v Leadership Continuum Actions: Add to Favorites | Free Magazines | Opinion | Search Categories: Articles | Books | Education | Faq | Glossary | Home | Leaders | More on Management | Organizations The Leadership Continuum model Tannebaum Autocratic vs. Democratic Leaders Leadership theory R. Tannebaum and W.H. Schmidt 1973 The Leadership Continuum model of Tannebaum and Schmidt (1973) suggests that autocratic
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Today the pharmaceutical industry is one of the biggest industries in the United States. The industry experienced a rapid growth rate (in the double digits) in the late 20th century which has now dropped into the single digits (Mullins‚ 2007). The global demand is driven by factors such as a worldwide increase in elderly population and a rising quality of life in developing nations. Time Magazine listed Generic Pharmaceutical Manufacturing as one of the top ten fastest growing industries in the United
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IMPLICATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Environment can have a major impact on all areas of the society‚ including Business Organization as well as Personal Life-Styles. Two of the major issues that I want to discuss are Global Warming and Acid Rain. Global Warming is also called the greenhouse effect‚ is believed to be caused by changes in the earth ’s atmosphere as a result of industrial processes. Rising global temperatures are expected to raise sea level‚ and change precipitation and
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The external environment of a business includes a variety of factors such as competitors‚ suppliers and regulations that influence major strategic decisions. Scanning and assessing the external environment is a vital part of strategic decision-making in entrepreneurial ventures. This helps small-business managers locate factors that pose opportunities or threats to their businesses. A better understanding of the ramifications of external environmental factors can improve success and survival for
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R&D and manufacturing facilities receive ISO 9001 certification from RWTUV‚ Germany 1994 Biocon establishes Syngene International Pvt. Ltd. as a Custom research Company (CRC) to address the growing need for outsourced R&D in the pharmaceutical sector 1996 The commercial success of Biocon’s proprietary fermentation plant leads to a 3-fold expansion Biocon leverages its technology platform to enter biopharmaceuticals and statins 1998 Unilever inks a deal with ICI to sell
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are now living in a fast changing world where opportunities and challenges happen anywhere at any time. Mr. Barton has said that the average lifetime of a Top-500 corporation in 1935 was 90 years‚ while it decreased dramatically to 18 years in 2012. Many former giant companies have failed or disappeared over last decades‚ like Kodak‚ Compaq‚ etc. However‚ a great many new powers has come to compete in the new era and some of them have become young giants in the business world‚ like Facebook‚ Google
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focused on pharmaceuticals in efforts to control rising healthcare expenditure. • Inter-country pricing disparities. Economic • European free trade agreements. Social • Ageing populations create pressure on healthcare systems. • Epidemic or chronic diseases (e.g. obesity). Technological • Impact of genetic research on industry. • Utilizing a web of alliances to address multiple customer needs Environmental • Increasing standards and requirements for environmental protection
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Introduction Pfizer‚ US pharmaceutical company is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Unfortunately‚ Pfizer faced challenges by macro-environment forces that affect their sales volume decline dramatically in 2011. PESTEL‚ Porter’s Five Forces and Industry Lift Cycle frameworks to be applied to analysis the broad macro-environment that affected Pfizer in the pharmaceutical industry. 1. PESTEL framework PESTEL (Appendix I) is classifies into six environmental influences including
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1) PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 1.1 Industry Background: The total industry can broadly be classified into two categories. Theses are a) Patent Medicines b) Generic Medicines Patent medicines are the products that are invented by the company‚ who have their own research team working on their own laboratories. These products are patented for many years to enjoy the monopoly market. After years of business the formulation is sold in the market so that others can go into mass production
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SOCIAL FACTORS – BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Introduction: The main factor that affects most business is the degree of competition – how fiercely other businesses compete with the products that another business makes. The other factors that can affect the business are: Social – how consumers‚ households and communities behave and their beliefs. Legal – the way in which legislation in society affects the business. Economic – how the economy affects a business in terms of taxation‚ government spending
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