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August 21, 2024

Title: Is War Fought only with Guns, Bullets, and Missiles?
Topic: China

Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)

Dr. Richard Kocur is an Assistant Professor Business at Grove City College. He has over 25 years of experience specializing in marketing and business strategy. Today, Dr. Kocur discusses the monopoly that China holds over the world, including the US, in manufactured goods and services, especially in the pharmaceutical industry.

Click here to read Dr. Richard Kocur’s op-ed on this topic.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

When oil producing and exporting countries turned off the spickets in the 1970’s, did the world cower, bow, and pay?

During the COVID Pandemic, the cost to produce masks and gloves in China was half of the cost compared to US production costs. Was this disparity corrected?

When making their business strategy, do most American business owners simply look at the bottom line in the short-term? Dr. Kocur explains why this is important to take note of…

Does China monopolize the production of amoxicillin and other antibiotic drugs?

Does China play a significant role in the supply chains of many American companies due to its low-cost structure and cheap labor?

Must US policy makers become forward-looking and prepare for a different kind of war? Dr. Kocur explains why we must do all we can to keep America a free-market capitalist society.

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February 8, 2024

Title: Will There Be More Than One Hail Mary in the Upcoming Super Bowl?
Topic: Woke Progressives

Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)

Dr. Richard Kocur is the Assistant Professor of Business at Grove City College, specializing in marketing and business strategy.

Click here to read Dr. Kocur’s op-ed on this topic.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What is a “Hail Mary”? Where, when, and why did the phrase originate?

The Super Bowl is fast approaching. Billions in bets have been laid down. Why is Bud Light (Anheuser-Busch) betting $14 million on a come-back?

Bud Light hired Peyton Manning in an attempt to revive sales. Was it successful?

Do consumers haphazardly choose products? Dr. Kocur discusses what motivates customers to buy or not buy certain products/brands.

What is Dr. Kocur’s advice for woke corporate marketing departments?

If the $14 million dollar bet doesn’t score with consumers, will marketing departments lay-off the woke agenda?

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September 28, 2023

Title: Making Big Pharma an Offer it Can’t Refuse
Topic: Government Controlled Healthcare

Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)

Part 1 of 2

As part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gained the authority to negotiate the price the government pays for prescription drugs.

Dr. Richard Kocur is the Assistant Professor of Business at Grove City College. Dr. Kocur specializes in marketing and business strategy and has over 25 years of experience. Today, he discusses how the changes in pricing and availability of prescription drugs will directly affect you, the consumer.

Click here to read Dr. Richard Kocur’s article on this important topic.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What power and authority does the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have?

Did the CMS recently target 10 drugs for its first round of government mandated pricing? Dr. Cohen discusses some of the long-term diseases and medical conditions that the CMS is targeting, as well as some of the medications.

In mandating prices, has the government acted in bad faith at the negotiating table? Dr. Cohen explains why he wouldn’t consider it a “negotiation”.

Does it cost a lot to bring a new drug to the market? Do 85% of drugs never make it past the earliest phase of testing?

Do most Americans live longer with a higher quality of life due in part to advancements in modern medicine and healthcare?

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Title: Part 2 of 2 - Making Big Pha2rma an Offer it Can’t Refuse
Topic: Government Controlled Healthcare

Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What are two major unintended consequences of government-controlled prescription drug pricing?

What is “cost shifting”? Dr. Cohen explains how Medicare and Medicaid patients will pay less for their prescription drugs, but the cost difference will be shifted to those with regular insurance or no insurance.

Is government involvement in the US healthcare system good medicine or bad medicine?

Will the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 affect healthcare professionals in any way?

Is it possible that funding could be cut or even eliminated for life-saving new drugs?

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May 17, 2023

Title: The Bud Light Hangover
Topic: Woke Progressives

Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)

Dr. Richard Kocur is an Assistant Professor of Business at Grove City College, specializing in marketing and business strategy. Today, Dr. Kocur discusses the recent Anheuser-Busch debacle.

Click here to read Dr. Kocur’s op-ed on this topic.

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Questions/Issues Discussed:

What is the target market for Bud Light?

