1) Product markets and geographic markets in which GSK is present GSK’s core mission is to “improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more‚ feel better and live longer”. To achieve this mission‚ they operate in three main areas of businesses: the Pharmaceuticals (£18 Bn in 2012‚ or 68% of their revenues)‚ the Vaccines (£3.3 Bn‚ or 11% or their revenues) and the Consumer Healthcare (£5.1 Bn‚ or 19% of their revenues). In particular‚ the Pharmaceuticals cover medicines to treat a broad
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Case study C: GSK‚ a merger too far? 1- Derive three opportunities and three threats for GSK by first making the PESTEL analysis of the macro-environment surrounding the pharmaceutical industry. (9 points) * PESTEL analysis of the pharmaceutical industry: Political: Since the creation of healthcare insurance‚ companies have to conform themselves to two kinds of systems: 1) The universal system applied for example in France‚ with less demand in new technologies. 2) The very selective anglo-saxon
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INTEPRETATONS OF FINANCIAL RATIOS A. GlaxoSmithKline at a glance. “GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a global healthcare company specialized in the discovery‚ development‚ manufacturing and marketing pharmaceutical and consumer health-related products. GSK has operations in about 114 countries‚ with products being sold in over 150 countries”. A. Evaluation of profitability ratios. For the evaluation of the profitability ratio over five-year period we will analyse the financial data
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PROJECT REPORT ON WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON VARIOUS TECHNIQUES OF INVENTORY CONTROL [pic] A training report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree Of MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (2010-2012) SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION This will be both Quantitative and qualitative research that will seek to investigate the contributing factors to pupils’ performance in English at Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination. This chapter presents the background of the study‚ statement of the problem‚ research objectives‚ research questions‚ hypothesis‚ significance of the study and the limitations of the study. 1.1 Background of the study Long before the coming of Arabs and Europeans to Africa‚ the
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The Impact of Non-Financial Resources In this assignment I will provide information for the Human Resources Director of Babcock Plc‚ about how my chosen business uses physical‚ technological and human resources. I have chosen to research about Marks and Spencer’s‚ which is a private limited company and sells high quality clothing‚ home products and food. They operate internationally‚ but mostly concentrating on UK. Managing the human‚ physical and technological resources are very important for
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Rewards Companies reward their employees with both tangible goods‚ as well as praise. For example‚ a sales department may offer a monthly bonus to the highest earner. Not all tangible rewards come in the form of money. Some companies host free lunches‚ or give away company gear to good workers. Many managers choose to reward their best employees by simply praising them for a job well done‚ or by recognizing the hard work they put in to a project. Workplace reward systems are incentive programs that
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explain this dependence. Efficiency Wage Theory In this essay I would like to briefly describe the Efficiency Wage Theory and the models that constitute it. Then I shall go on to explain what implications the theory has for the clearance (or non-clearance) of labour markets. Subsequently I will look at the empirical research that has been undertaken in this field‚ pointing out certain methodological problems on the way. To conclude I will argue that Efficiency Wage Theory has strong backing
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Executive Summary The purpose of this report was to review the codes of conduct of the Central Queensland University(CQU) and that of GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) in order to identify the different stakeholder affected‚ the ethical issues addressed by these documents‚ to explore the use of mandatory and voluntary practice in codes of conduct and finally to consider the application of corporate governance and transparency in these organizations. Stakeholders are the lifeblood of an organization. These
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combined well with SB’s leaderships in genomics. SB had an existing pipeline of 4 promising drugs in final stages of developments. This was attractive to Glaxo Wellcome who relied heavily on its blockbuster drug Zantac. Performance improvement GSK invested heavily on
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