Creating above-average stakeholder value in the life science market place. Superior value creation is an important foundation of future competitive advantage. Not only does it reward investors; it also solidifies their support for management’s long-term agenda, delivers cheaper debt and equity currency for key growth or consolidation moves, makes available additional resources to invest in better serving customers, and helps attract the best people through the provision of attractive stock options. For all these reasons, stakeholder value creation is the ultimate challenge – and the ultimate scorecard.