Executive Summary Biogen is a global biotechnology company headquartered in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts. Biogen is engaged in the research and development of biopharmaceuticals for human health care. Its main product is Avonex‚ a drug for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. Eighty-two percent of its revenues in 2000 came from the sale of this sole product. Biogen is also involved in the research of drugs for psoriasis‚ Crohn ’s disease‚ congestive heart failure‚ and cancer. Biogen believes that its
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Genzyme Corp. Genzyme Corporation operates as a biotechnology company worldwide. It focuses on rare genetic disease disorders‚ renal diseases‚ orthopedics‚ cancers‚ transplant and immune diseases‚ and diagnostic and predictive testing areas. Its leading drugs are Cerezyme‚ Fabrazyme‚ Myozyme‚ Aldurazyme‚ Elaprase‚ Renagel and Renvela‚ and many others. It has about 7‚000 employees. The current Chairman‚ President‚ & CEO is Henri A. Termeer. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Cambridge
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BIODIESEL INCORPORATED Summary Josh‚ Long and Hammond came up with a business idea of manufacturing and distributing biodiesel. The major generation sources‚ petroleum‚ coal‚ natural gas aand nuclear are non renewable resources and have detrimental effects on the environment. The petrochemical fuel industry manifest itself in the form of oil fields and reserves‚ pipelines‚ transport ships‚ and fuelling stations. The whole idea behind the biodiesel was that it can be produced again and it did not
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How has innovation been used for driving growth at Corning? What is the role of Houghton family? What are the financial results? Right from the days when Corning developed the bulbs for the electric lights designed by Thomas Edison‚ the firms had maintained a strong dedication to technology and innovation. About 4-6 percent of the annual revenue was set aside for research‚ development and engineering. In the 1990s‚ this figure became 10 percent. There was constant emphasis on R&D efforts. Even during
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Sunflower Incorporated Synopsis This case refers about a large distribution company which resells products related to snacks. Thiscompany undergoes a change in its financial reporting system which was suppose to increase itsprofits and decrease its cost as well as to compete with its rivals. Issues The major issue that this case highlights is manipulation in products in some regions to increase the sale and the profit of the company. This manipulation in products is selling low quality
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Corning Incorporated – Reinventing new business model Corning Incorporated is an American manufacturer of glass‚ ceramic‚ and materials for the industrial and scientific applications. It was known as Corning Glass Works in 1875. Its strong commitment to innovation was known as the company’s roots. The company committed between four to six percent of its sales to Research‚ Development‚ and Engineering (RD&E). As of today‚ Corning has been primarily operating from Asia Pacific and North America
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Sunflower Incorporated Sunflower Incorporated is a large distribution company with over 5‚000 employees and gross sales over $700 million in 1991. The company purchases and distributes salty snack foods and liquor to independent retail stores throughout the United States and Canada. Salty snack foods include corn chips‚ potato chips‚ cheese curls‚ tortilla chips‚ and peanuts. The United States and Canada are divided into 22 regions‚ each with its own central warehouse‚ salespeople‚ finance department
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Case Study of ZYX Incorporated Executive Summary ZYX Inc is determined to find out what is causing the increase in absenteeism and sick leaves. ZYX’s employees’ job satisfaction will be measured by using different types of tests in which one will be able to find out the variables that impact their satisfaction. In this study one will be able to understand why there are attendance problems‚ as well as the factors that interfere with such problems and what needs to be done to improve job satisfaction
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Sunflower Incorporated Case Analysis Focused in the independent retail market throughout the United States and Canada‚ Sunflower Incorporated is a popular distributor of salty snacks and liquor. In an attempt to limit variations in profit margins across regions and to protect their company image after finding that certain profitable divisions were using lower-quality products to maximize profit levels‚ headquarters established a new financial reporting system aimed to standardize pricing and purchasing
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…. Principles of Management November 19‚ 2013 Professor Christofferson HPWS at Tomex Incorporated 1) Evaluate the key aspect’s of Tomex’s high-performance work systems? How do they reflect the underlining principles of HPWS? The primary principles that support high-performance work systems are four simple but powerful principles‚ these principles are the building blocks for an organization using HPWS. Since using the HPWS Tomex increased their performance significantly. The first
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