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Hanging Your Net Shingle, Part 2: Investors

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 7, 2002

Corporate web sites are communication tools that can influence decisions and encourage positive actions. In this second part of a five part…

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Hanging Your Net Shingle, Part 1: Intro

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 6, 2002

As new ventures get off the ground, one of the early tasks they need to accomplish is create their corporate web site.…

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When Network Externalities Fail Make Glue

By Tim J. Smith, PhD February 28, 2002

Network Externalities has been the mantra among Hi-Tech new ventures. They provide a believable logic behind their revenue forecasts that predict exponential…

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The Nitty-Gritty of Product Management

By Tim J. Smith, PhD February 22, 2002

In bringing new technologies to market, the whole team focuses on the vision. Developers are led by architects offering visions of clean…

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Product Plans Gone Awry

By Tim J. Smith, PhD February 18, 2002

I attended the DCI (Digital Consulting Inc.: www.dci.com) CRM conference on Wednesday, February 13, to discover that some product visions have gone…

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Moving Forward
Prognostication about the digital future

By Tim J. Smith, PhD January 10, 2002

Since we have entered the time for prognostication, I offer these visions of the digital future. We all know the e-tech bubble…

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Power Risks California Power Problems Caused by Dumb Regulation, Not Deregulation

By Tim J. Smith, PhD February 5, 2001

Recent news concerning power outages have been of dour amusement for this Chicagoan. Once again, a subset of people (read: the state)…

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The Next Disruptive Technology – Distributed Generation

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 25, 2000

Is Enron coming for lunch? Introduction The past three decades have offered ample evidence of the ability of disruptive technologies to create…

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Industrial Non-Equilibrium Dynamics

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 30, 2000

Economic transactions and industrial reorganizations are akin to the evolution of a complex system punctuated with periods of equilibrium and non-equilibrium dynamics.…

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