Our article investigates the stock market reaction of the issuance of guidelines by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to prod biotechnology manufacturers to strengthen self-regulation so as to efficiently monitor adherence to applicable statutes, regulations and program requirements in their...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the wealth effects of the issuance of guidelines by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to encourage pharmaceutical manufacturers to use internal controls or self-regulation “to efficiently monitor adherence to applicable statutes, regulations, and...

On 2 April 2009 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released warning letters to 14 major pharmaceutical companies about search engine advertising, effectively curtailing an aspect of internet marketing by pharmaceutical industry. These warning letters were posted to the public on 3 April...

We examine comparative financial performance of business groups in Pakistan employing samples of firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange. Our descriptive results show that group firms are larger in size and have higher operating profits. Group firms also exhibit lower sales growth variability...

Researchers have classified industries based on operational, market, and financial objectives. This study seeks to break down specific industries into smaller subgroups based on entrepreneurial orientations. The retail pharmacy industry is investigated both to identify a service provider...

This study of the retail pharmacy industry identifies clusters in which to group the pharmacies based on entrepreneurial orientation, in order to create a service provider taxonomy and to determine if the environmental, organizational, and performance perceptions of these clusters are related to...

Agency theory suggests that an efficient contract between a franchisor (principal) and a franchisee (agent) could be established by the use of selection criteria that would screen prospective franchisees based on their likely future outcomes desired by their franchisors. Franchisors can use...

The purpose of this paper is to understand how fairness garners loyalty by breeding trust in the pharmaceutical wholesaler-pharmacy relationship. Specifically, the paper seeks to understand if e two dimensions of fairness – procedural and distributive – contribute differently in fostering...

The objective of this paper is to describe the construction and subsequent evaluation of a multi-dimensional measure of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of community pharmacies, to identify antecedents to the pharmacy's EO (PHARMEO), and to assess the relationship between levels of EO and the...

The theoretical relationship between market structure (number of firms) and conduct (pricing behavior) of the generic drug industry was investigated. The effects of qualitative variables such as therapeutic category, duration of use, popularity, and market entry aggressiveness on the...