The completion of a SWOT analysis of Aetna revealed that the company has several strength that will help usher the company into their next phase. Aetna has a strong position in the US healthcare market and has great control over the company’s benefits and expenses and as a resulting in improved profitability. The company also has a wide and deep product portfolio and is attracting larger clients. Another advantage of Aetna is that their cost and quality focus with investments in health care technology. Although the company has several strengths it also has its weaknesses, such as low contribution of large case pension segments and overdependence on the US market.
How does Amersham relate to the core idea behind the global product company that was the essence of GE medical systems (the predecessor company to GE healthcare)? a. Relates based on core motives to increase global presence and decreasing costs. b. GPC would improve competitivness by moving from high cost to low cost countries… saving approximately 30% in the first year alone. c. GPC would also help GE expand to new areas and recruit better talent to improve R&D d. In order to apply “in country for country princeiple” GEM would optimize processes tailored to specific companies.
They allow firms to adjust its product market portfolio and in this case diversify within markets of Pharmaceuticals. Mergers and acquisitions can reduce financial risk, increase market share and utilize research and development if managed properly [1]. However it has become conventional for companies to over pay for targets and suffer post-acquisition disorder to later sell off the entity at a loss down the road. The most prominent example of this would be the AOL-Time Warner merger. However, if the acquisition is managed properly the transaction can dramatically alter the competitive landscape giving them a competitive advantage over their rivals.
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The rapid growth of managed care organizations (MCOs) in the United States also posed another problem for Pfizer since MCOs preferred cheaper drugs for their patients. The threat of imported drugs in the United States also posed another problem for Pfizer. II. Problem Statement ➢ What will be the most achievable strategies that Pfizer’s management should take to maintain its competitiveness in the global market among stiff government regulations? III.
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It has to do with a person’s willingness to work hard, and I think it’s always been that way” (Scott and Leonhardt 2005:5). There are many arguments within the book that describe why class does matter in America today. One argument is the argument that the upper class lives longer than those individuals in classes below them. This is because individuals with a lot of capital have better insurance and means to pay for treatments and medical attention, where the lower class is unable to pay for medical treatment. As quoted in the book, “As advances in medicine and disease prevention have increased life expectancy in the United States, the benefits have disproportionately gone to people with education, money, good jobs, and connections” (Scott 2005:29).
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For example, regarding my newsagents, they could change from a sole trader to a partnership to expand their business as they may need the additional workload to possibly have a new van driver to pick up the deliveries to save costs. Possibly they may buy an additional van to get even more deliveries so that the customers can always buy their products conveniently. Having additional shareholders would increase capital because selling more shares means that people would be buying a share in your business and is a long term investment, the increased capital would mean that your business has the extra money to expand and grow the business. By growing the business the stakeholders (which can be customers or employees or anyone who is affected by the business) will be better off as there is a better service being provided by that business on a potential larger scale. Expanding the business would mean there is a larger workload.
As well as increasing living standards, it also benefits the government, as they will see an increase in revenue collected in income tax. This will allow the government to further improve public services such as healthcare, and as the quality of healthcare increases, so does the quality of life for the population. Another benefit of economic growth is that unemployment will fall. As companies and services expand, they can output a great deal more, and therefore more labour is demanded, this means that unemployment will fall. If unemployment falls, less people will be claiming unemployment benefits and other similar pay-outs from the government, this will allow a lot of tax to be spent on other things, such as expanding public services further, which also leads to an increase in living standards.