nbsp;Doctor Atomic<br />
|align = "center"|9<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''24'''<br />
|Vincenzo Bellini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La sonnambula<br />
|align = "center"|9<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''25'''<br />
|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Abduction from the Seraglio<br />
|align = "center"|9<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''26'''<br />
|Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Turandot<br />
|align = "center"|8<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''27'''<br />
|Hector Berlioz &nbsp;:&nbsp;La Damnation de Faust<br />
|align = "center"|8<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''28'''<br />
|Richard Strauss &nbsp;:&nbsp;Salome<br />
|align = "center"|8<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''29'''<br />
|Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Siegfried<br />
|align = "center"|8<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''30'''<br />
|Gioachino Rossini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La cenerentola<br />
|align = "center"|8<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''31'''<br />
|Léo Delibes &nbsp;:&nbsp;Lakmé<br />
|align = "center"|8<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''32'''<br />
|Alban Berg &nbsp;:&nbsp;Lulu<br />
|align = "center"|7<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''33'''<br />
|Christoph Willibald Gluck &nbsp;:&nbsp;Orfeo ed Euridice<br />
|align = "center"|7<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''34'''<br />
|Francesco Cilea &nbsp;:&nbsp;Adriana Lecouvreur<br />
|align = "center"|7<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''35'''<br />
|Gaetano Donizetti &nbsp;:&nbsp;Lucrezia Borgia<br />
|align = "center"|7<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''36'''<br />
|Modest Petrovich Musorgsky &nbsp;:&nbsp;Boris Godunov<br />
|align = "center"|7<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''37'''<br />
|Pyotr Il<nowiki>’</nowiki>yich Tchaikovsky &nbsp;:&nbsp;Eugene Onegin<br />
|align = "center"|7<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''38'''<br />
|Pyotr Il<nowiki>’</nowiki>yich Tchaikovsky &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Queen of Spades<br />
|align = "center"|7<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''39'''<br />
|Walter Braunfels &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Birds<br />
|align = "center"|7<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''40'''<br />
|Jules Massenet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Thaïs<br />
|align = "center"|6<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''41'''<br />
|Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Tristan und Isolde<br />
|align = "center"|6<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''42'''<br />
|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Così fan tutte<br />
|align = "center"|6<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''43'''<br />
|Arthur Sullivan &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Mikado<br />
|align = "center"|6<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''44'''<br />
|Andre Previn &nbsp;:&nbsp;Brief Encounter<br />
|align = "center"|5<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''45'''<br />
|Antonin Dvořák &nbsp;:&nbsp;Rusalka<br />
|align = "center"|5<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''46'''<br />
|Benjamin Britten &nbsp;:&nbsp;A Midsummer Night<nowiki>’</nowiki>s Dream<br />
|align = "center"|5<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''47'''<br />
|Hector Berlioz &nbsp;:&nbsp;Beatrice and Benedict<br />
|align = "center"|5<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''48'''<br />
|Benjamin Britten &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Turn of the Screw<br />
|align = "center"|4<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''49'''<br />
|Erich Wolfgang Korngold &nbsp;:&nbsp;Die tote Stadt<br />
|align = "center"|4<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''50'''<br />
|Francesco Cavalli &nbsp;:&nbsp;Calisto<br />
|align = "center"|4<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''51'''<br />
|Gaetano Donizetti &nbsp;:&nbsp;Roberto Devereux<br />
|align = "center"|4<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''52'''<br />
|Gioachino Rossini &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Italian Girl in Algiers<br />
|align = "center"|4<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''53'''<br />
|Johann Strauss &nbsp;:&nbsp;Die Fledermaus<br />
|align = "center"|4<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''54'''<br />
|Jules Massenet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Don Quichotte<br />
|align = "center"|4<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''55'''<br />
|Ludwig van Beethoven &nbsp;:&nbsp;Fidelio<br />
|align = "center"|4<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''56'''<br />
|Ricky Ian Gordon &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Grapes of Wrath<br />
|align = "center"|4<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''57'''<br />
|Amilcare Ponchielli &nbsp;:&nbsp;La Gioconda<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''58'''<br />
|Arthur Sullivan &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Pirates of Penzance<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''59'''<br />
|Engelbert Humperdinck &nbsp;:&nbsp;Hänsel und Gretel<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''60'''<br />
|Jake Heggie &nbsp;:&nbsp;Three Decembers<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''61'''<br />
|Jules Massenet &nbsp;:&nbsp;La cenerentola<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''62'''<br />
|Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Götterdämmerung<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''63'''<br />
|Sigmund Romberg &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Student Prince<br />
|align = "center"|3<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''64'''<br />
|Charles-Francois Gounod &nbsp;:&nbsp;Faust<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''65'''<br />
|Gioachino Rossini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La petite messe solennelle<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''66'''<br />
|Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Don Carlo<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''67'''<br />
|Jules Massenet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Werther<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''68'''<br />
|Osvaldo Golijov &nbsp;:&nbsp;Ainadamar<br />
|align = "center"|2<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''69'''<br />
|Stewart Wallace &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Bonesetter<nowiki>’</nowiki>s Daughter<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
|align = "center"|1<br />
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|}</div>Adminhttps://www.dolcera.com/wiki/index.php?title=Opera_Companies_and_Schedule_of_Events&diff=5168Opera Companies and Schedule of Events2008-10-02T07:50:09Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFFFCC"|'''Name'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFFFCC"|'''Events'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFFFCC"|'''Show Title'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#C5BE97"|'''Drama'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5D9F1"|<font color="#006100">'''Nov-08'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5D9F1"|<font color="#006100">'''Dec-08'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5D9F1"|<font color="#006100">'''Jan-09'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5D9F1"|<font color="#006100">'''Feb-09'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5D9F1"|<font color="#006100">'''Mar-09'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5D9F1"|<font color="#006100">'''Apr-09'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5D9F1"|<font color="#006100">'''May-09'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5D9F1"|<font color="#006100">'''Jun-09'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C5D9F1"|<font color="#006100">'''Jul-09'''</font><br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C6EFCE"|<font color="#006100">'''Total'''</font><br />
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|-<br />