Was Dr. Kocur surprised when Anheuser-Busch announced they would use transgender influencer and activist Dylan Mulvaney to sell more beer? Dr. Kocur explains why he was shocked and why it was definitely not a good idea.

How many brands of beer does Anheuser-Busch sell worldwide?

Did their new market pitch align with those who typically buy Bud Light?

Did Anheuser-Busch not anticipate the polarized public reaction or did they simply not care? Dr. Kocur offers his professional opinion as a marketing and business professor.

Did Bud Light commit the cardinal sin of marketing? Dr. Kocur explains what the “cardinal sin of marketing” is and how Bud Light committed this sin.

In her attempt to gain more LGBTQ drinkers, did the VP of marketing for Bud Light actually alienate the majority of current customers?

Should all corporations use caution in the future when contemplating a major marketing change to target a different audience?

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July 21, 2022

Title: Corporate Social Activism Following Roe’s Reversal
Topic: Woke Progressives

Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)

The recent reversal of Roe v. Wade has initiated a new round of corporate social activism and virtue-signaling. But are too many corporations trying to run both a business marathon and a woke sprint?

Dr. Richard Kocur believes that the long-term consequences of such an approach spell disaster. Dr. Kocur is an Assistant Professor of Business at Grove City College, specializing in marketing and business strategy. Today, Dr. Kocur discusses the difference between faith-based companies and woke progressive companies.

Click here to read more on this topic from Dr. Richard Kocur.

Click here for another great op-ed by Dr. Kocur on the same issue.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Can pro-life fast-food chain Chick-fil-A and Christian-professing company Hobby Lobby last long-term, even being closed on Sunday?

Can Disney regain its lost customers after going “woke” and pushing homosexuality and transgenderism? “The long-term for Disney is yet to be determined,” Dr. Kocur says, discussing the massive amount of subscription cancelations and bad press Disney has received over the past few months.

Are the executives at American Express, Apple, Bank of America, and other companies fighting each other to lead the pack in reimbursing employees for abortion expenses?

Should corporations reverse course and take a step away from their “wokeness”?

If Disney reversed their decision to join the LGBTQ band-wagon, would they suffer massive losses from the Left? Dr. Kocur believes that, yes, they would receive blowback; however, he wouldn’t hold his breath waiting for them to ever reverse their woke agenda.

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April 20, 2022

Title: To Stupidity and Beyond
Topic: Homosexual Agenda

Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)

Part 1 of 2

Buzz Lightyear believed his wings would carry him to infinity and beyond. He was a fictional character that helped Disney make a gazillion dollars in the movie series “Toy Story”.

But has the current leadership at Disney guzzled the woke Kool Aid?

Dr. Richard Kocur is an Assistant Professor of Business at Grove City College specializing in marketing and business strategy. Today, Dr. Kocur discusses the recent discovery of Disney’s not-so-hidden homosexual and transgender agenda.

Click here to read more on this topic from Dr. Richard D. Kocur.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Did Disney poke its corporate hand into the slumbering hornet’s nest? Dr. Kocur explains the true purpose behind Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill and why Disney has spoken out against it.

Do corporations donate more often to Left-leaning causes more than Conservative or Christian causes? How long has this been happening? Do corporations actually believe in those Left-leaning causes OR are they simply supporting them to avoid potential back-lash from the Radical Left?

How and why has Disney been so successful? Dr. Kocur says: “Up until recently, keeping their target audience in mind, they were wanting to produce wholesome entertainment that parents and children could enjoy and that parents could trust without having it pre-screened… Now we see a definite shift from that attitude and that direction into something completely different.”

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Title: Part 2 of 2 To Stupidity and Beyond
Topic: Homosexual Agenda

Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Did Disney make the wrong choice in their outspoken stance against Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill? Dr. Kocur offers his personal opinion, saying: “They’re alienating their customers.”

Christians have protested and boycotted other “woke” companies before, such as Target or Coca-Cola. Do Christian parents have the will to protest and boycott Disney long-term? Dr. Kocur points out one major difference…

FACT OR FICTION: Disney personnel are colluding, conspiring, plotting, and scheming to introduce young children into the LGBTQ+ way of life.

Can a “queer society” last long-term? Dr. Kocur believes that Disney’s announcement has been a wake-up call for ALL parents, not just Christian parents.

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