STRATEGIC GROUP THEORY: REVIEW‚ EXAMINATION AND APPLICATION IN THE UK PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY by Graham Leask & David Parker Graham Leask‚ Aston Business School‚ Aston University‚ Birmingham B4 7ET‚ UK and David Parker‚ Cranfield School of Management‚ Cranfield University‚ Bedfordshire MK43 0AL‚ UK ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors would like to acknowledge the valuable assistance of IMS Health in the preparation of this manuscript‚ in particular the assistance of Alan Johnson‚ and the helpful
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Lush “Happy people making happy soap” EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Lush Marketing Plan Page 1 I. Situation Analysis Lush Products and Services: Creators of Lush have been working together to craft their handmade cosmetics since the 1970’s‚ but not under the name Lush. Luckily in 1994 the company was able to recreate itself and reopened its doors as Lush Inc. Their headquarters are in Poole‚ England where they really changed the bathing world by introducing the public to new bath products
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Legislation and Regulations Outline of legislation in relation to Unit and assessment criteria Children Act 1989 This Act allocates duties to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted‚ with an emphasis on children being best looked after within their family. Schools have a greater duty of care‚ including ensuring there is no risk from the adult supervision within schools‚ one method to help ensure this is the data barring checks (DBS‚ formerly criminal records bureau‚ CRB). School
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Children obesity in the UK Obesity‚ which is defined as ‘abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health’‚ nowadays is a growing problem in most developed countries and is responsible for a significant degree of morbidity and mortality in the world. This phenomenon‚ in last decade‚ widely spread especially in the United States of America‚ has recently affected western part of Europe as well. Obesity in adults has been an increasing problem for many years. However
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‘The UK Prime Minister is the prisoner of the UK Parliament’ Discuss. Typically‚ when contemplating the word ‘prisoner’‚ one envisages someone kept under lock and key‚ detained in an institution and devoid of all freedom. However‚ the term ‘prisoner’ can be used in many different ways. To be a prisoner can simply imply having a lack of liberty and power‚ being kept in restraint against one’s own will. This more complex and subtle interpretation of the word ‘prisoner’ opens up the question of whether
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Coffee Chain in UK Costa coffee founded in 1971 in London‚ UK. Now‚ it has become the biggest top coffee shop chain in UK. However‚ Costa should be prepared for danger in times of peace. In this report‚ some suggestions will be proposed to improve Costa coffee’s marketing mix over the next three years. We begin with a brief description of the data we collected‚ then go on to analyses coffee shop market environment in UK; the next section looks at Costa coffee’s current statement of marketing mix
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Why we are where we are! • The deficit has risen as a number of complex factors come together. • There was a rapid increase in spending in the last few years of the labour government • This followed many years of when Gordon Brown was the Chancellor of the Exchequer and he advocated fiscal prudence‚ being very careful with the balance of spending and taxation. • Later on there was an acceleration in the growth of public spending • One example would be state education • Between 2005 and 2010
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BIS ECONOMICS PAPER NO. 17 UK trade performance across markets and sectors FEBRUARY 2012 1 BIS ECONOMICS PAPER NO. 17 UK trade performance across markets and sectors FEBRUARY 2012 The Views expressed within BIS Economics Papers are those of the authors and should not be treated as Government policy UK trade performance across markets and sectors CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ................................................................. vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...
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democratic is the UK? Democracy is a difficult concept to define‚ but as a simplification and a conventional definition‚ it is the people’s right to choose and the right to say how the country is run. Democracy falls into many categories and comes in various different forms. One form is when power is in the hands of the population as a whole and political decisions are made themselves‚ this is known as direct democracy. An example of a direct democracy currently present in the UK is a referendum
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analyzes the political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure in the UK. Each of the PESTLE factors is explored on four parameters: current strengths‚ current challenges‚ future prospects‚ and future risks. Summary Key findings The UK has a strong democratic system‚ but differences between coalition partners in the incumbent government pose a challenge The UK adheres to a democratic‚ parliamentary system of governance known as the Westminster system. This system
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