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EMNS Pricing Strategy

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 2, 2003

As with all business products and services, the value of technological offerings is determined by the benefits provided to customers. Greater benefits…

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Midwest Nanotech – Hype or Reality?

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 2, 2003

Scientists in the Midwest US have made significant contributions to nanotechnology, but do these advances present real business opportunities in the region?…

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Best Practices: SmartSynch’s Partnership

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 19, 2003

There are many go-to-market strategies for new technologies. Firms can build their own sales and marketing team and go-direct, take a licensing…

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SmartSynch’s Partnership Process

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 19, 2003

While partnerships may be economically efficient, many small technology-driven companies have difficulties establishing them. SmartSynch, with 18 major utility clients, is much…

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Sales and Marketing Survey of Manufacturing Sector

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 19, 2003

US Manufacturers have been hit with one management improvement revolution after the other. Total quality management, lean production, just-in-time inventory, work-in-motion, reduced…

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Adding A Little Strategy to the Juice: The Quaker-Snapple Debacle Revisited

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 19, 2003

Even given today’s disastrous mergers and acquisitions environment, Quaker’s handling of its 1993 acquisition of Snapple remains the quintessence of what not…

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Closers, Industry Dynamics, and Improving Revenue

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 5, 2003

When prospects’ decision cycle elongates towards infinitum and the overall revenue stream turns into a trickle, many an executive has turned to…

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Sales Territory Alignment: Grow Sales Without Adding Resources

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 5, 2003

For many companies, the sales force is one of their most expensive human resource investments, with sales calls costing upwards of several…

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CSA Explains… Quality Software Programming – Presentation Synopsis

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 2, 2003

I have heard people say “Quality isn’t very important, just look at the software produced by Microsoft.” Well, how important is quality?…

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Buzzbait’s Growth Challenge

By Tim J. Smith, PhD February 19, 2003

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Buzzbait, a creative web design, development, and integration firm, has been repeatedly praised…

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