Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) is rooted in the healthcare reforms of the early 1990s. As the traditional fee-for-service system transformed to a managed care system‚ heavy emphasis was placed on cost control (Pg. 4). As a result‚ PBMs immerged to reduce pharmaceutical costs and optimize the use of medications. At first their focus was on claims processing‚ but over the years‚ they leveraged their pharmacy network to negotiate discounted rates on pharmaceuticals. This allowed the PBMs to gain
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Behaviour Delta Air Lines: The Launch of Song‚ Case Assignment Fabian Schulze Wierling‚ Exchange Student‚ Germany Student ID: 1155065598‚ f.schulze-‐wierling@whu.edu Tasks 1) What is the main problem (apart from the general financial issues) facing Delta in this case? 2) What is Song’s overall guiding policy and what do you think about
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1. a) How does MindTree create‚ develop‚ and sustain communities of practice? b) What role do they play at the company? Answer: a) MindTree encourages employees who share a common passion to form groups or communities for learning‚ knowledge sharing‚ business development‚ or self-development. People passionate about any particular topic have to attend a workshop to prove his/her commitment to the topic. If selected‚ these volunteers‚ called “Champions”‚ are allowed to form and lead communities.
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current technology products from being exploited for example replicating original CDs and selling them as pirated software‚ this unethical behaviour can be controlled by the code of conducts. • Computer ethics is a system of moral standards or values used as a guideline for computer users. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF COMPUTER CRIMES. • The United States Institute of Computer Ethics has come out with the Ten Commandments of computer ethics • This principles consider the effective code of conducts
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The Harvard Management Company (2001) Case You will design an excel spreadsheet that allows you to answer the following questions: i) Given figures in Exhibits 4 and 11 what is the expected return and volatility of the policy portfolio? ii) Find an efficient portfolio having the same expected return as the policy portfolio but lower volatility. iii) Find an efficient portfolio having the same volatility as the policy portfolio but higher expected return. iv) Repeat question ii
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I. Executive summary: A. Problem statement: Optical Distortion Inc.(ODI) is a small new company‚ not yet in business‚ with a patent for an innovative product designed to prevent chickens from cannibalism behaviors toward each other. These lenses are used instead of traditional way of debeaking. ODI must develop marketing strategies about targeting‚ positioning and optimal pricing to launch its new product. B. Recommendation: The dilemma ODI faces is whether introduce its product
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1. How accurate was the demand forecast for the first quarter of 2005? First‚ is wise to make a comparison in the individual level‚ between the forecasts made for the year 2004 and the real demand. The Forecast overestimates the real demand in every single product. As it is shown in the tables above the average difference percentage in the individual level is higher that the difference percentage in the aggregate level. What is the current demand forecasting method
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Questions for Week 7 Case: * Fashion Channel Read the Fashion Channel case and answer the questions below. Please note the following additional guidance: The discussion of alternatives indicates that for the first scenario‚ an investment in programming would be required but the case does not indicate how much that might cost. You can either assume that this spending was flat or you can assume an increase. In either case‚ specify your assumption and base your findings on that assumption
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Case study number 1 Question 1: Which company orientation (product‚ production‚ selling or market) can best describe McDonald’s activities? What makes you think so? In the case of McDonald’s activities the company orientation is selling and I will explain why. In first I’ll explain what is the selling orientation‚ and in second why it’s the McDonald orientation. If we look at the definition in the book “Marketing Management” the selling philosophy or orientation is “a focus on making sales
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Case #2 – Volkswagen: IT Budget Volkswagen AG is the parent company to Volkswagen of America (VWoA) and therefore sets the budget from which IT projects are funded by. Managing which IT projects are given funds and when is a very important business decision because only projects linked to the corporations’ strategy and goals should be given any support. An important process in judging which projects are funded is by prioritizing them into specific categories; however all the more important “Stay
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