Merck Consolidated Balance Sheet | | | | | | € million | ------------------------------------------------- Note | ------------------------------------------------- Dec. 31‚ 2012 | ------------------------------------------------- Dec. 31‚ 2011 | ------------------------------------------------- Jan. 1‚ 2011 | 1 | Previous year’s figures have been adjusted‚ see Note [5] | | Current assets | ------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------
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industry is an international leader in drug innovation. US produced more new molecular entities‚ both chemical and biological‚ compared to Europe and Japan. The United States also leads‚ by far‚ Europe and Japan in the number for new Patents filed for pharmaceuticals. The United States accounts for almost half of the global pharmaceutical market‚ with $300 billion in annual sales (2006) followed by the EU and Japan. Economics behind a new drug price Like every other manufacturing companies‚ pharmaceutical
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PORTER Analysis Competitive rivalry: In United States as in Sweden‚ we can observe there are some companies operating in the furniture industry and there are many on the market retailers like Home Depot‚ Wal-Mart‚ Costco‚ Euromarket‚ etc... The import of products from China for all these companies allows them to sell at low cost. These elements therefore tell us that the furniture industry is very competitive. There is an analysis of the rivalry of IKEA in this sector: IKEA works in a highly
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PLAN A BALANCE MENU FOR ONE DAY Breakfast | | Amount | Item | Protein | Carbs | Fats | Calories | | 12 ounces | Coffee-w/caffeine | 0.40 | 1.40 | 0.00 | 8.00 | | 1 cup | Milk | 8.00 | 11.00 | 5.00 | 120.00 | | 1 tbps | Cream‚fluid‚half and half | 0.44 | 0.65 | 1.73 | 19.55 | | 1 pack | Oatmeal-instant‚maple‚brn sugar Quaker | 4.50 | 31.60 | 2.10 | 152.00 | | Total: | 13.34 | 44.65 | 8.82 | 299.55 | AM Snack | | 1 cup | Cottage cheese- 1%fat | 28.00 | 6.00 |
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Porters 5 forces Pestle? Business plan The unexpected Incongruities‚ Process needs‚ Industry structure‚ Demographics Changes in perception‚ New knowledge Idea‚ Invention‚ Innovation‚ Diffusion Companies own assets Physical Intangible Human In the past Competitive advantage came from physical assets such as property/land/Financial clout Still important (anyone fancy taking on Apple?) but Intellectual property (patents) and key process management (we know how to do this) i.e. what we
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Perfect Balance Politicians plagiarise. Most of the time‚ this plagiarism is allowed to slide by and never comes to anything besides a few unhappy people and a couple complaints. Recently‚ Montana Senator John Walsh was found to have committed plagiarism and he used three excuses before saying‚ “I made a mistake here and I’m going to move on” (Osnos‚ “Why Politicians Plagiarize”). Politicians tend to plagiarise because the consequences are so inconsequential that they add up to barely more than
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1. Q:Collect Balance Sheet of five different companies. Try to analyse it in your own words. Analysis can be in terms of change in profit‚ asset‚ liabilities. Etc ZYNGA [pic] The First comapny we’ll be looking at is Zynga. Let’s jump right into it. Across the board‚ the Total Current Assets is less than the previous year‚ more more than other earlier years. This could indicate that the company may have liquidized some of their assests within the year. Total Assests is greater than the
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Porter Five Forces Analysis STRUCTURE AND REMAIN CONCEPTS: The threat of the entry of new competitors Profitable markets that yield high returns will attract new firms. This results in many new entrants‚ which eventually will decrease profitability for all firms in the industry. Unless the entry of new firms can be blocked by incumbents‚ the abnormal profit rate will tend towards zero (perfect competition). The existence of barriers to entry (patents‚ rights‚ etc.) The most attractive segment
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the strategy of an organization and how that strategy can be achieved.” The Balanced scorecard retains the traditional financial measures and complements them with measures that are drivers of future performance. The objectives and measures of the scorecard are derived from an organizations vision and strategy and these view organizational performance. The balanced scorecard is a management system (not only a measurement system) that enables organizations to clarify their vision and strategy and
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Business Strategy 6 Competitive Positioning Prof. Dr. Bernd Venohr Berlin‚ May 2007 © 2 0 0 7 P ro f. Dr. B e rn d V e n o h r Agenda Introduction to Strategy 1 2 3 Course Overview and Strategy Concept Economics of Strategy Shareholder Value Business Strategy 4 5 6 External Environment Internal Environment Competitive Positioning Corporate Strategy 7 8 9 Diversification Mergers & Acquisitions Global Strategy Strategy Process 10 Organizational Structure
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