1) WHY? Brief Background on Merck & Co. Performance Appraisal System The past and existing performance appraisal of Merck & Co. was ineffective to identify and reward performance to a certain extent. Although the company was paying their employees around seven to eight percent more than the average compensation in other large companies‚ the performance appraisal system did not clearly identified outstanding performance‚ which caused inequity in rewarding performance and led to unhappiness
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10/6/2014 Case 3: Merck and River Blindness 1. Why was Merck hesitant about developing a human version of Ivermectin? Merck considered this opportunity as a high risk investment. The cost of developing the drug was estimated at $100 million. Even if it was successful to cure river blindness the victims were too poor to afford the drug. There was no way to distribute it in these rural areas were the victims were located. In addition‚ there was a possibility that people would misuse the drugs‚ which
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business Today Merck & Co‚ Inc. is one of the most recognizable companies in the pharmaceutical industry. When asked about Merck‚ most people think that it is and always has been a US company. However‚ the company’s history can be traced all the way back to the 1600’s where it was started in Darmstadt‚ Germany. Friedrich Jacob Merck purchased a local store in 1668 where he prepared and sold medicines. The store was called “At the sign of the Angels” and would remain in the Merck family for many
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Bonds Microsoft’s long-term debt is composed of eight long-term bonds. It also has two short-term bonds that mature this year and early next year. These bonds were neglected in this report. In this report the required return was calculated by using the coupon rates‚ market values‚ time until maturity‚ and tax rate. These values were all found on Microsoft’s 2012 financial statement. The weighted average cost of debt was then found through the multiplication of each bond’s required return and their
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Merck and Company‚ Inc.: SWOT Analysis and Stakeholder Evaluation Merck and Company‚ Inc.‚ a.k.a. Merck‚ is a leading worldwide pharmaceutical company that engages in manufacturing and marketing medicines‚ animal products‚ vaccines‚ and consumer health products. As most companies‚ Merck desires to continue their success as one of the top health care innovators in the world. Conducting a SWOT analysis can give them insight into internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities
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MERCK SHARPE & DOHME CASE SUMMARY QUESTIONS 1. Provide brief Background and Context In 1996 Merc Sharp & Dohme (MSD)‚ one of the top tier pharmaceutical firms in Argentina was undergoing fundamental changes in both its organizational structure as well as managerial philosophy. For over a year the company was under a new managing director who was leading the transformation of the company. The main goals at the time were to change the old hierarchical management system into a flatter
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Guinea and Merck’s Gift to World: A Vaccine for Ebola Christmas may have come early to the West African nation of Guinea; a vaccine developed by Merck and tested on 4‚000 people in Guinea proved 100% effective. Sakoba Keita‚ Ebola response coordinator in Guinea called it Guinea’s gift to the world and it very well might be. Conditions of Testing There are certain medical concerns on the testing methodology. Due to the epidemic nature of the disease and the urgent need for a solution‚ no placebos
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performance of top managers 2) Compute the corporate WACC. Be sure to state all your assumptions to get the various inputs to the WACC. r_e=r_f+ β(EMRP) WACC= r_e (E/V)+ r_d (D/V)(1-t) E=Midland’s Equity Market Value D=Midland’s Net Debt (E/V)= Weight for the cost of equity (D/V)= Weight for the cost of V (E+D)= Midland’s total Market Value r_e =Equity cost of capital r_f =risk-free rate r_d= Cost of Debt. t= tax rate of the company The inputs for the computation are derived from
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Financial Statements 33 Projected Ratios 34 Company worth Analysis 34 Annual Objectives: 35 Strategic Review and Evaluation Procedures: 35 Bibliography: 36 Executive Summary: Merck & Co. is a research driven pharmaceutical company involved in manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and drugs. Merck ’s products are not limited to preventive and therapeutic vaccines. Merck merged with Schering-Plough in November of 2009 for $41billion. Merck is based in Whitehouse Station‚ New Jersey and
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Calculate WACC using book values: The weight of debt is calculated by adding the current portion of long-term debt‚ notes payable and long-term debt‚ and dividing it by the sum of debt and equity. $5.4 + 855.3 + 435.9 = $1‚296.6 $1‚296.6 / (1‚296.6 + 3‚494.5) = .27 = 27% The weight of equity is calculated by dividing the total shareholder equity by the sum of debt and equity. $3‚494.5 / (1‚296.6 + 3‚494.5) = .73 = 73% Cost of Debt To find the cost of debt I subtracted the tax savings from
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