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The Mylan EpiPen Debacle: How Tremendous Greed Can Lead to the Demise of a Leader

N2Growth Blog

As you have likely heard, the pharmaceutical company Mylan and its CEO, Heather Bresch, have come under immense scrutiny for the firm’s EpiPen pricing policy. ” “The reality is and the brand pharmaceutical market, this isn’t an EpiPen issue. peanuts, shellfish, insect bites etc.). This isn’t a Mylan issue.

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New Map Shows Global Labor Flows

The Horizons Tracker

The data revealed some interesting patterns, including some unexpected connections between industries such as credit cards and air travel, while also being a fairly accurate barometer of the overall health of industries, with the likes of oil and gas and pharmaceuticals doing well, whereas retail and telecoms struggled.

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How to Advance Your Career in HR

HR Digest

Other common employers include healthcare facilities, insurance providers, financial institutions, and pharmaceutical companies. As of 2015, Fortune 500 companies are hiring more HR professionals than ever before. Top Companies .

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Adding Too Much Value

Marshall Goldsmith

Garnier, former CEO of the large pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmith Kline, “What did you learn from me when I was your executive coach that helped you the most as a leader?” Marshall’s exciting new research on engagement will be published in his upcoming book Triggers (Crown, 2015). I asked my coaching client J.P.

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Research: Business School Really Does Influence How Students Make Decisions Later On

Harvard Business Review

corporations from 1985 to 2015. As chief executive from 1972 to 1994, Richard Gelb (HBS, 1950) orchestrated Bristol-Myers’ acquisition of Squibb and transformed the firm from a personal care company to a diversified pharmaceutical giant. firms, and put the brakes on diversification.

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Startups Are Turning Customers into Lobbyists

Harvard Business Review

In early 2015 the government announced its intention to auction 450 beer licenses to grocery stores, citing Ontarian’s demands as the motivating factor. Uber learned this lesson the hard way in its bid to enter Calgary in October 2015 when its petition reached 14,000 signatures – only 1.2%

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If the SEC Measured CEO Pay Packages Properly, They Would Look Even More Outrageous

Harvard Business Review

As shown in the exhibit below, for each of the years 2006 through 2015 the average total compensation of the 500 highest-paid U.S. executives using ARG numbers was greater than the average total compensation of the 500 highest paid using EFV measures, and markedly so in 2006-2007 and 2012-2015, when the stock markets were booming.

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