Table of Contents 1. Description of the Pharmaceutical sector In the year 2004‚ the global economy experienced a momentum. After the dot.com bubble and the 9/11 terrorist attacks‚ the economy slowed down‚ especially in the USA. The American economy‚ which was the greatest market for the pharmaceutical industry‚ suffered an economic recession from 2001 to 2003. However‚ in 2004 the tax cuts and the lower interest rates stimulated a robust expansion in that country. Particularly
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The Pitea is disputably one of the most distinguished renaissance sculptures. It was in the Italian Renaissance in 14th century that was best known for its achievements in painting‚ architecture‚ and sculpture to name a few. Pietà was created by the artist Michelangelo whose life time was 1475-1564. Michelangelo sculpted the well-known piece of work‚ the Pietà ‚prior to the age of thirty. In 1496 Michelangelo relocates to Rome where he completes one of his well-known pieces. Maybe he had the same
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Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and the Post -Method Era POSTED BY TEACHING ENGLISH 4 ALL ⋅ APRIL 22‚ 2011 ⋅ 4 COMMENTS FILED UNDER ADVANTAGES‚ CLT‚ COMMUNICATIVE‚ DISADVANTAGE‚ LANGUAGE‚ TEACHING‚ TEACHING ENGLISH Background The origins of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) are to be found in the changes in the British language teaching tradition dating late 1960s. Until then‚ situation of Language Teaching represented the major British approach to teaching English as foreign language
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language can ’t be achieved by use of such a method. C. Recommendations Iranian education system especially the system of teaching second or foreign languages such as English needs a real revolution to get much better results in teaching English. GTM might be a good method in some ways but in fact it won ’t work with out help of some other new methods such as CLT or so on which paid much more attention to aural oral skills and at the same time to the reading and writing skills which are inseparable
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contracts in southern France and nearby Euro countries. 2. Mission’s price for the coupling in questions (PT40) is $1.26‚ FOB‚ Los Angeles. The target gross margin for exports is 30% FOB $1.26 (location Los Angeles) COGS $ .88 (Fixed) GTM $0.38 CIF $1.3627= $1.36 FOB (1.05) (1.03)= 1.0815 Pricing FOB $1.33- $.88= $.45 $1.54- $.88=$.66 Target (Gross Margin for exports 30%) 3. Mission has a reputation for high prices in the US‚ and running the factory below
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explains‚ "We bring together different disciplines‚ functions‚ and geographies to try to break up silos." Second‚ while many organizations’ planning processes unwittingly compel functional- or business-unit heads to focus on their own objectives‚ Novartis takes a different approach. The company pushes executives to consider ways that unique packaging of expertise both within and outside the organization - could create new market opportunities to which they could respond. For example‚ the company routinely
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1. Introduction At school level‚ the educational system of Pakistan is divided into three major categories on the basis of the medium of instruction: 1. The government vernacular-medium schools which use Urdu‚ and the regional languages as Sindhi‚ Balochi‚ Punjabi‚ Pashto‚ etc as their medium of instruction for teaching almost all the subjects. 2. English medium schools (private elitist; state-influenced public schools and cadet colleges; and non-elitist private English-medium
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The Acquisition between Merck and Schering-Plough Introduction On March 9‚ 2009‚ Merck & Co.‚ Inc. and Schering-Plough Corporation announced that their Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Merck and Schering-Plough will combine‚ under the name Merck in a stock and cash transaction. As the two companies’ combined 2008 revenues were $47 billion. The deal officially closed on November 3‚ 2009. Background of the two parties Merck & Co. (NYSE:
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As competitors start entering with low cost generics‚ Novartis felt the heat and focused on another molecule “Tasigna” which was not exactly the same in indication but to live blue ocean strategy‚ Novartis promoted “Tasigna” as best option in same subtype of cancer where Gleevec was indicated. Gradually with different campaigns and cannibalizing “Gleevec” by positioning over it‚ Novartis is playing again “Blue Ocean” strategy with no competitor as Tasigna is patented product
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Monsanto Case Study Monsanto is a multinational world leader in the production of the herbicide glyphosate and in the manipulation of genetically modified (GM) seeds. They were a chemical company‚ which shifted into the new life science area developing numerous patents related to genetic techniques and GM seeds variety. The company entered in the agrobiochemical industry‚ which is in its growth life cycle based on continuous product improvements and replacement by superior traits. The industry
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