But while water itself may be simple‚ the business of bottled water is not. It is big‚ complicated and competitive‚ having grown into an almost $ 9 billion a year business in the United States. The business has been built in large part on savvy marketing‚ aimed at convincing consumers that not all water is created equal. The pitch seems to have worked. In the last 30 years‚ bottled water has emerged from virtually nothing to become the No. 2 beverage in the United States‚ behind soft drinks
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The Global Pharmaceutical Industry: Swallowing a Bitter Pill The case describes the evolution of the pharmaceutical industry and its strategic environment. Attention is drawn to environmental pressures from regulators and payers. Key forces driving the industry are discussed‚ including addressing unmet medical needs‚ the importance of innovation and time to market‚ and globalisation. The case illustrates how an increasingly hostile environment‚ combined with a decline in R&D productivity‚ led
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The Price of Life By Kierstin Palcek Logline: Can the will to live outweigh the price it takes? This question plagues Mason Tucker as he wanders the in-between desperately looking for a way out. Make a deal with the devil‚ or move on? Endlessly wandering this desolate forest‚ Mason Tucker makes a devastating realization. He is dead. Surrounding him are dozens of people‚ each with plain sunken in faces‚ wandering endlessly as well. He attempts to speak to them; however‚ they ignore his existence
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firstly introduced CY melamine formaldehyde resin water repellentbasic information included CY melamine formaldehyde resin water repellentdefinition classification application industry chain structure industry overview; international market analysis‚ China domestic market analysis‚ Macroeconomic environment and economic situation analysis and influence‚ CY melamine formaldehyde resin water repellentindustry policy and plan‚ CY melamine formaldehyde resin water repellentproduct specification‚ manufacturing
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Summary: Monsanto Company is the world’s largest seed company. They specialize in genetic manipulation of organisms. Monsanto was founded by John E Queeny in 1901 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. The company’s first product was artificial sweetener. At the start of World War 1‚ company leader realized the growth opportunities of industrial chemicals. In 1970’s‚ Monsanto had produced a chemical known as Agent Orange. Agent Orange contained dioxin; a chemical that caused a legal nightmare
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WATER OUR LIFELINE Water is a transparent fluid which forms the world’s streams‚ lakes‚ oceans and rain‚ and is the major constituent of the fluids of living things. As a chemical compound‚ a water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms that are connected by covalent bonds. Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface.[1] It is vital for all known forms of life. On Earth‚ 96.5% of the planet’s water is found in seas and oceans‚ 1.7% in groundwater‚ 1.7% in glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica
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Global and China Valve Industry Report‚ 2014-2018 Summary The global valve production bases are gradually being transferred to China from the 1990s onwards. In 2008-2013‚ sales of China’s valve industry grew at a CAGR of 7.3%‚ significantly higher than that of the globe‚ and expected to hit USD8.79 billion in 2014. Currently‚ global valve manufacturers such as Emerson‚ Pentair and KITZ are mainly concentrated in the United States‚ Japan and other developed countries. In China‚ there are mainly
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2015 Deep Research Report on Global Lipstick Industry Released On 29th September 2015 The Global Lipstick Industry Report 2015 is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the Lipstick industry. The report provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions‚ classifications‚ applications and industry chain structure. The Lipstick market analysis is provided for the international markets including development trends‚ competitive landscape analysis‚ and key regions development
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publishes report on “The Global Cybersecurity Market 2013-2023”. This report is the result of SDI’s extensive market and company research covering the global cyber security industry. It provides detailed analysis of both historic and forecast global industry values‚ factors influencing demand‚ the challenges faced by industry participants‚ analysis of the leading companies in the industry‚ and key news. Introduction and Landscape Why was the report written? "The Global Cybersecurity Market 2013-2023"
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and consequences global forces have‚ by using the PESTEL framework. This framework is used to help form a strategic analysis of the macro-environment; the outside factors beyond the control of a company. It categorises the environmental influences into six groups: political‚ economical‚ socio-cultural‚ technological‚ environmental and legal; making up the acronym PESTEL. Analysis Political factors Europe has traditionally been seen as the centre of the beer brewing industry. However‚ the level
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