Acquisition between Merck and Schering-Plough Introduction On March 9‚ 2009‚ Merck & Co.‚ Inc. and Schering-Plough Corporation announced that their Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Merck and Schering-Plough will combine‚ under the name Merck in a stock and cash transaction. As the two companies’ combined 2008 revenues were $47 billion. The deal officially closed on November 3‚ 2009. Background of the two parties Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK)
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head: REVIEW OF THE REVISED BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY Testing and Assesssment: Comprehensive review of the revised Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-IA) Daniel Beaulieu McGill University The Revised BDI (1993) Publication Dates: 1961-93 Authors: Aaron T. Beck and Robert A. Steer. Acronym: BDI-IA Price Data‚ 1994: $46 per complete kit including 25 record forms and manual ( ’93‚ 24 pages); $25.50 per 25 record forms; 22.50 per manual Introduction The revised Beck Depression Inventory
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resources‚ minimum access by individuals to the goods and services of the economy and stabilization of the economy. In this paper I will identify and discuss four developmental roles of the state as stated by Mr. Molaodi‚ a lecturer of Public Administration at the University of Botswana and incorporate into them Anderson’s government functions stated above. ROLES OF THE STATE IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY The first role that a state in a developing country must obtain as quoted by Mr. Molaodi is the
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A Study on Performance Appraisal & Career Development of Faculties in Indian School of Business & Technology‚ Chennai CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION PERFORMANCE The Oxford English dictionary defines Performance as the “accomplishment‚ execution‚ carrying out‚ and working out of anything ordered or undertaken”. Armstrong and Baron argue that performance is a matter not only of what people achieve‚ but
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10/6/2014 Case 3: Merck and River Blindness 1. Why was Merck hesitant about developing a human version of Ivermectin? Merck considered this opportunity as a high risk investment. The cost of developing the drug was estimated at $100 million. Even if it was successful to cure river blindness the victims were too poor to afford the drug. There was no way to distribute it in these rural areas were the victims were located. In addition‚ there was a possibility that people would misuse the drugs‚ which
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THE KEY FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 3 2.1 Policy-making 3 2.2 Planning 3 2.3 Organising 4 2.4 Leading 5 2.5 Control and Evaluation 6 3 HOW CAN EACH FUNCTION IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS 6 3.1 Policy-making 6 3.2 Planning 7 3.3 Organising 8 3.4 Leading 8 3.5 Control and Evaluation 9 4 CONCLUSION 10 LIST OF REFERENCES 11 PART 2 1 INTRODUCTION 12 2 DEFINITION OF ETHICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 13 3 ETHICAL FOUNDATION
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≈√ Guidelines on Credit Risk Management C r e d i t A p p r ova l P r o c e s s and Credit Risk Management These guidelines were prepared by the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) in cooperation with the Financial Market Authority (FMA) Published by: Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) Otto Wagner Platz 3‚ 1090 Vienna‚ Austria Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) Praterstrasse 23‚ 1020 Vienna‚ Austria Produced by: Oesterreichische Nationalbank Editor in chief: Gunther
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In a workplace or an organization there are various problems that need to be solved. The decisions that are made are intended to solve problems and improve the quality of life for its citizens & employees. It needs to positively contribute to the organization- the process used for particular procedures is called policy making. A document needs to be approved by executives before it can be called a policy. A policy is goals or rules that should be followed by an organization to deal with problems
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Logistics Administration. Objective: To provide the students with the basic elements of the logistics administration and the physical distribution in order to take the right decisions. Compendia: a) Total Distribution Concept and logistics administration b) Customer service‚ logistics and customer service and customer service vs. cost c) Channel of distribution strategy‚ selection of the channel and distribution d) Warehousing Total Distribution Concept and logistics
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PROCESSES INVOLVES IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Business Administration: Business administration and management is a popular career choice‚ especially in the United States and other capitalist countries where big business is so prevalent. Business managers typically carry a great deal of responsibility and may count among their duties anything from basic decision-making to training and employee relations. Typical training for corporate managers includes receiving an advanced degree referred
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