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Les Conseils de Ministres des Communautés européennes.
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Year: 1964 Publisher: Leyden : A. W. Sythoff,

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Geroepen tot uw vreugde : Frits van der Ven S.J.
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ISBN: 9789491044045 Year: 2010 Publisher: 's Hertogenbosch Ruinen Wolfaert Bariet

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De stille kracht : van roman tot televisiebewerking : een vergelijking tussen Louis Couperus' roman en zijn verfilming door Walter van der Kamp.

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Facilating the implementation of a global performance reporting system from a business perspective : the case of a German pharmaceutical multinational
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Year: 2016 Publisher: Liège Université de Liège (ULiège)

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This thesis deals with the development of a global performance reporting system in the context of a German multinational active in the pharmaceutical industry.
The objective of the document is to discuss and assess the decisions taken and actions implemented during the course of an eight-month project conducted within the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. The project consisted in facilitating the implementation of such a system from a business perspective and taking into account the specific context at stake.
Therefore, this paper begins with a brief presentation of the company and the reasons underlying the decision to enable the reporting of local performance at corporate level. After this introduction, the proper analysis is structured around the three dimensions of strategy, namely the context, the content and the process of the project. 
First, the contextual analysis follows a funnel structure while always being related to the project. It starts from an overall market perspective before dealing with purely internal elements such as the organizational culture and the financial situation of the company.
Second, the activities and the outcomes achieved are presented in the section dedicated to the content of the project. It starts with the description of the specific aspects of reporting in the context at stake before presenting the features of the system that are expected to cope with the contextual challenges. Finally, it provides an overview of the remaining steps and potential system extensions.
Third, the process of the project is analyzed based on criteria coming from the Translation Theory. Indeed, political games and organizational culture revealed highly influential and were therefore the object of particular interest from a change management perspective. 
In the end, the organizational context of Boehringer Ingelheim reveals a need for implementing a global performance reporting system. Indeed, despite strong resistance from subsidiaries and internal tension, it appears that the bottom-up business model of the company would benefit from a certain degree of integration, especially given the added value brought by technology-driven aspect of the project


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Analyzing, measuring and steering a business model transformation within a german big pharma corporation
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Year: 2017 Publisher: Liège Université de Liège (ULiège)

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Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), one of the world’s leading Pharmaceutical Companies, currently struggles to meet its shareholders’ expectations by generating profits that are in line with those of its competitors. As a matter of fact, despite substantial market growth, the firm’s profit margin over the last year was at a low of 11%, approximately half that of the industry average.
Many factors, both internal and external, are leading to this challenging situation. Internally, BI’s outdated product lifecycle management approach, limited IS governance and complex organizational structure are major factors. Externally, increasing governmental and market pricing pressures are an issue in eroding the bottom-line.
To cope with these numerous factors and ensure that future business thrives, Boehringer Ingelheim must change the way it goes to market (GTM). More specifically, it should transform its business model to be more customer-centric, one that leverages the rise of information and communication technologies (ICT) and digital selling practices.
This thesis is, therefore, analyzing the construction of a tailored management control system, aimed at measuring and steering the firm’s Business Model transformation - internally named “GTM transformation”. To this end, the analysis starts with a deep study of the firm’s contextual environment. It is then followed by the application of well-known literature theories and models, such as the ones of Merchant and Van Der Stede (2007), Otley & Tessier (2012) and Peppard (2016). To cope with Boehringer Ingelheim’s cultural resistance to change, we conclude the analysis with the development of an appropriate change management strategy, based on the Actor-Network Theory.
This thesis’ main objective is to construct an effective and efficient control system, taking into account the firm’s contextual constraints, supported by a relevant change management process. This objective has been proposed to help BI to cope with the current urgency to implement its new Business Model. Indeed, BI’s short-term pipeline is known to be relatively thin, while governmental regulations will continue to severely rise in the coming years. It is, thus, necessary for the firm to change quickly, despite its internal limitations. Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), un des leaders mondiaux de l’industrie pharmaceutique, éprouve des difficultés à rencontrer les attentes de ses actionnaires en générant des profits qui rivalisent avec ceux de ses concurrents. En effet, malgré une croissance de marché considérable, la marge bénéficiaire de celle-ci lors du dernier exercice social s’élevait à peine à 11%, soit la moitié de la moyenne pour l’industrie dans son ensemble.
De nombreux facteurs contextuels, tant internes qu’externes, sont à l’origine de la situation difficile de BI. En interne, la gestion améliorable du cycle de vie des produits Boehringer, sa structure organisationnelle complexe et la gouvernance perfectible de ses systèmes d’informations. En externe, il convient de mentionner les contraintes gouvernementales et la pression du marché qui ne cessent de se renforcer et qui constituent des obstacles importants à la création de résultat net. 
Afin de faire face à ces nombreuses contraintes et d’assurer le succès de ses activités futures, BI se doit de revoir sa stratégie « go to market ». En d’autres termes, l’entreprise doit transformer son modèle économique en plaçant le client au centre des préoccupations, et ce, grâce à une utilisation accrue des nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) ainsi que des méthodes promotionnelles numériques innovantes.
Ce mémoire analyse donc la construction d’un système de contrôle de gestion adapté, visant à mesurer et diriger la transformation du modèle économique de l’entreprise. Pour ce faire, nous amorcerons notre analyse par une étude en profondeur du contexte dans lequel BI évolue. Nous poursuivrons avec l’application de différents modèles et théories de la littérature scientifique. Enfin, pour faire face à la culture du changement relativement rigide de BI, notre analyse se clôturera par le développement d’une stratégie de gestion du changement adaptée à l’entreprise et basée sur la théorie de l’acteur-réseau.
Par conséquent, ce mémoire a pour objectif principal de construire un système de contrôle de gestion efficace et efficient, prenant en compte les facteurs contextuels pertinents, le tout soutenu par un processus de gestion du changement adapté à la stratégie et au contexte. Cet objectif a en réalité été mis sur pied pour faire face à l’urgence relative qui sous-tend la mise en place du nouveau modèle économique de Boehringer Ingelheim. En effet, son “pipeline” de produits est mince, en tout cas à court-terme, alors que la pression gouvernementale ne fera qu’augmenter durant les prochaines années. Il est donc nécessaire pour l’entreprise de changer sans tarder, et ce, malgré les limites inhérentes à sa structure interne.

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