Essays on Squibb

Biography

Enterprenuershipa nd management has been my core of interest from a tender age. I adopted this from my family members who had ventued into enterpreneurship. Consequently, I decided to follow their footsteps. I was born in Australia back in the year 1965, on the 18th day of September. With the fact the entrepreneurship and business were the major backgrounds for my family, I graduated from Ruff's university in 1985, attaining a first class, which opened my doors towards getting a scholarship. I had to follow the same roots. Being the third born of my family, I decided to be ...

Organization Performance Using Financial Ratios

Organization Performance Using Financial Ratios Ratio analysis refers to the process of determining, analysing and interpreting relationships by using financial statements. It is majorly used to evaluate various aspects of a firm’s financial and operating performance, such as profitability, liquidity, efficiency and solvency. The trend is then studied to determine whether they are deteriorating or improving (Nezlobin, Rajan, & Reichelstein, 2014). Financial ratio is an indicator used to analyse firm’s financial performance. The ratios are used by the creditors, accountants, analysts, shareholders and bankers to examine and evaluate data presented on a company’s financial statements (Nezlobin, Rajan, & ...

Introduction

The American pharmaceutical industry is among the most competitive industries where advertisements make a difference between competitors. The market share of each company in the industry helps researchers determine the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. This index enables one to analyze the pharmaceutical industry accurately. There are over 100 pharmaceutical companies in USA, some of which are foreign based.

R&D expenditures for pharmaceutical companies

A comparison between the R&D expenditure of the pharmaceutical industry in the USA with other countries is represented in this graph. The table below shows data for the past three years in of R&D expenditure of the top 4 firms as a percentage of ...