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CIPS L4M5 Exam - Topic 2 Question 23 Discussion

Actual exam question for CIPS's L4M5 exam
Question #: 23
Topic #: 2
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Representatives from South African Department of Health is negotiating the price of hospital drugs with US pharmaceutical companies. Which of the following are most likely to be macro factors that influence the outcomes of the negotiation? Select TWO that apply.

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All one-to-one commercial negotiations between a specific purchaser and a specific supplier take place within an industrial market and a larger business environment characterised by multiple forces which both parties typically have little control over. STEEPLE framework highlights the 6 main external influences on a business:

Particularly, pharmaceutical industry is a heavily regulated sector, therefore, legal and regulatory matters in the industry is highly important. Otherwise, technological trends also permeate into pharmaceutical companies, technologies like digitalisation may transform the balance of power in such negotiation.

LO 1, AC 1.3


by Cecilia at May 05, 2022, 06:36 PM

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Olive
4 months ago
Digitalisation of medicine could influence negotiations, but not sure it's a macro factor.
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Mitsue
4 months ago
Totally agree, regulations are key in these negotiations!
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Marget
4 months ago
Wait, are they really negotiating prices? Sounds too good to be true!
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Ashlyn
4 months ago
I think order quantity matters too, but not as much as regulations.
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Rodolfo
5 months ago
Regulations on health and safety definitely play a big role.
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Loreta
5 months ago
I've got a strategy - I'll eliminate the options that don't seem to be core steps, then select the three that best fit the question.
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Billy
5 months ago
This question seems to be asking about the steps to engage customers and develop IoT opportunities. I think I need to focus on understanding the key elements of the question - customer engagement and IoT development.
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Georgiana
5 months ago
Something tells me that the statement could be correct if you swap in the Direct Authentication pattern, which might be a trick in this question.
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