|rowspan = "3"|'''Opera Colorado'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "3"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nadco&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Madama Butterfly'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Georges Bizet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Les pêcheurs de perles'''<br />
|Fiction<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
<br />
||'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Così fan tutte'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|<font size = "6">'''&nbsp;'''</font><br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''12'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "4"|'''The Virginia Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "4"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nanv&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Il trovatore'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Gaetano Donizetti &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Elixir of Love'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Tosca'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Gioachino Rossini &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Barber of Seville'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''36'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "5"|'''Florida Grand Opera,'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "5"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=namig&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;La traviata'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|`<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Gioachino Rossini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La cenerentola'''<br />
|Fairy Tale<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Léo Delibes &nbsp;:&nbsp;Lakmé'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Le nozze di Figaro'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Madama Butterfly'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|10<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''43'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "30"|'''The Metropolitan Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "30"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nanym&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Various &nbsp;:&nbsp;Concert'''<br />
|Daniel Barenboim Recital<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Richard Strauss &nbsp;:&nbsp;Salome'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Amilcare Ponchielli &nbsp;:&nbsp;La Gioconda'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Don Giovanni'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|13<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Gaetano Donizetti &nbsp;:&nbsp;Lucia di Lammermoor'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|11<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''John Adams &nbsp;:&nbsp;Doctor Atomic'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;La traviata'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Madama Butterfly'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|12<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Hector Berlioz &nbsp;:&nbsp;La Damnation de Faust'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Pyotr Il<nowiki>’</nowiki>yich Tchaikovsky &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Queen of Spades'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Tristan und Isolde'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Jules Massenet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Thaïs'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|<font color="#FF0000">4</font><br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La bohème'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Magic Flute'''<br />
|Fairy Tale<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La rondine'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|10<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Christoph Willibald Gluck &nbsp;:&nbsp;Orfeo ed Euridice'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Rigoletto'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|11<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Pyotr Il<nowiki>’</nowiki>yich Tchaikovsky &nbsp;:&nbsp;Eugene Onegin'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Francesco Cilea &nbsp;:&nbsp;Adriana Lecouvreur'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Il trovatore'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|15<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Vincenzo Bellini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La sonnambula'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Antonin Dvořák &nbsp;:&nbsp;Rusalka'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Ruggero Leoncavallo &nbsp;:&nbsp;Pagliacci'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Pietro Mascagni &nbsp;:&nbsp;Cavalleria rusticana'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Das Rheingold'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Gaetano Donizetti &nbsp;:&nbsp;L<nowiki>’</nowiki>elisir d<nowiki>’</nowiki>amore'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Die Walküre'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Siegfried'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Götterdämmerung'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Jules Massenet &nbsp;:&nbsp;La cenerentola'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''212'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "5"|'''Arizona Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "5"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=napx&from=now Future] </u></font><br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Rigoletto'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Arthur Sullivan &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Mikado'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Gaetano Donizetti &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Elixir of Love'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Don Giovanni'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Tosca'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''30'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "3"|'''Kentucky Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "3"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nalo&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Arthur Sullivan &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Pirates of Penzance'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Various &nbsp;:&nbsp;Concert'''<br />
|Showcase of Baroque Opera<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Jules Massenet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Werther'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|'''7'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "8"|'''Lyric Opera of Chicago'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "8"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nacho&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Jules Massenet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Manon'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|10<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Georges Bizet &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Pearl Fishers'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Alban Berg &nbsp;:&nbsp;Lulu'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''George Gershwin &nbsp;:&nbsp;Porgy and Bess'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|13<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Madama Butterfly'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|11<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Pietro Mascagni &nbsp;:&nbsp;Cavalleria rusticana'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Ruggero Leoncavallo &nbsp;:&nbsp;Pagliacci'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|11<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Abduction from the Seraglio'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''79'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "7"|'''Houston Grand Oper'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "7"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nahog&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Pietro Mascagni &nbsp;:&nbsp;Cavalleria rusticana'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Ruggero Leoncavallo &nbsp;:&nbsp;Pagliacci'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Hector Berlioz &nbsp;:&nbsp;Beatrice and Benedict'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Benjamin Britten &nbsp;:&nbsp;A Midsummer Night<nowiki>’</nowiki>s Dream'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Various &nbsp;:&nbsp;Concert'''<br />
