Mixing Business And Philanthropy Yields Returns For Glaxo In Africa
Executive Summary
GlaxoSmithKline is having success with its "hybrid" approach in Africa, combining no-nonsense business with the aim of improving access to medicines there – in part through deeply discounted prices, measuring managers’ sales performances by the amount of drugs sold, rather than profits, and reinvesting in health infrastructure.
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