Regardless of industry, efficiency is a major business goal. Efficiency is performing in the best possible way with minimal waste of time, effort and resources. Leaders aim to get the most out of what ...

Making efforts to achieve quantified targets is the zeitgeist of today's world. Our obsession with metrics, targets and standardised indicators creates an illusion of progress. The same mentality has ...

Research and development (R&D) productivity has long been a topic of concern amongst industry analysts (Drug Inf. J. 34, 1169–1194; 2000). In general, R&D productivity can be thought of as comprising ...