|"Chorus!", a fully-staged piece linking famous choruses together Houston, Brown Theater<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Rigoletto'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Andre Previn &nbsp;:&nbsp;Brief Encounter'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''35'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "4"|'''Cincinnati Opera, '''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "4"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=naci&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Le nozze di Figaro'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Don Carlo'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Osvaldo Golijov &nbsp;:&nbsp;Ainadamar'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Georges Bizet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Carmen'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''10'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "5"|'''The Dallas Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "5"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nada&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Marriage of Figaro'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Johann Strauss &nbsp;:&nbsp;Die Fledermaus'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Gaetano Donizetti &nbsp;:&nbsp;Roberto Devereux'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La bohème'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Gioachino Rossini &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Italian Girl in Algiers'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''20'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "3"|'''Madison Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "3"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nama&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Madama Butterfly'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Così fan tutte'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Charles-Francois Gounod &nbsp;:&nbsp;Faust'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''6'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "3"|'''Nashville Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "3"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nana&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Don Giovanni'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Sigmund Romberg &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Student Prince'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La bohème'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|'''7'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "8"|'''Washington National Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "8"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nawao&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;La traviata'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Georges Bizet &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Pearl Fishers'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Gaetano Donizetti &nbsp;:&nbsp;Lucrezia Borgia'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Georges Bizet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Carmen'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Gioachino Rossini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La petite messe solennelle'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Benjamin Britten &nbsp;:&nbsp;Peter Grimes'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Siegfried'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Turandot'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''41'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "12"|'''San Francisco Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "12"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nasfo&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Simon Boccanegra'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Stewart Wallace &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Bonesetter<nowiki>’</nowiki>s Daughter'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Erich Wolfgang Korngold &nbsp;:&nbsp;Die tote Stadt'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Idomeneo'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Modest Petrovich Musorgsky &nbsp;:&nbsp;Boris Godunov'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Gaetano Donizetti &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Elixir of Love'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|10<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;La bohème'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|10<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Jake Heggie &nbsp;:&nbsp;Three Decembers'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Various &nbsp;:&nbsp;Concert'''<br />
|Berkeley, University of California, Zellerbach Hall San Francisco Opera<nowiki>’</nowiki>s Adler Fellows<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Tosca'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|8<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''George Gershwin &nbsp;:&nbsp;Porgy and Bess'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;La traviata'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''66'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "11"|'''Los Angeles Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "11"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nalam&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Il Tabarro'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Suor Angelica'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Gianni Schicchi'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Howard Shore &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Fly'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Madama Butterfly'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Georges Bizet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Carmen'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|align = "right"|6<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Die Zauberflöte'''<br />
|Fairy Tale<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|9<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Das Rheingold'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Richard Wagner &nbsp;:&nbsp;Die Walküre'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Le nozze di Figaro'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;La traviata'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|align = "right"|7<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|10<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''56'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "2"|'''Cleveland Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "2"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=naclo&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart &nbsp;:&nbsp;Le nozze di Figaro'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Engelbert Humperdinck &nbsp;:&nbsp;Hänsel und Gretel'''<br />
|Fairy Tale<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''4'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "6"|'''San Diego Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "6"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nasdo&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Tosca'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Jules Massenet &nbsp;:&nbsp;Don Quichotte'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Rigoletto'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Benjamin Britten &nbsp;:&nbsp;Peter Grimes'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giacomo Puccini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Madama Butterfly'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|5<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''23'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "4"|'''Baltimore Opera Company'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "4"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nabao&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Aida'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Vincenzo Bellini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Norma'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Gioachino Rossini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Il barbiere di Siviglia'''<br />
|comedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|align = "right"|3<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''George Gershwin &nbsp;:&nbsp;Porgy and Bess'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''16'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "5"|'''Portland Opera'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "5"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=napo&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;La traviata'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|2<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Ludwig van Beethoven &nbsp;:&nbsp;Fidelio'''<br />
|Romantic<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Benjamin Britten &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Turn of the Screw'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Francesco Cavalli &nbsp;:&nbsp;Calisto'''<br />
|''&nbsp;''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Giuseppe Verdi &nbsp;:&nbsp;Rigoletto'''<br />
|Ficition<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|'''&nbsp;'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''18'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "3"|'''Opera Pacific,'''<br />
|align = "center" rowspan = "3"|<font color="#0000FF"><u><br />
[http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=nacm&from=now Future]</u></font><br />
|'''Gioachino Rossini &nbsp;:&nbsp;Il barbiere di Siviglia'''<br />
|Comedy<br />
|align = "right"|1<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Ricky Ian Gordon &nbsp;:&nbsp;The Grapes of Wrath'''<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|'''Richard Strauss &nbsp;:&nbsp;Salome'''<br />
|Tragedy<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right"|4<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "center"|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|align = "right" bgcolor = "#92D050"|'''12'''<br />
<br />
|}</div>Adminhttps://www.dolcera.com/wiki/index.php?title=Premium_Coffee_Market_Segmentation&diff=5167Premium Coffee Market Segmentation2008-10-02T07:48:47Z<p>Admin: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Rationale Behind Study==<br />
<br />
# The first goal of the study is to define segments/communities to whom a premium brand of coffee can be cost effectively promoted. <br />
# The second goal of this study is to identify if the defined segments/communities present a sufficient size to make coffee promotion viable.<br />
<br />
==Some background about coffee==<br />
'''Premium Grade Coffee:''' <br />
<br />
Premium Grade Coffee is a general term that describes high quality coffee. Premium grade or premium coffee is also referred to as specialty or gourmet coffee. These terms underscore quality, which is easily perceived on our palate. High quality coffee beans generally produce a richer and more flavorful cup of coffee than most generic or store bought coffees. The Specialty Coffee Association of America reports that less than 8% of the world's production of coffee qualifies as specialty or premium. Typically these beans come from higher altitudes where ripening is slow and uniform. High grown beans are dense and take the rigors of roasting very well. When roasted to a medium dark level these beans produce a smooth and flavorful drink with intense aroma and rich flavor. Coffee drinkers who experience a superb cup of coffee seldom go back to drinking generic coffee. Savoring a cup of freshly roasted specialty coffee is an experience of its own and an affordable luxury.<br />
<br />
[https://mmm1116.verio-web.com/granc2/faq.html?PHPSESSID=496f6983e6fbbc3ae38d075cd907d66a Source]<br />
<br />
'''Different types of Coffee Beans:'''<br />
<br />
The most prevalent and used type of coffee beans are<br />
<br />
{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S.No.'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Name'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Characteristics'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|1<br />
|Arabica<br />
|It is considered to be far superior in flavor - the champagne of coffee<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|2<br />
|Robusta<br />
|Robusta, is higher in caffeine and tastes far bitterer and more acidic, which makes it less than preferable for most domestic use.<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
Robusta is cheap and this makes it substitute for Arabica, which sees several coffee companies add small amounts of Robusta to their product lines as <nowiki>’</nowiki>filler<nowiki>’</nowiki>.<br />
<br />
'''The various types or varieties of coffee are listed in the table below:'''<br />
<br />
{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S.No.'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Types or Varieties of Coffee'''<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Definition'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''1'''<br />
|'''American (regular) roast'''<br />
|Beans are medium-roasted, resulting in a moderate brew, not too light or too heavy in flavor.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''2'''<br />
|'''French roast and dark French roast'''<br />
|Heavily-roasted beans, a deep chocolate brown which produce a stronger coffee.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''3'''<br />
|'''Italian roast'''<br />
|Glossy, brown-black, strongly flavored, used for espresso<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''4'''<br />
|'''European roast'''<br />
|Two-thirds heavy-roast beans blended with one-third regular-roast.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''5'''<br />
|'''Viennese roast'''<br />
|One-third heavy-roast beans blended with two-thirds regular-roast.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''6'''<br />
|'''Instant coffee'''<br />
|A powder made of heat-dried freshly brewed coffee.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''7'''<br />
|'''Freeze-dried coffee'''<br />
|Brewed coffee that has been frozen into a slush before the water is evaporated, normally more expensive that instants but with a superior flavor.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''8'''<br />
|'''Decaffeinated coffee'''<br />
|Caffeine is removed from the beans before roasting via the use of a chemical solvent (which disappears completely when the beans are roasted) or the Swiss water process which steams the beans and then scrapes off the caffeine-laden outer layers. <br />
<br />
|}<br />
[http://homecooking.about.com/od/beveragerecipes/a/coffeetypes.htm Source]<br />
<br />
== '''Coffee Market: USA'''==<br />
<br />
'''Highlights'''<br />
<br />
*The total sales of coffee in the USA USD 21.3 billions.<br />
<br />
*8 out of 10 Americans are coffee drinkers.<br />
<br />
*71% of All cups of coffee are consumed at home (notwithstanding increase in Specialty chains).<br />
<br />
*Within retail (market of $9.8 billions), Grocery is the dominant channel with over 70% of retail coffee sales, and rest 28% by Alternate channels.<br />
<br />
=== Consumption Pattern of Beverages ===<br />
<br />
*The average annual beverage consumption of US population as per according to the '''2008 Beverages Market Research Handbook'''<br />
<br />
[[Image:Bev. Consumption.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Average Annual Beverage Consumption]]<br />
<br />
=== Distribution of coffee by segment ===<br />
<br />
*Coffee is distributed primarily through two channels, retail and food service:<br />
<br />
[[Image:Distribution.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Distribution]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
*Within retail (market of $9.8 billions), Grocery is the dominant channel with over 70% of retail coffee sales, and rest 28% by Alternate channels.<br />
<br />
*Growth in the grocery channel is being driven by premium and value gourmet segments<br />
<br />
*Premium and value gourmet segments are capturing market&nbsp;share.<br />
<br />
* The below table gives sales figures of coffee through the grocery channel. Figures are in USD million<br />
<br />
[[Image:Grocery channels.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Source: IRI as of 12/31/06]]<br />
<br />
=== Market Share data of different coffee brands over time ===<br />
<br />
*The table below consists of brands and their market share % from a survey of 205,000 users conducted on AOL money and finance website.<br />
<br />
[http://money.aol.com/special/best-coffee Home Brew]<br />
<br />
{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="50%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|S.No.<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|Brand Name<br />
|bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|Percentage Share<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|1<br />
|Folger<nowiki>’</nowiki>s<br />
|align = "right"|30%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|2<br />
|Maxwell House<br />
|align = "right"|19%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|3<br />
|Eight O<nowiki>’</nowiki> Clock Coffee<br />
|align = "right"|11%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|4<br />
|Gevalia<br />
|align = "right"|9%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|5<br />
|Kona<br />
|align = "right"|8%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|6<br />
|Chock Full O<nowiki>’</nowiki> Nuts<br />
|align = "right"|7%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|7<br />
|Green Mountain <br />
|align = "right"|6%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|8<br />
|Jamaican Blue Mountain <br />
|align = "right"|6%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|9<br />
|Newman<nowiki>’</nowiki>s Own<br />
|align = "right"|2%<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|10<br />
|Bustelo<br />
|align = "right"|2%<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
*The below drawn chart shows the comparison of various brands which are consumed at home by consumer. <br />
* The percentage data indicates the market share of each of these brands in the years 2000 and 2006 respectively. <br />
[[Image:In home.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Source: IRI as of 12/31/06]]<br />
<br />
=== USA - Coffee Consumption by Place ===<br />
The below mentioned figure gives break up of coffee consumption pattern by place<br />
<br />
[[Image:Consumer Base.jpg|500px|center|thumb|NCA]]<br />
<br />
=== USA - Coffee Consumption by Age ===<br />
<br />
*If we see the below chart that’s depicts the data for the total coffee consumption by age , we can see there is continuous growth in the 18-24 yr segment, while last three years also shows an increase in consumption for age group of 60+.<br />
<br />
*There is drop in consumption of coffee in age group of 25-39 years.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Consumption of Coffee.jpg|500px|center|thumb|According to the 2008 Beverages Market Research Handbook]]<br />
<br />
=== USA - Coffee Consumption (Out of Home data) ===<br />
<br />
'''Out of Home coffee consumption''':<br />
<br />
Below bar chart shows the coffee consumption at various coffee bars, restaurants or retail locations.<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Image:Out of Home.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Out of Home]]<br />
<br />
<br />
The out of home coffee market is mostly captured by '''Starbucks'''.<br />
<br />
Few other leading companies which fall under these companies are <br />
<br />
*The Coffee Bean & Tea Lea <br />
*Peet’s Coffee & Tea<br />
*The Coffee Beanery<br />
*Tully’s Coffee<br />
<br />
=='''Supply Chain of Coffee Products:'''==<br />
<br />
This below path very well depicts the supply chain of coffee for home consumption.<br />
<br />
[[Image:SCM.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Supply Chain Management]]<br />
<br />
== Business Research ==<br />
* The goal for this business research report is to:-<br />
# Identify unique segments, through hypothesis generation, where coffee for in-home consumption can be promoted <br />
# Define these segments<br />
# Determine places, online or offline, where these segments congregate<br />
# Size up the segments to determine marketing potential of each segment<br />
# Provide calendar view on "offline events" where these segments congregate for effective promotion planning<br />
<br />
== Segment Identification ==<br />
<br />
* For segment identification we did the following:<br />
# Identified online media where coffee lovers congregate<br />
# Ranked and sorted the online media based on traffic (from Alexa ratings)<br />
# Read up user generated content on such websites to identify unique segments/communities for coffee promotion<br />
# For each unique segment/community, '''we then defined the place where they congregate offline'''<br />
<br />
=== Segments Identified : Segments defined ===<br />
<br />
{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''S. No.'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Statements'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Place of Usage'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Communities'''<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|'''Source'''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|1<br />
|People enjoy coffee as a cocktail drink.<br />
|The places where the coffee is served alongwith cocktail drink<br />
|Businessmen, Youngsters who like to hang out at bars<br />
|coffeetea.about.com <br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|2<br />
|Companies have started pairing premium coffee with individual personality or individual needs depending on mood<br />
|Locations providing the customized coffee<br />
|Anyone who enjoys a customized coffee drink<br />
|ineedcoffee.com, gourmetcoffee.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|3<br />
| Messages pertaining to health<br />
|Any beverage outlet that is positioned to sell healthy drinks<br />
|Athletes, fitness conscious people<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|4<br />
|Caffeine supports physical performance<br />
|Any place selling healthy beverage products<br />
|Athletes, fitness consicous people<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|5<br />
|Coffee may reduce colon cancer risk among women<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|Women suffering from colon cancer<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|6<br />
| Caffeine and exercise may help against sun-induced skin cancer<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|population suffering from skin cancer<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|7<br />
| Coffee associated with lower liver cancer risk<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|population suffering from liver cancer<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|8<br />
|Coffee may lessen after-exercise muscle soreness<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|people visiting ortheopaedist<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|9<br />
| Coffee drinkers are less likely to develop Parkinson<nowiki>’</nowiki>s disease<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|Population suffering from parkinson disease<br />
|www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|10<br />
|Coffee consumption lowers diabetes risk<br />
|Any place or website where people with this disease can congregate<br />
|Persons treated for diabetes<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|11<br />
|Coffee reduces cognitive decline in elderly men<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|age group bove 40<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|12<br />
|Coffee can lower the risk of serious illnesses<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|13<br />
|Coffee can ease headaches, prevent diseases<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
|all classes<br />
| www.positivelycoffee.org, www.nescafe.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|14<br />
|Church Goers drink coffee to keep themselves awake during the sermons.<br />
|Café shops located in or around church<br />
|church goers<br />
| ineedcoffee.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|15<br />
|Creation of artistic centers attracts coffee drinkers.<br />
|Various museums,art galleries etc.<br />
|Tourists, Adults<br />
| auburncoffee.com<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|16<br />
|People drink coffee at the various business conferences.<br />
|Any business conference where lots of people meet together<br />
|Business persons<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|17<br />
|Coffee is consumed at International Coffee Festivals.<br />
|The places where the international festival occurs<br />
|Coffee lovers, business people that frequent these festivals<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|18<br />
| High Street locations are places to which people<nowiki>’</nowiki>s visit.<br />
|Places located on high street locations where beverages can be sold<br />
|Business people, Shoppers, etc. <br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|19<br />
|During Public performances<br />
|Amphitheaters,community halls, opera houses etc.<br />
|Art lovers/Theatre lovers<br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|20<br />
