Acquisition between Merck and Schering-Plough Introduction On March 9‚ 2009‚ Merck & Co.‚ Inc. and Schering-Plough Corporation announced that their Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Merck and Schering-Plough will combine‚ under the name Merck in a stock and cash transaction. As the two companies’ combined 2008 revenues were $47 billion. The deal officially closed on November 3‚ 2009. Background of the two parties Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK)
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rP os t 9-204-021 REV: MARCH 31‚ 2006 MIHIR A. DESAI Dow Chemical’s Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina op yo On November 10‚ 1995‚ Oscar Vignart‚ vice president of business development for Latin America for Dow Chemical Company (Dow)‚ and Luis Marcer‚ CFO of Dow Química Argentina‚ considered the bidding price on Petroquímica Bahia Blanca S.A. (PBB)‚ which was being privatized by the Argentine government. PBB produced both ethylene and polyethylene. It was part of a petrochemical complex
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1) WHY? Brief Background on Merck & Co. Performance Appraisal System The past and existing performance appraisal of Merck & Co. was ineffective to identify and reward performance to a certain extent. Although the company was paying their employees around seven to eight percent more than the average compensation in other large companies‚ the performance appraisal system did not clearly identified outstanding performance‚ which caused inequity in rewarding performance and led to unhappiness
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Joline Kennington was a 12-year old girl whose circumstances involved alleged sexual abuse by her father and was suspected with the symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress disorder. The key aspect of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is that person constantly re-experiences the incidence of the trauma in the form of memories‚ dreams‚ physiological or psychological distress and a sense of re-enactment when a person faces cues that remind of the trauma. Psychiatrists suspected the PTSD symptoms on Joline
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10/6/2014 Case 3: Merck and River Blindness 1. Why was Merck hesitant about developing a human version of Ivermectin? Merck considered this opportunity as a high risk investment. The cost of developing the drug was estimated at $100 million. Even if it was successful to cure river blindness the victims were too poor to afford the drug. There was no way to distribute it in these rural areas were the victims were located. In addition‚ there was a possibility that people would misuse the drugs‚ which
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comedy: that offensive comedy makes us think about hard topics and restricting humor can mean these topics are not brought to surface‚ but these issues are still there. This argument is often joined with a distain for political correctness. In ‘Moral Licensing: When Feeling Good Frees Us to do Bad’‚ Merritt‚ Efron‚ and Benoit through a series of studies found that being political correct removed moral inhibitions for individuals because of the illusion of goodness it created. It is perhaps the case that
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The aim of this project is to improve customer services at the Midrand licensing department. Customer satisfaction is closely related to customer expectation‚ for a service provider such as the licencing department the services and operations design are interrelated and they influence each other. Client are not willing to wait in long queues the whole day just to apply for a licence. Success of the system will measured against these key performance areas: speed‚ quality‚ dependability‚ flexibility
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Volume Licensing brief Downgrade rights for Microsoft Volume Licensing‚ OEM‚ and full-package product licenses This brief applies to all Microsoft Volume Licensing programs. Table of Contents Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 What’s New in this Brief ......................................................................
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I have worked on many important projects throughout my career. Developing the bid for the women’s Canadian Curling Championship the “Scotties Tournament of Hearts was one that comes to mind. The Bid Development Committee wanted to present a bid that showed the city of Kingston’s facilities and infrastructure exceed the minimum requirements to host the event. The committee also felt it was important to show that the bid has support from local and provincial sports organizations‚ government agencies
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worse. After listening to the podcast “The Lady Vanishes‚” I would say Malcolm Gladwell would explain this phenomenon using the concept of moral self-licensing. Malcolm Gladwell mentioned moral self-licensing in the podcast‚ as well as Daniel Effron‚ one of the founder of the term moral licensing. In the scholarly article Moral Self-Licensing: when being good frees us to be bad written by Effron and his colleagues‚
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