Merck case analysis Follow this format‚ provide *brief* answers. 1. External (use PESTEL framework) - What are Merck’s opportunities and threats? 2. Internal (use VRIO framework)- what are Merck’s strengths & weaknesses? 3. What is Merck’s performance trend? 4. What strategic actions can Merck take to gain and sustain a competitive advantage in the pharmaceutical industry and why? 1. Merck’s opportunities and threats PESTEL FRAMEWORK - Threats A lot of competition from piers Expiring patents
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The Analyst’s Dilemma (A) This case presents a very typical situation that people encounter while working in the corporate environment. What is ethical‚ what is morally correct and what is just right out against the law are the questions that we all face while working in a corporate environment. Some of the ethical questions are governed by the law facing the situation. For example while working in an investment bank you most probably have access to inside information about upcoming deals that
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TerraCog Case Analysis Part 1 Analysis The situation of dysfunction during meetings in TerraCog is obvious. Both the participants and the facilitator don’t play professional in the meetings and they don’t have necessary communication with others before the meeting. All these poor performances make all meetings which are described in the case study has very low efficiency and cause so much negative emotion amount team members. Primary and secondary tensions Primary tension comes from the unfamiliarity
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‚ Case #1: the turbine generator industry The default prediction that we’d make using economic theory (or common sense) in the absence of game theory is that‚ in the turbine generator case‚ General Electric should have undercut Westinghouse because the former has lower costs. But we start to see why it didn ’t when we introduce capacity constraints into the Bertrand model. Capacity constraints can stem from two things: decreasing returns to scale‚ or demand-uncertainties that create expected
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Bridgewater Case Analysis Introduction Bridgewater Associates is the world’s largest and most successful hedge fund organization‚ but has a very different culture that you will not find at any other corporation. They follow a radical transparency and truth at all cost theory. The founder‚ Ray Dalio‚ believes that his unique culture is the reason for Bridgewater’s success. Through closely reviewing the facts‚ SWOT analysis‚ and several options that Bridgewater could do‚ I recommend
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McDonalds Case Analysis The most important general environmental factors to be considered for the industry and McDonalds include its demographic‚ sociocultural‚ global‚ and physical environment segmentations. The demographic segment is important in terms of this industry because of the consumers that make up the fast-food industry. The demographic segment associated with McDonalds consists of a wide range of consumers with their new and improved menu that offers the success of the new dollar menu
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Netflix Case Analysis 1. INTRODUCTION Netflix has been successful introducing a new business model for the DVD rent industry. The new model is base completely online‚ changing the way that price of the service has been settled before. The new business model is bases new pricing system in which customer neither pay late return fees‚ nor shipping fees. This business model have been so successful that other big player such as Blockbuster‚ and Wal-Mart start to copy the business model‚ which is a real
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Case Analysis and Report Dessey Holm U06a1 Due: June 29‚ 2014 Email: des69sey@hotmail.com Professor: John Kwagyan 1. The data bellows shows that those who plan to marry anticipate using bridal magazines and travel magazines the most to research for their dream honeymoon destination. Video rental stores and jewelry stores are less likely to be researched according to the survey data results. Since by the descriptive statistics data states that the median is $64
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Fiat Case Analysis 1. What are the basic attributes of the auto industry in the era of globalization; which dynamic changes in the industry influence companies’ strategies? During the era of globalization‚ the auto industry‚ like many industries‚ saw an increase in marketplace growth. The case throws out a perplexing statistics that one in seven people own an automobile on a global basis‚ equating to roughly 900 million cars and light vehicles. The Exhibit 1 of the case points out that the
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Boeing/Airbus Case Write Up Competition in the Commercial Aircraft Business With only a few large companies across the globe (Boeing‚ MD‚ and Airbus)‚ the commercial aircraft industry essentially exhibits the qualities of an oligopolistic competition with intense rivalry. Here is an analysis of competition in the commercial aircraft business using Porter’s Five Forces. Figure 1: Porter’s Five Forces Applied to Aircraft Industry Barrier to entry: - High barriers to entry‚ to a certain
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