|Charitable places<br />
|Charitable organisations and their events<br />
|Charitable organizations, Charitable events etc. <br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|21<br />
| Rural and off highway locations<br />
|Places on rural and off highway location selling beverages<br />
|youngsters,tourists<br />
|classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/Summer-05/ba469/Elton/Sector%20Analysis/Starbucks_compiled.ppt<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|22<br />
|At places that have kids playing area.<br />
|Any place with a secure kids playing area<br />
|Married Couple…Persons in Parenthood<br />
|kimboal.ba.ttu.edu<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFCC99"|23<br />
|At opera theaters.<br />
|Opera theatres<br />
|Opera goers<br />
|&nbsp;<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[category:uncategorized]]<br />
<br />
== Segment Sizing ==<br />
<br />
Each of the segments identified and defined are sized to determine the market attractiveness/potential of each segment. This is done as follows:<br />
# For each segment, a potential place where they congregate offline in large groups has been defined.<br />
# A detailed list of such offline events, up to a predetermined calendar date, has been made.<br />
# The places where such events happen/will happen have been identified.<br />
# For each individual event, a potential size has been estimated.<br />
# The size estimates for each individual event is then aggregated.<br />
# Based on this aggregation, the viability for promoting to each segment is determined.<br />
<br />
=='''Segment sizing of communities that follow Operas - Executive Summary'''==<br />
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* Opera definition:- We have defined operas as acts that involve dialogs and music. Symphonies, and other solo performances like comedy acts by Robin Williams are considered targeting a different community. <br />
* The Opera season in the USA peaks in October-November, then takes a dip to pick up again in February-April.<br />
* The top 2 states where we can reach the highest potential audience through operas is (a) New York - 444,600 people and (b) California - 384,733 people. Hence, the company can focus on any one of these 2 states for new coffee introduction. <br />
* Each of the top 20 shows caters to a potential audience of a 28,000 people and more thus making it a good promotion vehicle. The top 2 shows, Madam Butterfly and La-Traviata, have a potential to reach 100,000 plus people thus providing a good opportunity for promotion association. <br />
* The top music composers in the USA are Puccini and Verdi with more than 100 shows staged all over the USA. Association with their names can be a good promotion strategy for a brand. <br />
* Romance and Tragedy dominate the Opera scene in the USA. Emotional associations of a brand with Romance may appeal thus to a larger potential audience. <br />
<br />
==='''Opera Community Sizing: Methodology'''===<br />
<br />
* Opera community sizing method:-<br />
# We identified a list of opera companies that produce operas in the USA.<br />
# We made a detailed list of all operas produced by these companies, the number of times each opera is shown and the place where the opera is shown. <br />
# We then made a ranking of the top opera shows in the USA, the composers whose music is associated with them, and the places where these shows are held.<br />
# From the size of the opera theater where these shows are held, we estimated a potential audience each can cater to (since the calculation was for potential audience, we assumed 100% attendance). <br />
<br />
==='''Opera companies and their schedule of Operas'''===<br />
<br />
*This sheet also contains schedule of the events dated from Oct-2008 to July 2009.<br />
<br />
* The dark green highlighted cell represents the total number of shows to be held in that opera house or conducted by particular opera company <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Image:Opera companies' & Schedule of Events.jpg|center|thumb|1200px| Opera companies and Schedule of Events]]<br />
<br />
'''The below link will guide to the full spread sheet'''.<br />
<br />
[[Opera Companies and Schedule of Events]]<br />
<br />
==='''Compilation of Operas and their respective number of shows'''===<br />
<br />
[[Image:Comparison of Different Performances(shows).jpg|left|thumb|9500px|Comparison of Different Show]]<br />
* This excel sheets consists of the show name along with there composer, which are places in chronological order of number of times they are performed.<br />
<br />
<br />
* It also contains details for number of location where a show is to be performed.<br />
<br />
<br />
* It represent the number of performances that particular show has from oct-2008 to july-2009 <br />
<br />
<br />
* The red highlighted cells indicate that the show is being performed at "N" number of location, where N=Number in the respective cell <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
* This information can be utilized to target the community as per the popularity of the show.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''The below link will guide to the full spread sheet'''<br />
<br />
[[Comparison of Different Shows]]<br />
<br />
==='''Compilation of shows by Composer'''===<br />
<br />
[[Image:Composers & No. Of Shows.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Composers]]<br />
<br />
*This Sheet contains the information performing to various composers and the number of the performances of shows composed by them.<br />
<br />
*The adjacent sheet contains the bar drawn in each cell for the comparative study of the various shows composed by composer.<br />
<br />
* This information can be useful to target communities as per the popularity of composers.<br />
<br />
'''The below link will guide to the full spread sheet'''<br />
<br />
[[COMPOSERS]]<br />
<br />
=== Estimating Potential Audience Data for each Opera show===<br />
<br />
* The below excel sheet shows the potential audience for the top 20 shows.<br />
* This data an be used for targeting the shows with the larger number of potential audience.<br />
* This spread sheet is being prepared using the same methodology as described above.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Estimating Potential Audiences Data.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Potential Audience]]<br />
<br />
=== Classification of Opera Acts===<br />
<br />
<br />
We had also tried to analyse the types of the acts written by composer i.e. type of acts whether it being comedy,tragedy,romantic act etc.<br />
<br />
The following pie chart suggest this percentages of various types.<br />
<br />
[[Image:trends.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Trends]]<br />
<br />
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2006:175 DISSABS Order Number: AAIC821247 (not available for sale by<br />
UMI)<br />
TI <br />
Hormone-sensitive lipase: New roles for an old enzyme<br />
AU <br />
Hansson, Ola Axel [Ph.D.]<br />
CS <br />
Lunds Universitet (Sweden) (0899)<br />
SO <br />
Dissertation Abstracts International, (2005) Vol. 66, No. 4C, p. 766.<br />
Order No.: AAIC821247 (not available for sale by UMI). 147 pages. <br />
ISBN: 91-85439-76-2.<br />
DT <br />
Dissertation<br />
FS <br />
DAI<br />
LA <br />
English<br />
ED <br />
Entered STN: 20060126<br />
Last Updated on STN: 20060126<br />
AB <br />
Hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) has a unique ability to<br />
hydrolyze a large panel of substrates including acylglycerols, cholesteryl<br />
esters and retinyl esters. HSL is potentially a new drug target for the<br />
treatment of obesity and type II diabetes. However, as HSL is not only<br />
expressed in white adipose tissue (WAT), but also plays significant roles<br />
in other tissues, it is of importance to better understand the different<br />
functions of this enzyme in the body.<br />
In this thesis the aim has been to study the consequences of a<br />
targeted disruption of the HSL gene in the mouse with focus on the<br />
effects in skeletal muscle and WAT.<br />
Expressional and functional analyses of soleus muscle of HSL null<br />
mice suggests an important role of HSL in skeletal muscle metabolism as<br />
the absence of HSL leads to increased glycogen utilization and an<br />
increased amount of lipid droplets, which presumably reflects a metabolic<br />
switch from lipid to carbohydrate metabolism.<br />
A fibre type transformation from slow twitch oxidative fibres to an<br />
