| Title |
Economies of scale in the wholesale pharmaceutical industry
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| Author |
Dickson, Jacob
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| Department |
Department of Economics and Business
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| Institution |
Colorado College
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| Degree Type |
bachelor
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| Degree Name |
Bachelor of Arts
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| Type of Resource |
text
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| Digital Origin |
reformatted digital
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| Date Accepted |
2008
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| Date Digitized |
2008
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| Abstract |
Economies of scale can be used as a tool for measuring efficiency. The wholesale pharmaceutical industry recently received regulations mandating pharmaceutical wholesalers provide a pedigree to document the flow of pharmaceutical products through the pharmaceutical supply chain. Each wholesaler had to create a new system for generating these pedigrees. Economies of scale was used to decide which wholesaler was best suited to implement a pedigree program. The largest wholesalers could not move quick enough to match pedigree deadlines while smaller companies struggled financially to afford a new pedigree program. It was found that midsized companies had the appropriate balance between quantity of products sold and overall business size.
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| Keywords |
Economies of scale
Pharmaceutical
Pedigree
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| Rights Statement |
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact the author for permission to publish.
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| Extent |
59 p. : ill., map ; 29 cm.
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| Note (thesis) |
Senior Thesis -- Colorado College
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| Note (bibliography) |
Bibliography : p. 56-59
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| Language |
eng
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| OCLC Identifier |
436155712
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| Handle |
http://hdl.handle.net/10176/coccc:1341
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