In fact, the cost of software-driven machines is driving manufacturing down, as our strange rise in productivity during a recession suggests.
Cost-cutting is being driven by two forces: new distribution channels and mergers.
As Messrs Burrough and Helyar recount, firms such as RJR Nabisco suffered long-term damage to their brand and market share due to aggressive cost-cutting that was driven by the need to pay off debt and interest.
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Interestingly, the disparity in favor of a space-based defense could be even more dramatic but for cost-growth associated with schedule delays -- delays driven by congressionally imposed budget cuts intended to hamstring the Brilliant Pebbles development program.
Meanwhile, Pathmark gets relief from its biggest problem--a bloated cost structure driven by wage and health care inflation.
The link between Sweden's Pharmacia and America's Upjohn in 1995 was supposed to be driven by cost-cutting and matching drug portfolios.
Hospital stays are getting shorter, driven by cost-saving initiatives, making it even more likely that these seniors will need outside help at some point in their lives.
First, solar module prices have plummeted, driving a whopping 70% increase in installations in 2012 even as some high-cost manufacturers have been driven out of business.
It was held in private and reported in February, saying the trust had become driven by targets and cost-cutting.
The main cost has been its reputation as a market-driven, low-spending administration that produced fat surpluses.
He wants to make sure regulations are cost-effective, transparent, simplified, necessary and driven by science.
The cost has been driven up by a drop in production - attributed to the harsh winter and strained economy.
"Earnings recovery will be driven by lower interest rates and the cost-reduction measures that are to be introduced by the government, " he says.
Military procurement has long been driven by cost and availability of additional software--two measures where Macintosh computers have typically come up short against Windows-based PCs.
But even before the global economic slowdown, the US had moved into deficit - driven largely by tax cuts and the cost of the Iraq war.
The first stage in the cycle is that of factor-driven economies which focus on low-cost basic factor conditions, such as low-skilled labour, natural resources and geographic location.
Instead, profit is driven by our ability to manage operations as cost-effectively as possible and by investing in maintaining our infrastructure.
Sustainable growth also meant growth that was driven by sales--not one-time gains or cost-cutting measures.
The increased price of fixed-rate home loans since then has been driven by the increasing cost of borrowing the funds on the financial markets.
Called TDABC (time-driven activity-based costing), it attempted to relate the measurement of cost to time.
Language like this frightens those who see the NHS as a health-care system driven purely by response to need, rather than by hard calculation about cost.
In an era of salary slashing and other cost cuts, the network rationale is simple: Unlike a drama or comedy, which is typically story-driven and ensemble-based, the host of a late-night show is the draw.
While revenue growth was low in Q3 2012, CBS did demonstrate significant growth in its profits driven by cost controls and increasing contribution of high margin revenue streams such as digital licensing and re-transmission fee.
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