Executive Summary 1. How has Merck been able to achieve substantial returns to capital given the large costs and lengthy time to develop a new drug? Merck had a 14% increase in sales between 1997 and 1998 and 22% increase in sales from 1998 – 1999‚ and a 13% annual increase in earnings over the same period. Merck’s business strategy consists of two parts: (1) developing and marketing new drugs through internal research‚ and (2) developing partnerships with smaller biotechnology companies. Since
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Production/Operation Management Field Trip Report (Tan Land) [pic] 1. Company/Organization overview: briefly discuss the company’s product and/or service offered and target markets. Ichitan group was established by Mr. Tan Passakornnatee after he sold his first Green Tea brand‚ the Oishi Green Tea‚ to Thai Beverage Public Company limited. Ichitan group start off selling Double Drink which are juices. After a while‚ Mr. Tan has launched Ichitan Green Tea to compete with his old Oishi
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SUPERVISION Introduction The important function of supervising teaching traditionally fell in the realm of the school inspector alone. Progressively‚ however‚ this function is being shared with other supervising officers who have a direct or indirect influence on the classroom teacher’s motivation and morale. The function of supervision is now the responsibility of all education managers‚ including heads of departments‚ headteachers‚ school inspectors and other senior education officers at the school
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Law enforcement officers in the United States often perform “Terry stops”‚ as part of the work routinely associated with police patrol. In policing the term “Terry Stops” which refers to the “stop and frisk” practice‚ was coined in 1968‚ and derives from the Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio‚ 392 U.S. 1(1968) . In that landmark case‚ it was ruled that the Fourth Amendment constitutional right‚ made applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment‚ that prohibits “unreasonable searches and
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Founders of Nursing There were quite a few women who molded nursing history. I will be writing about Clara Barton‚ Linda Richards‚ and Florence Nightingale. Clara Barton was known as the “Angel of the Battlefield”. Linda Richards was recognized as the first trained nurse. Florence Nightingale was seen as the woman who established modern nursing. Here are a few more facts about these women‚ and a brief explanation of how they influence nursing in today’s world. During the Civil War‚ Clara Barton cared
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precedent that was set during the Terry v. Ohio case. The facts of the case are as
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gentlemen were planning to rob the store‚ so he decided to conduct a pat-down Terry and discovered a revolver in his coat. Subsequently‚ Terry was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and later found guilty. The petitioner claimed that "stop and frisk" constituted an unreasonable search and seizure. In 1968‚ the Supreme Court established the standard for allowing police officers to perform a stop and frisk of a suspect in Terry v. Ohio case. Furthermore‚ a stop and frisk is detaining a person by law
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Jessica Hougnon Founder Vs Founder 1. The Enlightenment thinker that I most agree with is John Locke. I most agree with him because he concurs with Hobbes about the severity of the condition of nature‚ which obliges a social contract to guarantee peace. Be that as it may‚ he can’t help contradicting 2 things. He contended that regular rights‚ for example‚ life‚ liberty‚ and property existed in the condition of nature and could never be taken away or even willfully surrendered by people. Locke additionally
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The issue brought into question in the Terry vs. Ohio case in 1968 involved a police officer‚ McFadden‚ who was patrolling the area in normal clothes. He came across two men pacing the area suspiciously and glancing into a store. He the watched them meet at a street corner frequently where they were joined by another man. After watching them do this approximately twenty-four times he approached the group and asked them their names. He patted down the overcoat that the man was wearing and felt a revolver
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A bank is a financial institution and a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities‚ either directly by loaning or indirectly through capital markets. A bank links together customers that have capital deficits and customers with capital surpluses. Due to their influential status within the financial system and upon national economies‚ banks are highly regulated in most countries. Most nations have institutionalised a system known as fractional
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