INTRODUCTION OF PFIZER INC Pfizer‚ Inc. Type Public (NYSE: PFE) Founded Brooklyn‚ New York‚ USA (1849) Headquarters New York City‚ New York‚ USA Key people Jeff Kindler‚ CEO David Shedlarz‚ VC Ian Read‚ Pres. of Pharma. Martin Mackay‚ Pres. of R&D Industry Health Care Products Accupril® Lipitor® Viagra® Revenue ▲$48.613 billion USD (2007) Net income ▲$8.298 billion USD (2007) Employees 106‚000 (2005) Slogan Working for a healthier world™ Website www
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The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: capital structure‚ valuation‚ and cost of capital Teaching Note Synopsis In June 2002‚ a managing director of an active-investor hedge fund was considering the possible gains from increasing the debt capitalization of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Wrigley had been conservatively financed and at the date of the case‚ carried no debt. The tasks for the student are to: Estimate the potential change in value from relevering Wrigley using adjusted present value analysis
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Capital Structure‚ Profitability and Market Structure: Evidence from Textile Industries in Bangladesh. Introduction In corporate finance‚ the academic contribution of Modigliani and Miller (1958‚ 1963) about capital structure irrelevance and the tax shield advantage paved the way for the development of alternative theories and a series of empirical research initiatives on capital structure. The alternative theories include the trade-off theory‚ the pecking order/asymmetric information theory
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An Economy and Industry Analysis Focus Industry: Pharmaceutical Industry Focus Company: Pfizer‚ Inc. (PFE - NYSE) Pharmaceutical Industry Classification The pharmaceutical industry seems to be an intermingling of growth and expansion stage. This is mainly due to the fact that there are so much research and development (R&D) work being conducted in the industry‚ creating growth in the industry. At the same time‚ various players in this industry have started to acquire or merge with their respective
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Capital Structure Decisions: Which Factors Are Reliably Important? Murray Z. Frank and Vidhan K. Goyal∗ This paper examines the relative importance of many factors in the capital structure decisions of publicly traded American firms from 1950 to 2003. The most reliable factors for explaining market leverage are: median industry leverage (+ effect on leverage)‚ market-to-book assets ratio (−)‚ tangibility (+)‚ profits (−)‚ log of assets (+)‚ and expected inflation (+). In addition‚ we find
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The Impact of the Concept of “Tank (Wewa)-Stupa (Dagaba)‚ Village (Gama) - Temple (Pansala)” (TSVT) to an Integrated Tourism Promotion System: A study in Anuradhapura District‚ Sri Lanka Dayangana K T L U S a‚ Gamlath G R M b a Lecturer‚ Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management‚ Faculty of Management Studies‚ Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. udaya8199@gmail.com b Project Accountant‚ National Post Consumer Plastic Waste Management Project‚ Central Environmental Authority‚ Sri Lanka.
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IMPACT OF LIPITOR PATENT EXPIRY ON PFIZER. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO Executive Summary 3 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction 4 1.2 What is Lipitor 5 1.3Expiry of Lipitor patent 5-6 CHAPTER 2: CHALLENGERS 2.1 Challengers 6 2.2 Pfizer’s strategies 7 CHAPTER 3:FINANCIAL IMPACT ON PFIZER AS LIPITOR GOES GENERIC 8-9 Recommendations 10 Conclusion 11 Executive summary: This
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LEGAL BRIEF OF CASE 2-3 Case name‚ citation‚ and court: Ashley County‚ Arkansas v. Pfizer‚ Inc‚ 552 F.3d 659 (8th Cir. 2009) Summary of Key Facts: An ingredient widely used in Pfizer’s products is a necessary ingredient in the manufacturing of methamphetamine in small toxic labs which are responsible for dangerous explosions‚ burns‚ and toxic fumes. Arkansas has one of the largest numbers of small toxic labs in the US and is burdened with high costs of fighting the meth epidemic and is seeking
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Where am I!?’ 4 2 17/09/2013 International business … Refers to those business activities that involve the crossing of national boundaries. These include: Import and export of commodities and manufactured goods; Investment of capital in manufacturing‚ extractive‚ agricultural‚ transportation and communications assets; Supervision of employees in different countries; Investment in international services‚ e.g. banking‚ education‚ advertising‚ tourism‚ retailing and construction;
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Research on: effects of capital structure and cost of capital in China’s multinational business management General Outline 1.The goals of the multinational enterprises’ capital structure 2. The affect on cost of equity capital in the multinational business management. (CAPM MODEL‚ BETA ([pic]). 3. The affect on cost of debt capital in the multinational business management. (It differ from cost of equity capital‚ cost of debt capital will be impacted by the pros and cons of multinational
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