TO: Dr. Roy Vagelos‚ Chairman and CEO Merck Corporation. January‚ 1991. The decision to move forward with the program to donate the new drug Mectizan on a large scale to the affected population in the Third World needs to be systematically analyzed. There are two especially important angles from which this decision needs to be considered. The first concern that needs to be taken into account is that of the stockholders and investors in this company‚ whose interests you are ultimately charged with
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Merck & Co. Executive Summary Case Study Goal The goal of this case study is to examine the current operations of Merck & Co. Inc. and determine areas of potential concern‚ evaluate the effectiveness of the current business model‚ and propose a plan of action to grow Merck & Co. Inc. to be the largest pharmaceutical company in the world. Methods of Analysis This case study will strive to identify areas of concern and opportunity‚ offer solutions‚ and make projections based upon historic data
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Pharmaceuticals: Merck Sustaining Long-term Advantage Through Information Technology Hiroshi Amari Working Paper No. 161 Working Paper Series Center on Japanese Economy and Business Columbia Business School December 1998 Columbia-Yale Project: Use of Software to Achieve Competitive Advantage PHARMACEUTICALS: MERCK Sustaining Long-term Advantage Through Information Technology Prepared by Hiroshi Amari Research Associate‚ Yale University William V. Rapp and Hugh T. Patrick Co-principal
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Lewent at Merck & Co.‚ Inc. Ways in which the Financial Area at Merck added value to the company beyond its typical work: * In the 80’s era there was no systematic planning model‚ that’s where Merck felt the need to develop theirs‚ i.e.‚ the research planning model. * They also came up with a simulation planning & hedging model‚ which was very effective as they kept on innovating it. * Merck had a well
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increasingly complex. No longer simply the domain of the warehouse manager or logistics director‚ supply chain management is viewed by most companies as a mission-critical element. In this special report‚ experts from Wharton and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) discuss strategies for maximizing the value of supply chains‚ avoiding inefficiencies‚ managing the omnipresent risk of disruption‚ and evaluating the pros and cons of supply chain enterprise systems. ‘You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure’: Maximizing
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c. Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the long-term senior unsecured rating of AZN from A1 to Aa2 in 2007. Assess any potential association between this downgrade and AZN’s arrangements with Merck. Paris‚ July 30‚ 2007 -- Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the long-term senior unsecured ratings of AstraZeneca plc and its guaranteed subsidiary to A1 from Aa2. This downgrade followed the announcement of AstraZeneca’s acquisition of MedImmune for a total consideration of more than US$15 billion
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BCG MATRIX Stars e. g: beverages Question mark ? e. g: breakfast cereals Low Market Growth Rate Cash Cows e. g: baby food Dog e. g: pharmaceutical products High Low High Relative Market Share STARS The stars are the high relative market share and high market growth. Nestlé beverages are products more present on the market because this is a high quality of product and nowadays costumers like consume
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to breach the University’s regulations. Signature: …… Date: ……… GRADED ASSIGNMENT.3. The need to manage cash flow provided the impetus for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to design the matrix in 1970‚ which has since become one of the most widely used portfolio analysis models. Companies use BCG analysis in brand marketing‚ product management‚ portfolio and strategic management to help them develop their various businesses or products. It involves classifying products into four
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Group (BCG) Modal Hello students! After having an understanding of what an SBU is you also need to now how do the companies select a particular strategy for which they need to analyze their SBUs? There is a matrix given by the Boston Consultancy Group‚ which can be used by the companies for the purpose of analysis‚ which will be discussed in this lesson‚ and also how useful it is. BCG Model The BCG Matrix‚ named after the Boston Consulting Group (BCG)‚ is perhaps the most famous 2x2 matrix. The
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Merck and Co. and river blindness MANUEL VELASQUEZ‚ Business Ethics. Concepts and cases 4th edt.‚ Prentice Hall‚ Upper Saddle River‚ New Jersey‚ 1998 River blindness is an agonizing disease that affects some 18 million impoverished people living in remote villages along the banks of rivers in tropical regions of Africa and Latin America. The disease is caused by a tiny parasitic worm that is passed from person to person by the bite of the black fly which breeds in river waters. The tiny worms
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