enrichment of fast twitch glycolytic fibres in soleus muscle is also<br />
suggested.<br />
Using a proteomic approach a local inflammatory response in WAT is<br />
demonstrated in the non-obese HSL null mouse model. New methodological<br />
aspects of analysing data generated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel<br />
electrophoresis are also presented. Increased energy expenditure and<br />
perturbation of adipogenesis are suggested reasons behind the observed<br />
protection against diet-induced obesity in HSL null mice. Results<br />
presented in this thesis suggest an important role of HSL in lipid<br />
signalling and adipogenesis through its action as a retinyl ester<br />
hydrolyze in WAT.<br />
CC <br />
0379 BIOLOGY, CELL; 0487 CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY; 0571 HEALTH SCIENCES,<br />
PATHOLOGY</div>Adminhttps://www.dolcera.com/wiki/index.php?title=EMBASE_/_1998055910&diff=5123EMBASE / 19980559102008-08-22T05:43:11Z<p>Admin: </p>
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1998055910 EMBASE <br />
TI <br />
Human hormone-sensitive lipase: Genetic mapping, identification of a<br />
new dinucleotide repeat, and association with obesity and NIDDM.<br />
AU <br />
Magre J.; Laurell H.; Fizames C.; Antoine P.J.; Dib C.; Vigouroux C.;<br />
Bourut C.; Capeau J.; Weissenbach J.; Langin D.<br />
CS <br />
J. Capeau, INSERM U.402, Faculte de Medecine Saint-Antoine, 27 rue<br />
Chaligny, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France. capeau@st-antoine.inserm.fr<br />
SO <br />
Diabetes, (1998) Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 284-286. .<br />
Refs: 7<br />
ISSN: 0012-1797 CODEN: DIAEAZ<br />
CY <br />
United States<br />
DT <br />
Journal; Article<br />
FS <br />
003 Endocrinology<br />
005 General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy<br />
022 Human Genetics<br />
LA <br />
English<br />
ED <br />
Entered STN: 16 Apr 1998<br />
Last Updated on STN: 16 Apr 1998<br />
CT <br />
Medical Descriptors: <br />
*obesity<br />
*non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus<br />
dinucleotide repeat<br />
gene mapping<br />
genetic linkage<br />
allele<br />
heterozygote<br />
fatty acid metabolism<br />
chromosome 19q<br />
genetic polymorphism<br />
hormone sensitivity<br />
human<br />
male<br />
female<br />
major clinical study<br />
controlled study<br />
aged<br />
adult<br />
article<br />
priority journal<br />
Drug Descriptors: <br />
*triacylglycerol lipase: EC, endogenous compound<br />
RN <br />
(triacylglycerol lipase) 9001-62-1</div>Adminhttps://www.dolcera.com/wiki/index.php?title=BIOSIS_/_1998:497819&diff=5122BIOSIS / 1998:4978192008-08-22T05:43:03Z<p>Admin: </p>
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1998:497819 BIOSIS<br />
DN <br />
PREV199800497819<br />
TI <br />
Neuro-humoral regulation of lipolysis: Physiological and pathological<br />
aspects. <br />
AU <br />
Lafontan, Max [Reprint author]; Langin, Dominique<br />
CS <br />
Inserm U. 317, Inst. Louis-Bugnard, Univ. Paul-Sabatier, CHU Rangueil,<br />
Batiment L3, 31403 Toulouse Cedex 4, France<br />
SO <br />
M-S (Medecine Sciences), (Aug.-Sept., 1998) Vol. 14, No. 8-9, pp. 865-876.<br />
print. <br />
ISSN: 0767-0974. <br />
DT <br />
Article<br />
General Review; (Literature Review)<br />
LA <br />
French<br />
ED <br />
Entered STN: 18 Nov 1998<br />
Last Updated on STN: 18 Nov 1998<br />
AB <br />
Lipolysis in white fat cells plays a central role in the regulation of<br />
energy balance. Triacylglycerols (TAG) stored in the adipocytes are<br />
hydrolysed consecutively to hormone sensitive lipase (HSL)<br />
activation during the stimulation of lipolysis. HSL catalyses the<br />
hydrolysis of TAG to diacylglycerol and then to monoacylglycerol. The<br />
hydrolysis of the monoacylglycerol-fatty acid bond is assured by a<br />
monoacylglycerol lipase. HSL is phosphorylated by the cAMP-dependent<br />
protein kinase. Genomic organization and functional domains of rodent and<br />
human hormone-sensitive lipase have recently been studied. Acute<br />
regulation of HSL by catecholamines and insulin is well documented.<br />
Non-esterified fatty acids and glycerol released by adipose tissue are<br />
taken up by other tissues where they are metabolized. The local blood<br />
flow in adipose tissue modulates the mobilization and the re-utilization<br />
of fatty acids. Local blood flow and lipolysis are regulated by hormonal<br />
factors and influenced by a number of physiological factors such as diets,<br />
exercise, aging and sex. Insulin and catecholamines are the major<br />
hormonal regulators of lipolysis. Their control of lipolysis is subjected<br />
to variations according to the anatomical localization of adipose tissue<br />
deposits. In human, lipolysis differs in visceral and subcutaneous<br />
deposits. Insulin exerts its antilipolytic action through the stimulation<br />
of adipocyte phosphodiesterase 3B. Four adrenoceptor subtypes are<br />
involved in the adrenergic regulation of white and brown fat cell<br />
lipolysis. The control of adenylyl cyclase activity involves stimulatory<br />
beta1-, beta2- and beta3-adrenergic receptors and inhibitory<br />
alpha2-adrenoceptors. Many clinical disorders are accompanied by<br />
alteration in adipocyte lipolysis. Alteration of hormone-sensitive<br />
lipase activity and of catecholamine-induced lipolysis have been<br />
reported in obesity, familial combined hyperlipidemia, insulin resistance<br />
syndrome and diabetes. Changes in beta- and alpha2-adrenoceptor ratios<br />
and function as well as impairment of HSL function have been proposed to<br />
explain the lipolytic disturbances.<br />
CC <br />
Metabolism - General metabolism and metabolic pathways 13002<br />
Nervous system - General and methods 20501<br />
IT <br />
Major Concepts<br />
Metabolism<br />
IT <br />
Parts, Structures, & Systems of Organisms<br />
adipocyte, lipolytic disorders<br />
IT <br />
Diseases<br />
obesity: nutritional disease<br />
Obesity (MeSH)<br />
IT <br />
Chemicals & Biochemicals<br />
hormone-sensitive lipase; triacylglycerols: hydrolysis<br />
IT Miscellaneous Descriptors<br />
clinical applications; lipolysis: neurohumoral regulation;<br />
pathophysiology; physiology<br />
ORGN <br />
Classifier<br />
Hominidae 86215<br />
Super Taxa<br />
Primates; Mammalia; Vertebrata; Chordata; Animalia<br />
Organism Name<br />
human: patient<br />
Taxa Notes<br />
Animals, Chordates, Humans, Mammals, Primates, Vertebrates<br />
ORGN <br />
Classifier<br />
Rodentia 86265<br />
Super Taxa<br />
Mammalia; Vertebrata; Chordata; Animalia<br />
Organism Name<br />
rodent: animal model<br />
Taxa Notes<br />
Animals, Chordates, Mammals, Nonhuman Vertebrates, Nonhuman Mammals,<br />
Rodents, Vertebrates<br />
RN <br />
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1999:49004 BIOSIS<br />
DN <br />
PREV199900049004<br />
TI <br />
The putative role of the hormone-sensitive lipase gene in the<br />
pathogenesis of type II diabetes mellitus and abdominal obesity. <br />
AU <br />
Klannemark, M.; Orho, M.; Langin, D.; Laurell, H.; Holm, C.; Reynisdottir,<br />
S.; Arner, P.; Groop, L. [Reprint author]<br />
CS <br />
Wallenberg Lab. Endocrinology Diabetes, Floor 3, UMAS Entrance 46, 205 02<br />
Malmo, Sweden<br />
SO <br />
Diabetologia, (Dec., 1998) Vol. 41, No. 12, pp. 1516-1522. print. <br />
CODEN: DBTGAJ. ISSN: 0012-186X. <br />
DT <br />
Article<br />
LA <br />
English<br />
ED <br />
Entered STN: 10 Feb 1999<br />
Last Updated on STN: 10 Feb 1999<br />
AB <br />
Impaired lipolysis has been proposed as a pathogenic factor contributing<br />
to clustering of abdominal obesity and dyslipidaemia in Type II<br />
(noninsulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus - that is, the metabolic<br />
syndrome (MSDR). As this syndrome clusters in families, alterations in<br />
the hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) gene could contribute to the<br />
genetic predisposition to MSDR. To test this hypothesis we carried out<br />
population and intrafamily association studies in individuals with MSDR,<br />
using a polymorphic marker (LIPE) in the HSL gene. There was a<br />
significant difference in allele frequency distribution between 235 Type<br />
II diabetic patients and 146 control subjects (p = 0.002), particularly<br />
between 78 abdominally obese Type II diabetic patients with MSDR and the<br />
control group (p = 0.010). An extended transmission disequilibrium test<br />
(TDT) showed transmission disequilibrium of 66 alleles to 42 nondiabetic,<br />
