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Reinhard Angelmar

Emeritus Professor of Marketing
The case illustrates the problems faced by manufacturers of high retail concentration and the application of negotiation skills. The consequences of the termination of the relationship between the manufacturer and the distributor are also analysed.

Published 01 Sep 1994

Reference 2132

Topic Marketing

Industry Consumer Goods

Region Europe

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The French subsidiary of the German publishing company Gruner & Jahr, itself a subsidiary of the Bertelsmann Group, is considering the launch of a new business magazine called CAPITAL. The market looks unattractive, is new to the company, and the financial risk is high. The case describes the various steps in product development.

Published 31 May 1994

Reference 4310

Topic Marketing

Industry Publishing Writing and Editing

Region Europe

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This case describes a technological partnership between a large firm (Ciba-Geigy) and a small firm (ALZA), over the period 1977-84. It describes the pharmaceutical industry setting, the companies and the events leading up to the partnership opportunity.

Published 12 Jan 1994

Reference 4244

Topic Marketing

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Region North America

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The case describes the evolution, between the 1970s and the 1990s, of the new product development process in the Calor division of the French SEB group, a world leader in small household durables. Calor has tried out a wide range of different approaches to new product development, some highly successful, others less. Marketing domination of the process was not associated with success.

Published 01 Jan 1994

Reference 4410

Topic Marketing

Industry Consumer Services Marketing and Advertising

Region Europe

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The cases describe the development, worldwide launch, and subsequent marketing of a new pharmaceutical product which, although it represented only a slight improvement over the category pioneer, not only became the leading product in its category, but the largest prescription pharmaceutical product overall worldwide.

Published 01 Jan 1993

Reference 236

Topic Marketing

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Region Europe

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The cases describe the development, worldwide launch, and subsequent marketing of a new pharmaceutical product which, although it represented only a slight improvement over the category pioneer, not only became the leading product in its category, but the largest prescription pharmaceutical product overall worldwide.

Published 09 Jan 1992

Reference 236

Topic Marketing

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Region Europe

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The cases describe the development, worldwide launch, and subsequent marketing of a new pharmaceutical product which, although it represented only a slight improvement over the category pioneer, not only became the leading product in its category, but the largest prescription pharmaceutical product overall worldwide.

Published 01 Jan 1992

Reference 236

Topic Marketing

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Region Europe

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This case series deals with a technological partnership between a large firm (Ciba-Geigy) and a small firm (ALZA). It covers a period of about eight years: from 1977 until 1984. The first cases describe the pharmaceutical industry, the two companies, and the events leading up to the partnership opportunity.

Published 01 Jan 1988

Reference 4243

Topic Entrepreneurship

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Region Global

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Abstract: See Advanced Drug Delivery Systems: ALZA and Ciba-Geigy (A) - (F).

Published 01 Jan 1988

Reference 4242

Topic Strategy

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Region Global

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Abstract: See Advanced Drug Delivery Systems: ALZA and Ciba-Geigy (A) - (F).

Published 01 Jan 1988

Reference 4242

Topic Strategy

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Region Global

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Inspired by C.K. Prahalad’s “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid”, Novartis was exploring ways to build a sustainable business for the BOP in India that would improve access to healthcare for the poor while being financially profitable, unlike Novartis's traditional philanthropic and corporate social responsibility approaches.

Published 26 Mar 2018

Reference 6388

Topic Responsibility

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Region Asia

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Pharmaceuticals, New Product Development and Innovation, Marketing Management