3. Should Merck bid to license Davanrik? How much should they pay? Our team will recommend Merck bid to license Davanrik given the following reasons: 1. One of the major advantage of the company is its patents of new drugs. According to the case, we know that four drugs will expire by 2002 and those drugs are regarded as the so-called star-products of the company. According to the company’s financial statement, we learn that Merck’s net income margin has declined from 19.52% to 18% and the research
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Every student is taught that Marco Polo brought back goods and spices from Asia and introduced these to Europe. He sailed out of his home city and began a twenty four year journey that spanned the entire length of the Asian continent. He encountered diverse groups of people and learned about their cultures and traditions along the way. What most people don’t know is that Polo described his journey to Rustichello da Pisa while they were together in prison. Pisa carefully listened to his stories and
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Hello everyone, I would just like to thank you all for being here to listen about why I believe the discovery channel should make a film about the Eureka Stockade. Movies these days are not like they used to be and I believe that movies should give a message across and teach you something. For example the Eureka Stockade, this event showed that with teamwork results can come about, that without this occurrence democracy would be much different and also fairness and equality wouldn’t be the same.
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countries began to send explorers to the Americas in order to claim land for the mother country and make money. Ferdinand Magellan made the courageous exploration in 1519 and was the first person to circumnavigate the world. This was a very important discovery because it proved that the world was not flat and that there was more land to be explored. European explorers from the Age of Exploration should continue to be celebrated because they spread their culture, brought trade, and advanced the developments
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Due to major advances in technology in the 15th century, the expansion of European powers onto the Americas were in full rotation due to potential high profits. The major causes for the expansion of these countries were in pursuit of God, glory, and gold. The idea of exploring and discovering new areas in the name of God played a large factor in staying in compliance with the Church. By using the expansion of Christianity as an excuse to colonize the New World, the European powers gained immense
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Since the beginning of time, humans have always yearned to find new land to conquer. Along with new land humans found faster, safer, and cheaper trade routes. “In the late fifteen and early sixteenth century europeans developed maritime technology (pg. 15).” Of all the european countries Spain was the most technologically advanced. Spain had massive ships along with well developed navigational techniques. The French saw how the Spaniards were benefiting from the New World, so France decided they
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Vile Vortices What comes to mind when you hear the word Vortices? Do you think of the Bermuda Triangle? Or maybe do you think of the Himalayas? There are many Vortices, both positive, and negative. The negative ones are called the Vile Vortices. Vile Vortices cause disturbances in prana, which brings about corrupt happenings, such as mysterious disappearances. However, there are positive Vortices. These attract prana, which can bring about uplifting things, such as peace. The Vortices are some of
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Loan Nguyen U.S History Ballard February 7, 2015 Essay 1 With the help of new advances in technology and knowledge in the 1400s, European exploration began to thrive. One of the main intentions for exploration was to claim new lands and find a new trading route between Europe and Asia. At the time, trading with Asia was expensive and difficult because trading routes on land had to go through the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East, so they were under the control of Muslims and Italians. With a growing
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The Age of Exploration was a era from the early 15th century to the late 17th century, in which European explorers searched for better trade routes to support the growth of capitalism. During this time, countries were conquered by the English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and the Belgians (Main ones). The natives of these countries would suffer unimaginable atrocities against them. Conquerors would enslave them, kill children, kill them, and just generally be aggressive for dominance. The Age of
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1492 – Christopher Columbus discover America, turning the Atlantic Ocean to a new way to do trades and change the way people thought the world was shape. 1519 – In the name of Spain, Hernan Cortes invaded Mexico and conquer the Aztec Empire bringing them riches. Piles of gold never seen before. 1609 – Galileo Galilei an Italian astronomer, created a telescope that turned him to the first men to see the three moons of Jupiter. He believed that the universe operated according to the principles of
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