Generic Feedback – Tutorial 6 From small town pharmacy to a multinational corporation: Pierre Fabre, culture as a competitive advantage The case deals with the development of a pharmaceutical and dermo-cosmetics company owned and controlled by its founder, Pierre Fabre. The company (Pierre Fabre Laboratories) has made extensive use of its culture to build competitive advantage. The company history pervades its strategic choices (selective distribution through pharmacists, manufacturing and R&D localisation), its choice of product development path (natural substances), organisational capabilities building (innovation) and management style (‘humanistic’). The company’s name is not well known to the general public except in the south …show more content…
* Through its relatively short history, the company has taken bold challenges and developed steadily by reinvesting profits into drug discovery and international expansion. Its culture has been more oriented to develop turnover than pay dividends to shareholders. In times of economic duress, this is more difficult to sustain. * The company is proud of its independence and insists on being different from “Big Pharma” through its corporate governance with a large portion of its capital in the hands of a foundation, the founder and the employees. * Pierre Fabre’s management style is somehow paradoxical, at times paternalistic, concerned with employees’ well being and at times demanding, especially for managers, with a focus on detail. Further, being private and independent, the company does not suffer from the short-term pressure of the financial markets. It has been a true competitive advantage in terms of its R&D effort in the prescription drug business. It has also permitted the creation of a set of – now profitable – dermo-cosmetics brands that suffered from losses during their early years. Being diversified meant also being able to cross-subsidise business units, and for years the drug division benefited from profits which were invested in the development of new markets by dermo-cosmetics brands. Since the late 1990s, the flow has
Orange Kingdom is a clothing retail store owned by Between, Inc. It is differentiated from its family brands such as Between and Old Marine, as it gives an upscale image compared to the other two brands, and targets young professional population aged mid twenties to mid thirties both men and women. It provides mid-scale work-to-play casual and business apparel, accessories, and shoes through about 500 stores including factory stores in the United States. It is also gaining market share in Asia, South America, and Europe as well. In this marketing proposal, I would like to discuss three service options to retain and acquire customers.
The case is based on how Wolter’s, a brewing company was able to survive and grow with a distinctive marketing strategy. The company does a really good job by selling their products to the niche market and maintaining good customer relationships with the local consumers. Because the growth in their local market was limited they were considering exporting to other countries as an option to increase their sales. The stakeholders of the company competently adopted a problem solving technique. Although they were doing really well in the competitive market, they had to face some legal and political challenges. Overall, Wolters did a superior job by utilizing all the opportunities for better growth and improvement of the company.
Ground rule #6: If you mimic the market leaders, you'll just add to their dominance.
AstraZeneca sets a goal of being recognized for their high standards in science and how they can impact disease while still being a trusted company in the way they deliver results.
The company’s roots go all the way back to 1973 and the company has since grown to have pharmacies around the UK, but also elsewhere in Europe and even Brazil. It has won a number of awards in recent years.
The Medicines Company used the saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” to the next level. It essentially took what other pharmaceutical companies place on the shelves and never use again as their next product which becomes a money maker. The idea is a great idea if it is well executed. The company cannot take just any type of drug and try to execute it pouring in millions of dollars’ worth of research and development because if the product is not chosen carefully, the product will fail. A simple failure for a drug that was not carefully selected, can damage the company’s image and reputation.
Founded since 1997 by Dr. Nathan Swan, Chem-Med was the second largest manufacture of FDA-approved sodium hyaluronate (HA), behind Pharmacia, Inc. April 9, 2008, Dr. Swan started to worry about his company’s financial situation and he was thinking about getting more investors or going to the bank for financing. For him, “Chem-Med was growing and making money, but it never seemed to have enough cash”. For any investors who are interested in the company, it is important to analyze many vital aspects of profitability, future growth, risks, and comparison before adding Chem-Med to his portfolio.
Among many companies presently operating in the US market, I choose to analyze the CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) and Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR). CVS Health Corp., formerly known as CVS Caremark Corporation is an American retail pharmacy company, established in 1963 with headquarters in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, which operates in the industry of Healthcare Services (Pharmacy services and Retail Drugstore). Stimulated by the aspiration of assisting its customers in improving their health and quality of life, CVS, through its owned subsidiaries and third-party organizations alongside its own stores provides a range of quality products and services, administering a business activity constituted of three major operating segments including:
In 1993 the two companies decided to build a joint venture called Eli Lilly Ranbaxy JV that had a common business strategy and the intention to focus on high ethical standards, technology, and innovation. The JV focused directly on the Indian market since Ranbaxy had an existing relationship with the Indian Pharmaceutical Market they were able to continue exploring potential clients and business relationships. Ranbaxy alone was a very well-known pharmaceutical company that had a large distribution network and was able to easily obtain government approvals, licenses, distribution and supplies. The advantages to this joint venture are the work ethic by both company’s senior management teams as well as the previous relationships that
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
Those target markets who rely on Johnson & Johnson health and medical needs are mostly patients, doctors, nurses and civilians. Therefore, the company need to sustain their products and services over all these years to ensure that lower income people and underprivileged patients are able to access on their medicines. This however requires the company to balance patient’s access and competitive dynamics in line with their need as the company need to have enough resources to keep on being innovating, creating new and better medicines and at the same time making sure there will be a fair return to the shareholder as well. Johnson & Johnson also work closely with the governments, physicians, non-government organizations and the international donors all around the world to provide its products within an affordable prices to its
The company has had a steady increase in operating income and sells many different drugs. If you want to limit some of your exposure, this is the company to choose.
F remains the pharmaceutical firm because it has higher Margins due to the capacity to keep high drug prices. It also spends a significant amount on R&D while the competition is always coming up with a new product.
Discuss what is meant by the term “customer orientation”. Illustrate with examples how companies demonstrate their customer orientation by reference to at least two elements of the marketing mix.
The company is so large that no one drug can lift it from its current sales doldrums. In addition, the company was once highly attractive to investors, but its recent stock price fell to 1997 lows. This may put pressure on the company to attempt acquisitions at a time when the company is ill-equipped to integrate a new company into its organization, and it is engaged in a cost-cutting program at a time when it may need to invest even more in research and development (McTigue Pierce, 2005).