Legislation, external influences

The business model described in Figure 2.1 shows the high-level structure of a pharmaceutical business organization. Company policies are set within an environment of the company mission—the purpose for existence, e.g., to research and develop pharmaceutical products, and external influences including legislation and Good Practice regulation. As this model... 

External influences, such as national legislation, can also be immensely significant Ecological trends play a strong role, particularly in areas like solvent waste management, which strengthens the case for the development of solvent-free material systems and technologies. 

At this stage a comparison of theory with actual observations is clearly desirable. To this end, however, human populations are not particularly suitable since they underly many external influences, for example, birth control, medical aid, legislation etc., which are not described by the simple growth process modelled by (4.63) together with (4.64). It is therefore preferable to use a small quasi-stationary natural population of animals for comparison purposes, such as the population of giant Canada geese observed by Hanson [4.17] for several... 

Production levels will be influenced by external factors such as agreed production targets, market demand, the level of market demand for a particular product, agreements with contractors, and legislation. These factors are managed by planning of production rates and management of the production operation. 

The role of external organizations is set out in Chapter 1. Here the influence they can have is briefly discussed, including societal expectations, legislation and enforcement, insurance companies, trade unions, economics, commercial stakeholders. 

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