Operations management

Table of Contents

1. Topic pack - Operations management - introduction
2. Operations Management (OM) - Introduction
3. 5.1 Production methods notes
4. 5.1 Production methods - questions
5. 5.2 Costs and revenues - notes
6. 5.2 Costs and revenues - questions
7. 5.3 Break-even analysis - notes
8. 5.3 Break-even analysis - questions
9. 5.3 Break-even analysis - simulations and activities
10. 5.4 Quality assurance - notes
11. 5.4 Quality assurance - questions and activities
12. 5.5 Location - notes
13. Innovation - notes (HL only)
    1. Innovation
    2. Case study - Xerox
    3. Research and development (R&D)
    4. Pharmaceutical companies - a new contract
    5. Innovation and R&D
    6. Europe moving in R&D slow lane
    7. Canadian apparel companies dress for success
    8. R&D - costs and benefits
    9. Patents, copyrights and trademarks
    10. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
    11. Digital Rights
    12. China: The Intellectual-Property Battleground
    13. Factors affecting Innovation
    14. Case study - 3M corporation
14. 5.6 Innovation - questions
15. 5.7 Production planning - notes
16. 5.7 Production planning - questions
17. 5.8 Project management - notes (HL only)
18. 5.8 Project management - questions (HL only)
19. Print View

Pharmaceutical companies - a new contract

Pharmaceutical companies 'defining a new contract with society'

Read the article Pharmaceutical companies 'defining a new contract with society' you can do this in the window below or follow the previous link to read the article in a separate window) and then answer the questions below.

Question 1

Define the terms:

• Merger
• Productivity

Question 2

Explain the importance of research and development to pharmaceutical companies.

Question 3

Examine the reasons why firms find it difficult to fund research and development.

Question 4

Evaluate joint ventures, mergers and other network models as methods of achieving the growth objectives of pharmaceutical companies such as Nestlé and AstraZeneca.