The document discusses strategies for rapid commercialization of pharmaceutical and biotech companies. It outlines the business drivers for rapid commercialization in the life sciences industry, including increasing pressure from external market dynamics and internal industry challenges. The document also provides an overview of integrated portfolio and project management solutions as well as rapid compliant commercialization solutions that Grom Associates and EnteGreat have developed to help accelerate the commercialization process for life sciences companies.
This document discusses analyzing a firm's external environment including opportunities and threats. It covers the general environment, industry environment, and competitive environment. The industry environment influences competitive actions and includes factors like new entrants, supplier and buyer power, substitutes, and rivalry among competitors. Analyzing competitors allows predicting their actions. The industrial organization model suggests above average returns are determined by industry characteristics outside a firm like the attractiveness of the industry and implementing an appropriate strategy for that industry.
Maja Wessels, EVP of Public Affairs for First Solar, presented at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. More information at solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
Green Chemicals & Materials – Unravelling The Myths And Creating Opportun...stevelmy
This document summarizes a panel discussion on green chemicals and materials. The panel discusses key industry trends, green sourcing and processes, legislation, and case studies. Some of the topics covered include defining "green", trends in biobased sourcing and their impact on the chemicals industry, how the chemical industry has reduced its energy usage and emissions over time, and opportunities in bioplastics, biolubricants and other renewable chemical markets. The document provides forecasts for the European PLA market and concludes that green initiatives must be self-funding and sustainable to be effective.
Climate change poses new strategic risks and opportunities for businesses. As the impacts of a changing climate challenge assumptions of global stability and infinite growth, companies must transform their business models to improve resource efficiency, reduce emissions, and meet changing social demands. This creates demand for new technologies and services that enable conservation and efficiency. Business stands to gain competitive advantages from product and service innovation that addresses sustainability challenges.
This compendium is the complete compilation of the 2010
GS100 research by Global Services and NeoAdvisory. This year,
the study underwent a major makeover to include several new
elements and the results were discussed in multiple formats.
Organic Growth: 4 key strategies to succeedjareddroy
It\'s no secret that Organic Growth is one of the many challenges Agency Owners are facing in today\'s Insurance Marketplace. This webinar will concentrate on FOUR Key Strategies an agency can use in 2012 to successfully grow organically. Join this webinar to hear Jared Roy and Josh Morgan, MarshBerry Consultants, explain how you can implement a proven process for Organic Growth through Organizational Infrastructure, Differentiation, Proactive Sales and Producer Investment. If you\'re an insurance agency owner, executive, or shareholder interested in growing your agency; this webinar has the answers.
In this 30-minute webinar we will reveal:
• Key strategies of organic growth leaders
• Examples of how to take action now
• Secrets of high performing agencies
• And more...
Sustainability in Korea: Performance & Trends 2013SolAbility
This document discusses corporate sustainability and governance issues in Korea in 2013. It provides an overview of trends showing increasing management awareness of sustainability but stagnating governance practices. Financial returns for sustainable companies significantly outperformed the market. The document also analyzes issues around controlling family structures ("Chaebols") of large Korean conglomerates that concentrate power and hamper independent oversight.
Connell & Partners is an executive compensation consulting firm located in Woburn, MA. They provide advisory services on matters of executive compensation including executive compensation strategies, long-term and short-term incentive plans, board of director compensation, and expert witness services. Their clients include technology, biotech, alternative energy, and other industries. The firm was founded in 2005 and is led by Managing Director Jack Connell and Managing Director Emeritus Gerry Miller, who have decades of experience in executive compensation consulting.
This document discusses analyzing a firm's external environment including opportunities and threats. It covers the general environment, industry environment, and competitive environment. The industry environment influences competitive actions and includes factors like new entrants, supplier and buyer power, substitutes, and rivalry among competitors. Analyzing competitors allows predicting their actions. The industrial organization model suggests above average returns are determined by industry characteristics outside a firm like the attractiveness of the industry and implementing an appropriate strategy for that industry.
