British drug makers Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham in December 2000‚ ranks as the world’s second largest pharmaceutical company. GSK group engaged in the creation‚ discovery‚ development‚ manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical and consumer health-related products. GlaxoSmithKline supply one quarter of the world ’s vaccines and by the end of February 2008 GSK had 24 vaccines in clinical development. It has operations in some 114 countries‚ with products sold in over 140 countries. The company
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COMPANY OVERVIEW GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. The company is engaged in the discovery‚ development‚ manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical and consumer health-related products. The company primarily operates in 120 countries and its products are sold in more than 150 countries. GSK is headquartered in Brentford‚ the UK and employed 99‚913 people as of December 31‚ 2009. The company recorded revenues of £28‚368
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What financial and non financial motivators are used to motivate employees? Introduction It is important that a company makes the employee feel motivated. There are many reasons as to why they should do this. One of the reasons is that if an employee does not feel motivated then they may feel that their job is quite boring and therefore as a result of this they may decide to leave the employment and resign. If they do this‚ this would cost the company money to hire and recruit a new employer as
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history. This project looked at GlaxoSmithKline in Dungarvan‚ Co. Waterford. GSK has been manufacturing in Dungarvan since 1981 and has two manufacturing sites there. The first is the Oral care facility which was set up in 1981 and the second is the over the counter medicine site which was set up in 1987. Many of the company’s flagship brands are produced in Dungarvan including Panadol‚ Polygrip and NiQuitn. According to the GSK Website “Products produced in Dungarvan are exported to more than 70 countries
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EC229 Economics of Strategy Introduction 1. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a global healthcare company specialized in the research‚ development‚ manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical and consumer health-related products. The company has operations in 120 countries‚ with products being sold in over 150 countries. (Description) 2. As a dominant player in the pharmaceutical industry‚ GSK operates in an oligopolistic market. It is highly cash generative‚ with increased sales growth and shareholder
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the largest and most profitable pharmaceutical companies in the world. This conglomerate is the product of multiple mergers of some of the leading companies in the industry. It was created in 2000 and at the time this case was written‚ had a market capitalization of $193.5 billion. The company’s most recent focus is on emerging markets‚ vaccines and consumer healthcare. When Sir Andrew Witty took over as CEO in 2008‚ he implemented a significant restructuring program
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Are Non-monetary Rewards in the Workplace Beneficial? Many high performance companies understand the importance of offering awards and incentives that recognize‚ validate‚ and value outstanding work. They help keep the employees motivated and productive‚ and are effective methods of reinforcing company expectations and goals. When the management of a department gets together to put an incentive program into place‚ they have to decide which awards are worth the effort. They also have to consider
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IMPROVING WELLINGTON FREE AMBULANCE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THROUGH NON- FINANCIAL REPORTING RESEARCH REPORT MMPA 516 SUBMITTED BY Name: Rajat Chawla Student ID: 300256730 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………….. i Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………… ii Introduction Pros of SSP reporting Cons of SSP Reporting Conclusion Challenges communicated to Stakeholders What stakeholders
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Non Financial Compensation "Satisfied minds perform well" .Non Financial compensation which is not in the form of direct pay has great influence on employees motivation‚ performance and job satisfaction. Time is as precious as money and that encouraged many employees to request for a flexible benefits like flextime‚ compressed work week‚ telecommuting‚ part time work‚ job sharing‚ modified retirement. According to a nationwide survey of U.S. workers release by Gallup Organization and
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THE REPORTING OF NON-FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE FTSE100 Prepared by Professor Adrian Henriques‚ Middlesex University‚ for the CORE Coalition‚ 2010 Page | 1 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND Amnesty International‚ Action Aid‚ Friends of the Earth‚ Traidcraft‚ War on Want and WWF (UK) have been tracking environmental and social problems and finding their solutions for many years. These groups and others formed The Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition in 2000 to develop the obligations
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