A. Introduction
This paper will refer to a case study of Eisai, a company where I have worked for almost eight years as HR Director. I will assess how Eisai faces the challenging business environment and how it impacts to the business’ value chain, particularly in the supply chain, marketing, finance, Human Resources (HR) and Information Technology (IT). I will apply various concepts, and analytical frameworks learned during the MVC course, such as Resource-based View (RBV), Marketing Mix (4P), Product Life Cycle and SWOT, to examine the challenges and strategic initiatives applied in this company. This report is expected to contribute to an empirical study that assesses how a pharmaceutical company transforms and survives in the turbulence time.
All information and data used in this report are collected from Eisai’s website (i.e. news/press release, company profile, business and financial performance, factsheet, etc.), combined with the knowledge I gained during my tenure in the company and various academic references. An ethical form has been submitted to the lecture, to ensure company’s confidentiality and minimize the ethical issue.
B. Company Overview
Eisai is a Japan-based pharmaceutical company established in 1936 with headquarter in Tokyo, and the main operation covers Japan, North America, Europe, and Asia.
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It built a new factory in India in 2010, which is expected to be the hub for low-cost generic drugs production and to take over high-cost production in Japan. It also established Eisai Knowledge Centre India to create a future global hub for ensuring a stable supply of the drug and innovate in the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients formulation (Eisai, 2009). In consequence, Eisai must close down its production facility in Misato Japan, after they transfer the production skills and know-how to India (Eisai,
There were two pharmaceutical companies that were looking for ways to expand globally to position themselves in a competitive advantage from their competitors. One was located in the United States, which was Eli Lilly and
Economic: Globalization of the pharmaceutical industry is an exciting opportunity to have research and development done at cheaper prices in other countries. However, this could be a double edged sword for companies because it is easy for other countries, such as India, to produce generic versions of the drug in bulk.
Eli Lilly’s decision to create a joint venture was not surprising (figure 1). The India government limited foreign direct investment to 51%, importing was subject to manufacturing at high costs outside the country and then paying high importation tariffs, and licensing was not prudent due to an absolute lack of product patents laws that were needed to protect Eli Lilly’s intellectual property.
One frequently asked question in business today that is least answered is, as stated by David Chaudron, PhD (2003), “What can we do to make our business flourish, survive and grow?” With the rapid changes in technology and the rise in the globalization of markets, we must have a game plan in place for adjusting to these changes. It has become increasingly difficult to predict what is going to happen, and there are thousands of obstacles and opportunities along the way. To add to the confusion, there are thousands of products, solutions and methods for dealing with these changes. With many brands, sizes and varieties it is very difficult to choose what is best for your organization. Add to that,
Robyn should start by getting more understanding about the product, afterward she must wrestle with the issue of what directional path the company should take and what changes in the company’s product-market-customer-technology focus would improve its current market position and future prospects. Deciding to commit the company to one path versus another pushes managers to draw some carefully reasoned conclusions about how to try to modify the company’s business makeup and the market position it should stake out. She must consider a number of direction-shaping factors where to head and why such a direction makes a good business sense.
Emalie primarily lives with her biological mother (Michelle Petrosky) and stepfather (Ryan Petrosky). Mrs. Petrosky works as a nurse. Mr. Petrosky works as a fanatical advisory. Emalie’s biological father is Joseph Matthews. He currently works as a diesel mechanic. He and his current wife (Katie Matthews) live in Cinse IL. MRs. Matthew works part time as a waitress. Cinse is approximately two hours away from Edwardsville IL. Mr. Matthew and Mrs. Petrosky had one other daughter. Emalie’s sister name is Claire. She is currently a 3rd grader at Woodland Elementary. The biological parents were divorced approximately 2014. Emalie and Claire visit with their father every other weekend and holidays that fall on Mondays. The Petoskey’s have two other children together. They have a three year old boy (Ryker) and a one year old name Slone.
Ezana, will continue to practice with upper and lower case and sound letter recognition. Ezana is able to have verbal interactions with confidence and add new English words to his daily conversations with peers and teachers. I believe will be beneficial to Ezana continue working and letter and number recognition, practice writing his name with upper and lower case letters. Also, it will be great for Ezana during the Summer break to visit the public library and pick books of his choice to encourage reading and most importantly that adults read to Ezana on a daily basis. Reading is essential to letter and sound recognition.
A team I have lead was my executive board when I was president of my fraternity.Some ways in which I built ownership of our shared goals was through effective deligation, open communication, and having a plan. Delegation is not simply askiing tasks or projects but utalizing my brothers for their strengths and supporting them in whatever they need in order to accomplish their responsibilities. Communication is important to be able to get input from my Ebaord because their opinions of important decisions for the fraternity needs to be respected and counted equal. Although not all of their opinions will be able to be acted upon everytime but the feeling of at least being heard led to more trust, collabroation and enaggement from my eboard memebers as the year went on.
There are advantages of starting a pharmaceutical firm in India. It has emerged from being an enzyme-producing firm to a biotech powerhouse under the guidance of Ms Kiran M. Shaw. They have a well-established pharmaceutical industry that has been growing since 1947. After the purchase of Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd. and India Drug and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. they were able to compete with the MNC’s (Multi National Corporaton) from overseas (Kalegaonkar, Locke, Lehrich, 2008, p. 2). In the beginning the pharmaceutical industry saw substantial growth. “By the beginning of the 21st century, over 20,000 pharmaceutical companies were operating in India” (Kalegaonkar, Locke, Lehrich, 2008, p. 2). “The pharmaceutical industry in India is ranked third
Eli Lilly was approached by a leading pharmaceutical firm in India to consider building a joint venture together. Ranbaxy Laboratories began as a family business in the 1960’s, but with strong entrepreneurial skills the company grew to become one of the largest manufacturers for bulk drugs and generic drugs. The two companies considered pursuing a joint venture that would support on another’s products by supplying one other with ingredients to complete company products without having to trade with other companies internationally. The JV would potentially lead both companies, together to become a dominant force in the Indian market.
In retrospect, Chinese companies invested small portion in R&D, typically 2% of sales by far away from Indian companies’ 7.7% (Grace, 2004). Overall, Indian firms are supported by R&D programs and have well positioned themselves in the domestic market so that more intense competition will be confronted in Indian pharmaceuticals industry. Another weakness when exporting to India is that India is among the lowest in the world in terms of per capita consumption of pharmaceuticals, with $4.50 compared to $13 in China (Greene, 2007). Under those conditions, more promising pharmaceuticals market can be expected in China than in India. Furthermore, with the rising number of affluent Chinese, diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer all shows the growing trend, offering a huge market demand for drug development (kermani, 2008). The huge market demands as well as less competition make China an attractive market for pharmaceuticals industry.
1. Enter new locales: - Etisalat is working scarcely to infiltrate to new areas and nations with a specific end goal to extend its business.
The above figure shows the export trend of pharmaceuticals from Indian market to the world. The highest export was recorded in financial year 2015-16. Despite of the fall in subsequent year it still maintained it power in the global market. India enjoys relative advantage in this sector, which is been calculated by the Balassa index. The strength of the exports has been compared with overall export of the ASEAN. As Indian pharmaceutical sector was growing similarly the pharmaceutical sector of ASEAN was flourishing which was making it an attractive for JAPAN and United States the sales from this sector was more than 20 billion us dollar by end of the
Eisai has been 80 years in pharmaceutical business and 50 years as a global player, with a strong performance in the past. That build positive image to get financial stability and helps in supporting all future investments.
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