Maja Wessels, EVP of Public Affairs for First Solar, presented at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. More information at solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
Green Chemicals & Materials – Unravelling The Myths And Creating Opportun...stevelmy
This document summarizes a panel discussion on green chemicals and materials. The panel discusses key industry trends, green sourcing and processes, legislation, and case studies. Some of the topics covered include defining "green", trends in biobased sourcing and their impact on the chemicals industry, how the chemical industry has reduced its energy usage and emissions over time, and opportunities in bioplastics, biolubricants and other renewable chemical markets. The document provides forecasts for the European PLA market and concludes that green initiatives must be self-funding and sustainable to be effective.
Climate change poses new strategic risks and opportunities for businesses. As the impacts of a changing climate challenge assumptions of global stability and infinite growth, companies must transform their business models to improve resource efficiency, reduce emissions, and meet changing social demands. This creates demand for new technologies and services that enable conservation and efficiency. Business stands to gain competitive advantages from product and service innovation that addresses sustainability challenges.
This compendium is the complete compilation of the 2010
GS100 research by Global Services and NeoAdvisory. This year,
the study underwent a major makeover to include several new
elements and the results were discussed in multiple formats.
Organic Growth: 4 key strategies to succeedjareddroy
It\'s no secret that Organic Growth is one of the many challenges Agency Owners are facing in today\'s Insurance Marketplace. This webinar will concentrate on FOUR Key Strategies an agency can use in 2012 to successfully grow organically. Join this webinar to hear Jared Roy and Josh Morgan, MarshBerry Consultants, explain how you can implement a proven process for Organic Growth through Organizational Infrastructure, Differentiation, Proactive Sales and Producer Investment. If you\'re an insurance agency owner, executive, or shareholder interested in growing your agency; this webinar has the answers.
In this 30-minute webinar we will reveal:
• Key strategies of organic growth leaders
• Examples of how to take action now
• Secrets of high performing agencies
• And more...
Sustainability in Korea: Performance & Trends 2013SolAbility
This document discusses corporate sustainability and governance issues in Korea in 2013. It provides an overview of trends showing increasing management awareness of sustainability but stagnating governance practices. Financial returns for sustainable companies significantly outperformed the market. The document also analyzes issues around controlling family structures ("Chaebols") of large Korean conglomerates that concentrate power and hamper independent oversight.
Connell & Partners is an executive compensation consulting firm located in Woburn, MA. They provide advisory services on matters of executive compensation including executive compensation strategies, long-term and short-term incentive plans, board of director compensation, and expert witness services. Their clients include technology, biotech, alternative energy, and other industries. The firm was founded in 2005 and is led by Managing Director Jack Connell and Managing Director Emeritus Gerry Miller, who have decades of experience in executive compensation consulting.
The document discusses the power of cloud computing and its growing importance. It notes that technology is now seen as the most important external force impacting organizations. It outlines barriers to cloud adoption but also "wow factors" like cost savings, speed, and scalability. The document discusses three approaches organizations can take to cloud (optimize, innovate, disrupt) and says disruptors expect to significantly outperform others. It provides examples of how IBM is using cloud computing with clients.
This document discusses cooperative strategies between firms. It defines a cooperative strategy as firms working together to achieve a shared objective. There are three main types of strategic alliances: joint ventures, equity strategic alliances, and non-equity strategic alliances. Cooperative strategies can be used at the business and corporate level between firms and allow firms to pursue mutual interests such as developing new products/services or entering new markets. However, cooperative strategies also carry risks such as partners failing to contribute as agreed or misunderstanding each other's intentions. These risks must be managed through detailed contracts, monitoring, and developing trusting relationships between partners.
