Merck Acquisition of Medco Case Study John X Devry University – Keller Graduate School of Management Finance 561 Professor May 22‚ 2011 Table of Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………p.g. 3 Company backgrounds……………………………………………………….………………p.g. 3 Merck & Co.‚ Inc. ………………………………………..…………………….…....p.g. 3 Medco Containment Services Inc. ............................……..…………………………p.g. 4 Reasons for Mergers…………………………………………………………………………p.g. 5 Economies of Scale………………………………………………………………….
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Journal of Social and Management Sciences Collective Bargaining Dr Isaac Chaneta University of Zimbabwe – Harare‚ Zimbabwe Dr Isaac Chaneta Collective Bargaining Dr Isaac Chaneta Unionism: Good or Bad for Productitivity Dr Isaac Chaneta Employee Welfare 1 PeCOP Journal of Social and Management Sciences Collective Bargaining Dr Isaac Chaneta University of Zimbabwe – Harare‚ Zimbabwe Abstract Collective bargaining is concerned with the relations between employers acting
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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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Evaluating Merck & Co.‚ Inc vs. Pfizer‚ Inc. Amy Lan Lan Liu Connor Buestad Raghul Subramanian Natalia Cosa ACCT 831 March 16‚ 2011 Table of Contents: Part 1: History‚ Background and Core Business …...................................................................2 a. Merck & Co.‚ Inc. ….............................................................................................................. 2 b. Pfizer
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Merck SWOT Analysis MGT/521 July 25‚ 2012 Merck SWOT Analysis Company Overview Merck is the 2nd largest pharmaceutical company in world offering prescription medications‚ biologics‚ vaccines‚ animal health‚ and consumer care products. It generated 48 billion dollars in revenue in 2011 and has 40‚000 employees. Research and development of proprietary medicines for global marketing is the core of the business. Recent acquisitions and transactions designed to take advantage
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PRODUCTIVITY BARGAINING Collective bargaining refers to the process of bilateral negotiations between representatives of management and labour representatives no such issues as wages‚ wage grades‚ working conditions and other welfare amenities. At the end of negotiations both the parties sign an agreement which has a stipulated duration. In conventional bargaining whether at enterprise-level or industry level‚ the lead is normally taken by the union‚ which demands higher wages‚ fringe benefits
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MERCK: OPEN FOR INNOVATION? Founded in 1891 as an American subsidiary of his German namesake‚ Merck was once considered the “undisputed king of the pharmaceutical industry with ground‐ breaking drugs”(The Chief Executive 2003). But for the last decade‚ Merck has gone through a period of stagnation; it began to lose exclusivity patents on blockbuster drugs and has witnessed Pfizer’s rise to top place in the industry. It seemed now that internal R&D that was once the company’s main asset would
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BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL When to Negotiate‚ When to Fight ROBERT MNOOKIN ROBERT MNOOKIN is professor of law at Harvard Law School‚ the director of the Harvard Negotiation Research project and chair of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Dr. Mnookin has taught several workshops on negotiation skills for corporations‚ government agencies and law firms. He is the author of nine books including Beyond Winning‚ Negotiating on Behalf of Others and Barriers to Conflict Resolution
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1.INTRODUCTION Collective bargaining has been defined by different experts in different ways. Nevertheless‚ it is treated as a method by which problem of wages and conditions of employment are resolved peacefully and voluntarily between labor and management. However‚ the term collective bargaining is opposed to individual bargaining. Sometimes‚ it is described as a process of accommodation between two conflicting interests . The I.L.O. defines collective bargaining: "As negotiations about working
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1 NEGOTIATION SKILLS S2‚ 2012 WEEK 2: DISTRIBUTIVE BARGAINING 2 Today’s lecture: Distributive bargaining • • • • • The basic negotiation strategies Distributive bargaining scenarios Fundamentals of distributive bargaining Tasks to focus on Distributive tactics • Results from conflict management styles survey 3 Choosing a negotiation strategy • Distributive • Conflicting goals‚ fixed pie (“zerosum game”)‚ task is to claim value and maximize personal gains • Shared goals
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