Describes the major turning points in the Merck more than 300-year history, with an emphasis on the events of World War II (internationalization, growth through acquisitions, licensing policies, R & D focus.) However, the main focus is on corporate and family company management structures, procedures and systems, as they are a unique combination of legal, structural and organizational structures, the descendants of the founders of cement influence of the family in a very efficient way. The methods of these bodies is shown in combination with Merck (eventually failed) hostile bid for Schering, its German rival, which was held in March 2006. "Hide
by FA Neumann, Josep Tapies Source: IESE 31 pages. Publication Date: October 10, 2006. Prod. #: IES162-PDF-ENG
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