External communications, business values

Once the decision has been made to purchase an established pharmacy and a specific property has been identified, the next step is to determine the value of the business. Prior to a value assessment, the future owner should conduct a thorough review of the external environment of the business, that is, the community in which the business is located. 

It is interesting to compare the work practices at W. L. Gore and Associates to those of Benedictine business practice described in Chap. 6. The most noticeable difference is that the Gore practices do not explicitly arise from a base community that has values external to those of the business. Bill Gore s ideas seem to have originated from his reflection on his previous work experiences at a large chemical company. However, there are also a number of notable likenesses. First, both Gore... 

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