Presentation 9Apr2010 at Lokey Graduate School of Business, Center For Socially Responsible Business conference "Three Ps: People, Planet, Profit." Suzanne Fallender, Director, CSR Strategy & Communications, Intel
View the video:http://vimeo.com/11330604
DOW Business Services…
Accelerating Success
Powering up to serve Dow Businesses and JVs
By Niklas Meintrup
LogiChem 2011 will be the event's tenth anniversary and an opportunity for the most senior chemical supply chain & global logistics directors from the European chemicals community to come together once again share experiences, make new contacts and benchmark the latest chemical supply chain initiatives.
Not only will LogiChem 2011 be a chance for the chemical industry to reminisce about the last ten years but an opportunity to shape the next decade. To celebrate a decade of LogiChem, there will be an exciting three day programme filled with networking opportunities in our new location, Antwerp.
The document discusses creating a high performance culture. It outlines defining high performance culture as having shared beliefs, values, attitudes, goals and actions focused on superior execution. It then discusses key elements of transforming culture, including establishing leadership roles and responsibilities, implementing cycles of use to link tools/practices with values, and developing leadership talent through succession planning, skills assessment, and ongoing rotation/development. A case study example is also presented of a client that grew significantly through these cultural transformation strategies.
This document provides an overview of Vedanta Resources plc, a diversified metals and mining major based in London. It discusses Vedanta's operational and financial performance in fiscal year 2009, highlighting record production levels in aluminum, zinc, and iron ore despite a decline in commodity prices in the second half of the year. Cost reduction measures and temporary shutdowns of some higher-cost operations helped mitigate the impact of falling prices. The document also notes Vedanta's ongoing growth projects and expansion plans totaling over $3 billion for fiscal year 2009.
The document discusses ethics and compliance considerations for mergers, acquisitions, and major corporate events. It emphasizes the importance of conducting thorough due diligence to understand potential legal and reputational risks posed by the other company. It also stresses the need to integrate compliance programs and provide targeted training for newly acquired employees to clearly communicate policies and expectations. Failure to adequately plan and integrate compliance programs during corporate changes can result in significant legal and financial penalties.
This document discusses the strategic planning process and environmental analysis. It outlines examining the remote, industry, and local environments to understand challenges and opportunities. The remote environment considers economic, social, political, and technological issues. Industry analysis looks at the five competitive forces. The local environment analyzes issues specific to an individual organization. The document also discusses profiling an organization by identifying major areas of strength and weakness.
The document analyzes a 2009 study of consumer perceptions of reputation for the 600 largest global companies across 32 countries. Three key findings:
1) Ferrero, IKEA, and Johnson & Johnson had the best reputations overall, with 22 companies scoring over 80/100.
2) Companies from emerging markets like Brazil, India, and China tended to have stronger reputations than those from developed countries.
3) Transparency and ethics were increasingly important to consumers in building reputation beyond just products/services.
This document summarizes the results of a survey of Finnish CTOs conducted in 2013. Nearly half of the TOP 100 R&D investors in Finland responded. The main findings were:
- Almost half of CTOs planned to increase their R&D budgets for 2013, though they were less optimistic than in previous years.
- While a third would increase recruiting, this number has declined from previous years.
- Over half of companies introduce an increasing number of new products and services each year.
- An increasing number of companies plan to benefit from external technology sources like licensing and acquisitions.
- CTOs see the most benefits from R&D collaboration being product/service
This document summarizes Dow's acquisition of Rohm and Haas. Key points:
- Dow will acquire Rohm and Haas for $78 per share, a 47.9% premium over Rohm and Haas' stock price.
- The acquisition will transform Dow's portfolio, increasing revenues from higher-growth specialty businesses from 49% to over 2/3.
- Significant cost and growth synergies are expected, including $800 million in annual pre-tax cost synergies and $2-2.6 billion in additional value creation.
- The acquisition accelerates Dow's transformation to a higher-growth, more diversified chemicals and materials company focused on specialty businesses like electronic materials and
This document provides photos and descriptions of various locations in and around Dubrovnik, Croatia. It shares details about Lokrum Island just offshore from Dubrovnik, which can be reached by a 15 minute ferry ride and features pine forests, swimming areas, and historic sites. It also shows images and discusses other top attractions like Dubrovnik's historic walled Old Town, Fort Lawrence, cable cars up to Mount Srđ overlook, and luxury hotels along the coast.
