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WEB SITE DESIGNING: Is Anyone Watching?

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 25, 2003

Introduction The Internet has become the medium to get one’s message out to the world. Many companies are successful in utilizing Web…

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Itron’s Acquisition Spree… Will It Succeed?

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 11, 2003

Itron has been on an acquisition spree but business research indicates that most mergers don’t add value. Why should Itron succeed where…

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Hiring Outstanding Sales Executives – Steps to Take and Traps to Avoid

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 11, 2003

Bringing the right sales person into your organization can have a tremendous impact on your company’s success. Recruiting sales professionals should be…

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Outsourcing: It Doesn’t Have to Hurt!

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 28, 2003

“Traditionally, the large, multinational corporation was held together by ownership. Today, it is held together by a strategic purpose. Ownership of the…

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Drivers to Entrepreneurship

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 14, 2003

People like crystal balls that predict the future. They publicly lament and place blame on potential causes when the crystal balls offer…

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Managing By Metrics

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 30, 2003

Introduction This article illustrates how metrics can be used proactively to manage all levels of a given company or organization. Metrics offer…

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Five Steps to Planning for the Future

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 2, 2003

In the Industrial Age, public and private enterprises built their future by the expansion of present technology, internal assumptions, and day to…

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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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Patents and Licensing

By Tim J. Smith, PhD February 19, 2003

An expected competitive advantage resulting from a new product improvement generates considerable excitement in your workplace. You share in the excitement but…

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Tech Business Outlook for 2003

By Tim J. Smith, PhD December 18, 2002

Year in Review Last year was at best a mediocre business environment. Using the consumer confidence index, business spending indices, and stock…

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