Corporation – A separate legal entity that has an existence at law that is separable from those who form it. It is a separate legal entity in the sense that it has an existence at law‚ but no material existence. * It is separate and distinct from its shareholders * A properly authorized agent may bind the corporation in contract with third parties. * Shareholders possess limited liability for the debts of the corporation‚ and creditors may look only to the assets of the corporation to
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liability of the shareholders. However‚ under certain circumstances the corporate entity may be disregarded. This is also known as piercing the corporate veil and is the most frequent method for holding the shareholders liable for the acts of a corporation. Corporate officers‚ directors and controlling shareholders have a general fiduciary duty of loyalty and care which should govern all their corporate conduct. Unless they breach that duty by gross negligence or acts in bad faith‚ they usually will
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Objective of the report: The Bangladesh paradox has been one of surprising economic resilience in the face of natural disasters‚ poor governance and political volatility. However‚ a key challenge is whether Bangladesh can move away from an economy that is an impressive underdog‚ to one that can truly join the ranks of the fastest growing economies in the region. Bangladesh has three key attractions for global investors and multinationals: a large base of low-cost labour‚ a large domestic
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1. Political • Stringent government regulation and powerful purchaser pressures. • Governments 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
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Business Ethics The Corporation ‘The Corporation’ had a specific aim to portray the problems of not just one corporation‚ but corporations as a whole‚ as is evident from the beginning of the film as a multitude of big business logos flashed across the screen. The film proceeded to highlight the issues surrounding: globalization and consumerism‚ environmental pollution and disregard for the planet‚ unethical marketing‚ and dishonest media. Personally‚ I feel that I’m quite open-minded when it comes
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Merck‚ being on one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world today‚ came from a meek beginning and still encounters many problems today while trying to maintain a lead amongst its competition. While being looked at as a research and development driven company‚ Merck now has to go beyond R&D to stay competitive in the pharmaceutical industry. Attracting talent to work for the company has never been a problem for Merck‚ but the bigger question was whether or not this talent would be able
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first potential product‚ i.e.‚ CRP-1. Nucleon has to decide among several alternatives on producing CRP-1 for their long-term survival in the intensively competitive and high-stakes drug industry. Industry Analysis -Porter’s Five Forces The Pharmaceutical industry has several high entry barriers as shown in figure 1. Economies of scale‚ product differentiation‚ government policy and capital requirements and financial services are few barriers for new entrant. Level of threat from rivalry is also
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Pharmaceutical Quality Management Part 2 Pfizer Vision‚ Mission‚ and Core Values Pfizer Inc. was established over a century ago in 1849. Just like the other pharmaceutical companies being established around that time‚ Pfizer started out as a chemical company to counteract the times health issues such as intestinal worms and hygienic complications during the civil war which haunted the earlier part of the nineteenth century. Since then Pfizer has risen to be ranked second on the list of top fifty
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The global pharmaceutical industry Introduction Pharmaceutical industry is the one of big revenue business in the world. There are lots of company gains a lot of profit and market share in this industry. Most of those companies were established in 19 century and early 20 century. This study explains their model development process of pharmaceutical industry‚ it details some issue like Thalidomide tragedy in 1970’s and legislation‚ then decreases the risk of side effect and protects the patient
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Specify the types of country risks that pharmaceutical firms face in international business. How do the political and legal systems of countries affect the global pharmaceutical industry? The different types of country risks for the pharmaceutical firms are: 1. Pricing: Many Asian and African countries are poor and cannot afford the costly medicines. The Pharmaceutical firms spend vast amounts on R&D in creating and marketing drugs‚ thus charging high prices enables for cost of
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