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ideas on productivity Want to Grow the Top Line? Manage Costs Better Managing costs aggressively during periods of economic expansion is the most efficient way to fund growth Capital Management: A Key to Linking Strategy and Value Growth A more robust capital management process can have a major impact on long-term results Scaling to Win: New Rules for Turning Size into Success Market share leaders in many industries are now lagging their smaller peers in shareholder performance Published Jan 9, 2006 Getting Fit in Pharma: From Periodic Cost-Cutting to Continuous Productivity Improvement Pharma must take a new approach to cost management – one that emphasizes continuous growth Published Dec 5, 2005 Getting More From Your Marketing Investments Executives should focus on how to allocate marketing funds rather than how much to spend overall Published May 4, 2005 Closing the Strategy-to-Performance Gap Companies often fall short of their strategy's potential, but a select few have managed to close the strategy-to-performance gap Published Feb 22, 2005 Crisis? What Crisis? A Fresh Diagnosis of Pharma's R&D Productivity Crunch Contrary to conventional wisdom, returns on pharma R&D investments have held up reasonably well Published Dec 8, 2004 The Neglected Art of Strategic Pricing: Lessons From Financial Services Pricing strategy should be a sculptor's chisel, but more often it resembles a workman's hammer Published Sep 23, 2004