You work for a pharmaceutical company that has developed a new vaccine. The patenton the vaccine will last 15 years. You expect that the drug’s profits will be $2 million in itsfirst year and that the profit will grow at a rate of 5% per year for the next 15 years. Oncethe patent expires, other pharmaceutical companies will be able to produce the same drugand competition will likely reduce growth to 1% per year.   a. What is the present value of the new drug if the cost of capital is 8%?   b. What is the drug’s present value if competition causes the company to havenegative growth of -5% (i.e., minus 5%) after the first 15 years?

The Netherlands abolished its patent system in 1869. What did subsequent innovation in the Netherlands teach us about patents? Since more low-income households started inventing, patents must be an exclusive institution Since fewer women were inventing, patents are an inclusive institution Patents aren't necessary for innovation, but they can affect the types of innovation we get. Without patents, societies become stagnant

A drug company produces a new drug to treat baldness. The inverse demand curve for the drug is P = 205 - 200, where Q measures the number of pills in millions. The various costs of production are given by TC = 100 +5Q, ATC = 5 + 100/Q, and MC = 5. If the government grants this firm a patent, it will earn profits of ___________. If the government revokes the patent, and the firm must sell its drug at marginal cost because of competition, it will earn profits or losses of $600 million; $500,000 $70 million; -$25 million $2 billion; $0 $400 million; -$100 million

How do the luxury fashion brands remain successful & differentiate themselves from fast fashion brands in this new age?

Answered: Suppose b X A https://blackboard.vsu.edu/webapps/assessment/take/launch.jsp?course assessment_ id3D_50488 * Question Completion Status: Ou. pcopic WIu mgncr IcoICS SIIOUIU pay gner pricCS uiar unUST WIUI TOWCI ICUIIICS. QUESTION 12 Exhibit 3 Demand and cost curves for GeneTech, a monopolist with a patented vaccine 50 45 40 レATC 35 Price, cots, and 30 25 revenue 20 perdose (dollars) 15 10 MR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Quantity of vaccine (hundreds of doses per hour) In Exhibit 9-3, what is the maximum hourly profit that GeneTech can earn from its vaccine? O a. $10,500. O b. $4,500. O C. $1,500. O d. $3,000. QUESTION 13 Click Save amd Submit to save and submit. Click Save All Answers to save all answers. O Type here to search W 99+

Suppose that three firms make up the entire wig manufacturing industry. One has a 50% market share, and the other two have a 25% market share each. The Herfindahl index of this industry is _____. a. 3,750 b. 1,000 c. 10,000 d. 5,000 e. 2,500 Mane Attraction, one of the firms with a 25% market share in the wig manufacturing industry, leaves the market. This would cause the Herfindahl index for the industry to _____. a. remain the same b. fall c. rise The largest possible value of the Herfindahl index is 10,000 because: a. an index of 10,000 corresponds to 100 firms with a 1% market share each b. an index of 10,000 corresponds to a monopoly firm with 100% market share c. an industry with an index higher than 10,000 is automatically regulated by the Justice Department

Which legal school of thought is illustrated in this dialogue? DONUT DAY AT THE OFFICE Part 4 Lee: Right. Inflexible rules, applied the same way every time and in every situation, are just a sign of corporate insanity. This is a company that knows how to adapt and make smart decisions based on the circumstances at hand. Remember when we found out that Allied Chemical hair gel accelerated hair growth at twice the industry standard . . . just before the hair would fall out? Remember what happened to Winfred after he tested out the stuff for us? Remember how happy Allied Chemical was with us when we figured how to market their goop anyway? The rules are made to help us, the best of the best, get what we want. We are the "enlightened" of the break room, and the rules are meant to help US get what WE want. End Part 4      Irrational forces perspective.   Sociological school of thought.   Legal realism school of thought.   Critical Legal Studies school of thought.

Supply and Demand: End of Chapter Problems 9. Adjust each graph to show the indicated change. In each graph, click on the line or its midpoint to see the options. a. An increase in quantity demanded b. A decrease in demand Quantity Question Source: Chiang 4e- Economics Princidles FoHA Changing World Publisher: Worth 11:06 PI 65°F 10/13/20 Price

Patent for NoSmak. A potential new drug. NoSmak, cures lip-smacking with one dose, but research and development would cost $50 million. The monopoly profit (earned while a single firm produces the product) will be $5 million per year. After a patent expires, the original developer of the drug will have sufficient brand loyalty to earn $2 million per year for another 10 years. a. What is the shortest patent length required to induce a firm to develop the drug? years. (Enter your response as an integer)

PLEASE TYPE Suppose an industry that has 10 firms. Below are the market shares for 2008 and 2013 of the 10 firms.   Market Share Firms 2008 2013 A B C D E F G H I G 26% 21% 16% 10% 9% 7% 4% 3% 2% 2% 22% 23% 19% 9% 8% 7% 6% 4% 1% 1%   Using the CR4, CR8, and HHI, analyze the evolution of the potential market power of firms in the industry.