Case Study $3$: Pfizer's Development of a COVID$-19$ Vaccine

The unprecedented speed of the vaccine$$s development, testing, approval, and distribution provides an exploration of partnership, innovation, risk management, and logistics$.$

Reference for case study: https:$//$hbr$.$org$/2021/11/$drive$-$innovation$-$with$-$better$-$decision$-$making

Some areas of competitive advantage highlighted:

$$ Pharmaceutical Innovation and Development

$$ Strategic Partnerships and Collaboration

$$ Supply Chain Management and Logistics

Some areas of focus:

$$ Understand the importance of agility and collaboration in pharmaceutical innovation.

$$ Analyse the logistical and managerial challenges in global vaccine distribution.

$$ Evaluate the impact of regulatory environments on pharmaceutical development.

Questions to address in the assessments.

Questions to be addressed in your assessments include:

$1.$ Environmental analysis: What are the different factors of general and specific environment mentioned in the chosen case and their impact on organisations.

$2.$ Level of strategies: Explain the corporate level strategy and business level strategy $($as covered in the MGMT$401$ course$).$ From the chosen case, provide one example of each level of strategy examples and critically analyse them.

$3.$ Type of strategy: $($low cost and differentiation as covered in the MGMT$401$ course$)$: What type of a business level strategy is used by the chosen organisation along with examples and critically analyse them?

$4.$ Organisational culture: Analyse different characteristics of the chosen organisation$$s culture $($e$.$g$.,$ strong or weak, decision making, employee participation etc$)$ along with explanation and examples from the case and through other reading.

$5.$ Competitive advantage: What competitive advantage$/$s the chosen company has$/$have and how the company has leveraged on that competitive advantage$/$s$.$

$6.$ Stakeholders: what are different Stakeholders addressed in the chosen case, their importance, along with specific examples from the case.