A bear jumped off a bridge in Donner Summit, California to escape two passing cars. It caught the ledge of the bridge and pulled itself to safety. Authorities returned the next day to find the bear asleep on the ledge. They tranquilized the bear, lowered it into a safety net, and after it woke up, let it walk away unharmed. The story's moral is that when faced with an impossible situation, taking a nap can sometimes allow the problem to resolve itself, similar to how the sleeping bear was rescued.
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We are the only service that can provide our clients with a guide as soon as 1 hour after they place an order!
This document describes an amusement park and a child's favorite ride. It lists different rides and attractions like a Ferris wheel, rollercoaster, and merry-go-round. The child enjoys the rollercoaster the most because they find it fun and exciting. Directions are given to find the rollercoaster, which is located opposite the ticket booth.
The document provides information about train fares and times for travel between Farnborough and Waterloo, as well as prices and hours of operation for the Emirates Airline cable car between Royal Docks and Greenwich. A return train ticket with a travel card from Farnborough to Waterloo is £25.90 and takes 38 minutes, while a single fare without a travel card from Farnborough is £21.40 and from Waterloo is £17.20. Single and return journeys on the cable car range between £4.30-£8.60 for adults and £2.20-£4.40 for children. The cable car operates daily from 7am to 8 or 9pm depending on the day of the
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This document describes cable cars. It discusses a cable car system in Llandudno, North Wales called the Great Orme railway that takes single deck trams to the top of a hill. Cable cars are also found in San Francisco and can run on cables in the road or be fixed to overhead cables to travel up mountains and across rivers.
A pharmacologist has several key roles:
1. Medical education - Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students about rational drug use, effects, toxicity, and interactions.
2. Research - Conducting both basic and clinical research, ensuring adherence to guidelines for clinical trials and ethical reviews.
3. Regulatory affairs - Involved in essential drug lists, national drug policy, and regulatory bodies like drug authorities.
The Aiguille du Midi is a 3,842m mountain in the French Alps. In 1955, a cable car was built to the summit, called the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi, which held the record as the highest vertical ascent cable car in the world for about two decades. It travels from Chamonix to the summit in 20 minutes, gaining over 2,800m in altitude. The summit contains a viewing platform, cafe, and gift shop, and is the starting point for the Vallée Blanche ski run and a route to the Mont Blanc summit.
The document discusses the power of cloud computing and its growing importance. It notes that technology is now seen as the most important external force impacting organizations. It outlines barriers to cloud adoption but also "wow factors" like cost savings, speed, and scalability. The document discusses three approaches organizations can take to cloud (optimize, innovate, disrupt) and says disruptors expect to significantly outperform others. It provides examples of how IBM is using cloud computing with clients.
This document discusses cooperative strategies between firms. It defines a cooperative strategy as firms working together to achieve a shared objective. There are three main types of strategic alliances: joint ventures, equity strategic alliances, and non-equity strategic alliances. Cooperative strategies can be used at the business and corporate level between firms and allow firms to pursue mutual interests such as developing new products/services or entering new markets. However, cooperative strategies also carry risks such as partners failing to contribute as agreed or misunderstanding each other's intentions. These risks must be managed through detailed contracts, monitoring, and developing trusting relationships between partners.
Presentation 9Apr2010 at Lokey Graduate School of Business, Center For Socially Responsible Business conference "Three Ps: People, Planet, Profit." Suzanne Fallender, Director, CSR Strategy & Communications, Intel
View the video:http://vimeo.com/11330604
DOW Business Services…
Accelerating Success
Powering up to serve Dow Businesses and JVs
By Niklas Meintrup
LogiChem 2011 will be the event's tenth anniversary and an opportunity for the most senior chemical supply chain & global logistics directors from the European chemicals community to come together once again share experiences, make new contacts and benchmark the latest chemical supply chain initiatives.
