Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Pfizer and the Challenges of the Pharmaceutical Industry (A)
Renate Kratochvil; Phillip C. NellCase IVEY-9B19M076-EStrategyIn 2018, President of the United States, Donald Trump, criticized the company Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) for increasing drug prices—which had been a strategic move by Pfizer in response to industry-wide challenges. This announcement highlighted the complex dynaStarting at €8.20
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Managing a Severe Crisis: PharmaCorp in Ukraine
Phillip C. Nell; Renate Kratochvil; Patricia KlopfCase IVEY-9B17M085-EStrategyIn early 2015, the newly appointed country head of PharmaCorp’s operating unit in Ukraine faced internal and external challenges in managing the global pharmaceutical company’s operations in the crisis-ridden country. Since November 2013, Ukraine had undergone massive disruptions, including riots in Kiev, the annexation of Crimea by Russia, and a war in its easternmost region. Amid these economic and political turbulences, PharmaCorp Ukraine expe...Starting at €8.20
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Pfizer and the Challenges of the Pharmaceutical Industry (B)
Renate Kratochvil; Phillip C. NellCase IVEY-9B19M077-EStrategyCase B complements Case A, describing pharmaceutical companies’ strategic responses—such as mega-mergers and acquisitions and specialization—to industry-wide global challenges and highlights strategic decisions by Pfizer’s chief executive officers betweenStarting at €5.74
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Emerging Markets Development Group: Bankruptcy and Restructuring in Partnerships
John Stocker; Jennifer McCloskey; and Daniel GiesCase IVEY-W27512-EFinance, StrategyUS-registered Emerging Markets Development Group (EMDG), a small but successful international consulting firm that provided development assistance in emerging and post-conflict regions, bet big on a project in Southeast Asia in 2008 that was financed by a Small Business Administration (SBA)-guaranteed loan issued by a local bank. The project failed, with catastrophic results. After seven years of attempting to dig themselves out of the hole, the ...Starting at €8.20