abdominally obese offspring in families with Type II diabetes (p <<br />
0.05). A slight difference in allele frequency distribution was seen<br />
between 71 individuals from the lowest and 71 from the highest tertile of<br />
isoprenaline-induced lipolysis in fat tissue (p = 0.07). No missense<br />
mutations were found with single-strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP)<br />
in 20 abdominally obese subjects with MSDR. In conclusion, our population<br />
and intrafamily association studies suggest that the LIPE marker in the<br />
HSL gene is in linkage disequilibrium with an allele and/or gene which<br />
increases susceptibility to abdominal obesity and thereby possibly to Type<br />
II diabetes.<br />
CC <br />
Endocrine - General 17002<br />
Genetics - Human 03508<br />
Enzymes - General and comparative studies: coenzymes 10802<br />
Metabolism - Metabolic disorders 13020<br />
Nutrition - Malnutrition and obesity 13203<br />
Cardiovascular system - General and methods 14501<br />
IT <br />
Major Concepts<br />
Endocrine System (Chemical Coordination and Homeostasis); Genetics;<br />
Nutrition<br />
IT <br />
Diseases<br />
abdominal obesity: nutritional disease<br />
Obesity (MeSH)<br />
IT <br />
Diseases<br />
metabolic syndrome: endocrine disease/pancreas, nutritional disease,<br />
vascular disease, metabolic disease, Syndrome X, insulin resistance<br />
syndrome<br />
IT <br />
Diseases<br />
non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: endocrine disease/pancreas,<br />
metabolic disease, pathogenesis, type II diabetes mellitus<br />
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent (MeSH)<br />
IT <br />
Chemicals & Biochemicals<br />
human hormone-sensitive lipase gene [HSL gene]: allele, linkage<br />
disequilibrium<br />
ORGN <br />
Classifier<br />
Hominidae 86215<br />
Super Taxa<br />
Primates; Mammalia; Vertebrata; Chordata; Animalia<br />
Organism Name<br />
human<br />
Taxa Notes<br />
Animals, Chordates, Humans, Mammals, Primates, Vertebrates<br />
RN <br />
9001-62-1 (LIPASE)<br />
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2001:508352 BIOSIS<br />
DN <br />
PREV200100508352<br />
TI <br />
A common hormone-sensitive lipase i6 gene polymorphism is associated<br />
with decreased human adipocyte lipolytic function. <br />
AU <br />
Hoffstedt, Johan [Reprint author]; Arner, Peter; Schalling, Martin;<br />
Pedersen, Nancy L.; Sengul, Selim; Ahlberg, Susanne; Iliadou, Anastasia;<br />
Lavebratt, Catharina<br />
CS <br />
Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, CME, M61, 141 86,<br />
Stockholm, Sweden<br />
johan.hoffstedt@medhs.ki.se<br />
SO <br />
Diabetes, (October, 2001) Vol. 50, No. 10, pp. 2410-2413. print. <br />
CODEN: DIAEAZ. ISSN: 0012-1797. <br />
DT <br />
Article<br />
LA <br />
English<br />
ED <br />
Entered STN: 31 Oct 2001<br />
Last Updated on STN: 23 Feb 2002<br />
AB <br />
Hereditary factors may be involved in the pathogenesis of type 2<br />
diabetes. A polymorphism in the hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL)<br />
gene (HSLi6) is associated with obesity and diabetes, although it is<br />
unknown whether the polymorphism is functional and thereby influences<br />
lipolysis. We genotyped 355 apparently healthy non-obese male and female<br />
subjects for the HSLi6 polymorphism. Allele 5 was found to be the most<br />
common allele (allele frequency 0.57). In 117 of the subjects, we<br />
measured abdominal subcutaneous fat cell lipolysis induced by drugs acting<br />
at various steps in the lipolytic cascade. The lipolysis rate induced by<br />
norepinephrine isoprenaline (acting on beta-adrenoceptors), forskolin<br />
(acting on adenylyl cyclase), and dibutyryl cyclic AMP (acting on HSL)<br />
were all decreased by apprx50% in allele 5 homozygotes, as compared with<br />
noncarriers. Heterozygotes showed an intermediate lipolytic rate. The<br />
difference in lipolysis rate between genotypes was more pronounced in men<br />
than in women. We conclude that allele 5 of the HSLi6 polymorphism is<br />
associated with a marked decrease in the lipolytic rate of abdominal fat<br />
cells. This may in turn contribute to the development of obesity.<br />
CC <br />
Genetics - Human 03508<br />
Metabolism - General metabolism and metabolic pathways 13002<br />
Metabolism - Metabolic disorders 13020<br />
Endocrine - General 17002<br />
IT <br />
Major Concepts<br />
Clinical Endocrinology (Human Medicine, Medical Sciences); Medical<br />
Genetics (Allied Medical Sciences); Metabolism<br />
IT <br />
Diseases<br />
obesity: nutritional disease<br />
Obesity (MeSH)<br />
IT <br />
Diseases<br />
type II diabetes: metabolic disease<br />
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent (MeSH)<br />
IT <br />
Miscellaneous Descriptors<br />
lipolysis<br />
ORGN <br />
Classifier<br />
Hominidae 86215<br />
Super Taxa<br />
Primates; Mammalia; Vertebrata; Chordata; Animalia<br />
Organism Name<br />
human: female, male, patient<br />
Taxa Notes<br />
Animals, Chordates, Humans, Mammals, Primates, Vertebrates<br />
GEN <br />
human HSL gene [human hormone-sensitive lipase gene] (Hominidae)</div>Adminhttps://www.dolcera.com/wiki/index.php?title=BIOSIS_/_2003:317841&diff=5119BIOSIS / 2003:3178412008-08-22T05:41:54Z<p>Admin: </p>
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2003:317841 BIOSIS<br />
DN <br />
PREV200300317841<br />
TI <br />
Downregulation of islet hormone-sensitive lipase during long-term<br />
high-fat feeding. <br />
AU <br />
Winzell, Maria Sorhede [Reprint Author]; Holm, Cecilia; Ahren, Bo<br />
CS <br />
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Sec. for Molecular Signalling,<br />
Biomedical Center, Lund University, S-221 84, Lund, Sweden<br />
Maria.Sorhede_Winzell@medkem.lu.se<br />
SO <br />
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, (May 2 2003) Vol.<br />
304, No. 2, pp. 273-278. print. <br />
CODEN: BBRCA9. ISSN: 0006-291X. <br />
DT <br />
Article<br />
LA <br />
English<br />
ED <br />
Entered STN: 9 Jul 2003<br />
Last Updated on STN: 9 Jul 2003<br />
AB <br />
Lipid accumulation in pancreatic beta-cells during high-fat (HF) feeding<br />
may be involved in inducing a defective insulin secretion due to<br />
lipotoxicity. Hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) is expressed and<br />
active in beta-cells, but its importance for islet dysfunction during the<br />
development of type 2 diabetes is not known. In this study, prolonged<br />
HF feeding of C57BL/6J mice, resulted in decreased HSL expression in<br />
islets, representing only 25 +- 4% of the levels observed in controls.<br />
This was paralleled by triglyceride accumulation and blunted insulin<br />
secretion both in vivo and in vitro. After switching the HF diet to a LF<br />
diet, HSL expression increased 10-fold compared to the HF fed mice.<br />
This was accompanied by reduced triglyceride levels and a restored insulin<br />
secretion. These results support the notion that HSL plays a critical<br />
role in the regulation of intracellular triglyceride levels in beta-cells,<br />
and that down-regulation of the enzyme may serve to protect against fatty<br />
acid-induced islet dysfunction.<br />
CC <br />
Cytology - Animal 02506<br />
Biochemistry studies - Proteins, peptides and amino acids 10064<br />
Biochemistry studies - Lipids 10066<br />
Enzymes - General and comparative studies: coenzymes 10802<br />
Metabolism - Metabolic disorders 13020<br />
Nutrition - General studies, nutritional status and methods 13202<br />
Endocrine - General 17002<br />
Endocrine - Pancreas 17008<br />
Toxicology - General and methods 22501<br />
IT <br />
Major Concepts<br />
Endocrine System (Chemical Coordination and Homeostasis); Enzymology<br />
(Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics); Nutrition<br />
IT <br />
Parts, Structures, & Systems of Organisms<br />
pancreatic beta-cell: endocrine system<br />
IT <br />
Diseases<br />
type 2 diabetes: endocrine disease/pancreas, metabolic disease<br />
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent (MeSH)<br />
IT <br />
Chemicals & Biochemicals<br />
fat: nutrient; fatty acid; hormone-sensitive lipase:<br />
downregulation; insulin; lipid: toxicity; triglyceride<br />
ORGN <br />
Classifier<br />
Muridae 86375<br />
Super Taxa<br />
Rodentia; Mammalia; Vertebrata; Chordata; Animalia<br />
Organism Name<br />
mouse (common)<br />
Taxa Notes<br />
Animals, Chordates, Mammals, Nonhuman Vertebrates, Nonhuman Mammals,<br />
Rodents, Vertebrates<br />
RN <br />
9001-62-1 (hormone-sensitive lipase)<br />
9004-10-8 (insulin)</div>Admin