Not only will LogiChem 2011 be a chance for the chemical industry to reminisce about the last ten years but an opportunity to shape the next decade. To celebrate a decade of LogiChem, there will be an exciting three day programme filled with networking opportunities in our new location, Antwerp.
The document discusses creating a high performance culture. It outlines defining high performance culture as having shared beliefs, values, attitudes, goals and actions focused on superior execution. It then discusses key elements of transforming culture, including establishing leadership roles and responsibilities, implementing cycles of use to link tools/practices with values, and developing leadership talent through succession planning, skills assessment, and ongoing rotation/development. A case study example is also presented of a client that grew significantly through these cultural transformation strategies.
This document provides an overview of Vedanta Resources plc, a diversified metals and mining major based in London. It discusses Vedanta's operational and financial performance in fiscal year 2009, highlighting record production levels in aluminum, zinc, and iron ore despite a decline in commodity prices in the second half of the year. Cost reduction measures and temporary shutdowns of some higher-cost operations helped mitigate the impact of falling prices. The document also notes Vedanta's ongoing growth projects and expansion plans totaling over $3 billion for fiscal year 2009.
The document discusses ethics and compliance considerations for mergers, acquisitions, and major corporate events. It emphasizes the importance of conducting thorough due diligence to understand potential legal and reputational risks posed by the other company. It also stresses the need to integrate compliance programs and provide targeted training for newly acquired employees to clearly communicate policies and expectations. Failure to adequately plan and integrate compliance programs during corporate changes can result in significant legal and financial penalties.
This document discusses the strategic planning process and environmental analysis. It outlines examining the remote, industry, and local environments to understand challenges and opportunities. The remote environment considers economic, social, political, and technological issues. Industry analysis looks at the five competitive forces. The local environment analyzes issues specific to an individual organization. The document also discusses profiling an organization by identifying major areas of strength and weakness.
The document analyzes a 2009 study of consumer perceptions of reputation for the 600 largest global companies across 32 countries. Three key findings:
1) Ferrero, IKEA, and Johnson & Johnson had the best reputations overall, with 22 companies scoring over 80/100.
2) Companies from emerging markets like Brazil, India, and China tended to have stronger reputations than those from developed countries.
3) Transparency and ethics were increasingly important to consumers in building reputation beyond just products/services.
This document summarizes the results of a survey of Finnish CTOs conducted in 2013. Nearly half of the TOP 100 R&D investors in Finland responded. The main findings were:
- Almost half of CTOs planned to increase their R&D budgets for 2013, though they were less optimistic than in previous years.
- While a third would increase recruiting, this number has declined from previous years.
- Over half of companies introduce an increasing number of new products and services each year.
- An increasing number of companies plan to benefit from external technology sources like licensing and acquisitions.
- CTOs see the most benefits from R&D collaboration being product/service
This document summarizes Dow's acquisition of Rohm and Haas. Key points:
- Dow will acquire Rohm and Haas for $78 per share, a 47.9% premium over Rohm and Haas' stock price.
- The acquisition will transform Dow's portfolio, increasing revenues from higher-growth specialty businesses from 49% to over 2/3.
- Significant cost and growth synergies are expected, including $800 million in annual pre-tax cost synergies and $2-2.6 billion in additional value creation.
- The acquisition accelerates Dow's transformation to a higher-growth, more diversified chemicals and materials company focused on specialty businesses like electronic materials and
This document provides photos and descriptions of various locations in and around Dubrovnik, Croatia. It shares details about Lokrum Island just offshore from Dubrovnik, which can be reached by a 15 minute ferry ride and features pine forests, swimming areas, and historic sites. It also shows images and discusses other top attractions like Dubrovnik's historic walled Old Town, Fort Lawrence, cable cars up to Mount Srđ overlook, and luxury hotels along the coast.
