Life Cycle

February, 2009    SMM-037 Life Cycle Feature article in Pharmaceutical Marketing Europe: How the pharmaceutical industry has to change to survive.

Make your move

October, 2008    SMM-034 Make your move Received wisdom has it that a first-mover – the first significant product in a class – has an advantage over its followers. This assumption drives pharma companies to push hard to launch sooner...

Calculated Risk

June, 2008    O2N-002 Calculated Risk Dr Brian Smith looks at why some business ventures are riskier than others. (Open University Money & Management blog)

Driven off course

January, 2008    SMM-030 Driven off course The greatest marketing strategy ideas cannot impact on sales if they are let down by poor implementation.

Walking the line

January, 2008    SMM-029 Walking the line It’s not innovating that’s the most difficult – it’s creating value whilst innovating.