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Merge with Similarly Market Focused Companies – Marimba

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 9, 2004

Founded in 1996, this public company achieved $40 million in revenue in 2003 and has over 450 customers including name brands such…

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SPL Takes First Step in Acquisition Strategy

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 26, 2004

In December of 2003, Harry Debes, CEO of SPL, announced his intent to execute an acquisition strategy. A few months later, on…

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Pricing Electricity: More Questions than Answers

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 26, 2004

How are prices set at the industry level? In a competitive market, Adam Smith’s invisible hand drives prices to a dynamic equilibrium…

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Fulfill an Unmet Need – QAS

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 26, 2004

What will drive success at your company? I asked seven executives charged with generating revenue in business markets this question on May…

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Executive Behaviors for Entrepreneur Success

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 12, 2004

In May of 2002, the first edition of The Wiglaf Journal was launched, marking the inauguration of our entrepreneurial activity. Coincidently, May…

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A Follow-up with Kuemmerle

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 12, 2004

After composing the review of Executive Behaviors for Entrepreneur Success, we reached out to speak directly with Walter Kuemmerle, author of “A…

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Today’s Drivers to Entrepreneurship

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 12, 2004

Entrepreneurship is an economic activity. The levels of entrepreneurship are correlated with economic factors. A growing economy, as measured by GDP growth,…

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Tapping Salespeople’s Market Knowledge

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 28, 2004

During the past few decades, the job of selling has been professionalized. What was once seen as a transaction oriented task best…

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Are “Best Practices” Yielding “Worst Results” in Pricing?

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 28, 2004

Executives favor using “Best Practices” when managing business activities. For the most part, these “Best Practices” enable businesses to deliver the optimal…

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Relevancy of Market Research in Business Markets

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 14, 2004

Competitive Advantages and Results from Implementing Researched Information Market segmentation in business markets is an underutilized tool. The subject of pricing readily…

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