Villanova University College of Commerce and Finance Spring‚ 2001 MBA 8439 – Contemporary Topics in Finance Dr. W.L. Dellva Darren Snellgrove Pharmaceutical Mergers: What’s the Rush? Drivers of Recent and Future M&A Activity TABLE OF CONTENTS i) Executive Summary ii) Introduction iii) Industry Structure iv) Reasons
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CASE: E-323 DATE: 11/18/08 IDENTIFYING VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs‚ then I proceed to invent. —Thomas Edison INTRODUCTION One of the biggest questions on every hopeful entrepreneur’s mind is‚ ―how do I come up with a compelling idea for a new venture?‖ While there is no right or wrong answer to this question‚ there are several things to be aware of and thinking
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Facebook‚ Inc. in Transition Introduction: It has been almost one year since Mark Zuckerberg decided to take his social media site public. Created on the dream of making the world more open and connected‚ Mark has devoted the past ten years to making that dream come true. Starting while still in college with a product called Facemash‚ Mark saw the potential for connecting people through the internet. He has devoted his entire adult life to Facebook which took six years to
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HOW DIFFERENT ARE BRANDING STRATEGIES IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY VERSUS FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS? Abstract The objective of this paper is to analyse the branding strategies used currently in the pharmaceutical industry and compare it to the best practices in Fast Moving Consumer goods. First the authors review the differences in the way branding is defined and organised in pharmaceuticals versus FMCG and identify why branding could be leveraged in the pharmaceutical industry to help
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1.0 Gap Analysis I 1.1 Capability Gap Analysis The following Table 1 depicts the capability gap analysis of HP compared against its competitors namely Pharmaniaga‚ Kotra Pharma‚ Hovid and CCM Duopharma. The capabilities of competitors have been identified based on their recent annual reports and content posted in their respective websites. Table 1: Capability Gap Analysis Functional Area 1 Capability 2 Home Pharma Description of Home’s capability 3 Average the Capabilities of Closest two
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Apple computer 2002 Abstract This case basically introduces the history of the Apple Company‚ and shows the company’s ups and downs in the computer industry. Apple Computer is the key factor to upgrade computer industry innovation. It is one of the first companies to venture into the computer marketplace. Apple Computer founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniack. After launching the first product Apple 2‚ Apple quickly became the industry leader and ready to change the world
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1. Overview of the global pharmaceutical industry In 2003‚ Britain’s Guardian newspaper commented that‚ “on the face of it‚ the global pharmaceutical industry looks like the epitome of a modern‚ mature industry that has found a comfortable way to make profits by the billion: it ’s global‚ hi-tech‚ and has the ultimate customer‚ the healthcare budgets of the world ’s richest countries.” Guardian sept 2003 The global pharmaceutical industry is nowadays made up of thousands of companies contained
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STRATEGIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Facebook Inc. Report Facebook was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg‚ Dustin Moskovitz‚ Eduardo Saverin and Chris Hughes as a college networking website while they were University Students. On 4th October 2012 Mark Zuckerberg (CEO-Chairman) announced that Facebook have reached 1 Billion users worldwide‚ which makes it the largest social network on the planet. On May 2012 Facebook was listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange raising $16 billion. Giuseppe
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CHAPTER -1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION Venture capital‚ a financial innovation of the twentieth century‚ is a long-term liquid investment‚ which can be in the form of equity‚ quasi-equity and sometimes debt in new and high-risk ventures. Venture capital became better known after the famous legend of Apple Computers‚ which started out in the US in 1977 with the capital firm‚ Arthur Rock & Co. Apple Computers then made it to the Fortune 500 and Arthur Rock & Co. attained height in Venture
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