A bear jumped off a bridge in Donner Summit, California to escape two passing cars. It caught the ledge of the bridge and pulled itself to safety. Authorities returned the next day to find the bear asleep on the ledge. They tranquilized the bear, lowered it into a safety net, and after it woke up, let it walk away unharmed. The story's moral is that when faced with an impossible situation, taking a nap can sometimes allow the problem to resolve itself, similar to how the sleeping bear was rescued.
PlanetPass is an app that provides travelers with the opportunity to choose from a wide selection of guided walking tours that can be booked instantly and accessed right away.
We are the only service that can provide our clients with a guide as soon as 1 hour after they place an order!
This document describes an amusement park and a child's favorite ride. It lists different rides and attractions like a Ferris wheel, rollercoaster, and merry-go-round. The child enjoys the rollercoaster the most because they find it fun and exciting. Directions are given to find the rollercoaster, which is located opposite the ticket booth.
The document provides information about train fares and times for travel between Farnborough and Waterloo, as well as prices and hours of operation for the Emirates Airline cable car between Royal Docks and Greenwich. A return train ticket with a travel card from Farnborough to Waterloo is £25.90 and takes 38 minutes, while a single fare without a travel card from Farnborough is £21.40 and from Waterloo is £17.20. Single and return journeys on the cable car range between £4.30-£8.60 for adults and £2.20-£4.40 for children. The cable car operates daily from 7am to 8 or 9pm depending on the day of the
India's largest marketplace for tours and activities.Book over 15,000 tours instantly in over 70 countries and transfers at over 2000 airports.Best Deals and offers too.Bought to you by TravelPort Holidays , the leisure travel specialists
This document describes scenic areas around Cape Town, South Africa including the Waterfront shopping area, Fishhoek area, Houtbay area and docks, Table Mountain, taking the cable car up Table Mountain, views from the top of Table Mountain of Cape Town, Cape Point and Houtbay, and views of Cape Town from Table Mountain and Loins Head.
This document describes cable cars. It discusses a cable car system in Llandudno, North Wales called the Great Orme railway that takes single deck trams to the top of a hill. Cable cars are also found in San Francisco and can run on cables in the road or be fixed to overhead cables to travel up mountains and across rivers.
A pharmacologist has several key roles:
1. Medical education - Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students about rational drug use, effects, toxicity, and interactions.
2. Research - Conducting both basic and clinical research, ensuring adherence to guidelines for clinical trials and ethical reviews.
3. Regulatory affairs - Involved in essential drug lists, national drug policy, and regulatory bodies like drug authorities.
The Aiguille du Midi is a 3,842m mountain in the French Alps. In 1955, a cable car was built to the summit, called the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi, which held the record as the highest vertical ascent cable car in the world for about two decades. It travels from Chamonix to the summit in 20 minutes, gaining over 2,800m in altitude. The summit contains a viewing platform, cafe, and gift shop, and is the starting point for the Vallée Blanche ski run and a route to the Mont Blanc summit.
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The document discusses sustainability and outlines strategies for print service providers to improve their economic, environmental and social performance. It defines sustainability as going beyond compliance to continually improve the triple bottom line. It then provides an overview of why sustainability has become important to various stakeholders like consumers, shareholders, governments. It also discusses where the industry currently stands in terms of sustainability efforts and outlines practical steps print service providers can take to integrate sustainability into their business models, operations and culture.
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- Guerin Associates is a consulting firm that specializes in real estate and facilities management. It has worked with over 150 major companies.
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3. Effective strategy implementation requires holistically addressing the full range of initiatives needed, prioritizing them, and establishing supportive structures, cultures, roles and monitoring - not just having a good strategy alone.
The document discusses how businesses need to adapt to succeed in today's complex and changing economic environment. It recommends that companies focus on value, exploit opportunities, and act with speed. Additionally, it emphasizes that business partners need to team up and capitalize on hot opportunities like green IT and social networking through ecosystem development. Finally, it provides steps for business partners to get started in establishing leadership, making hard decisions, developing a roadmap, and communicating their plans.
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