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IDEX Pricing Spineometer: 2 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD January 9, 2025

IDEX, a global applied solutions provider, had a mixed Q3 2024. Revenue rose 0.6% to $798 million while earnings before interest and taxes fell 6.1 % to $168 million over the same period last year. A review of IDEX’s 30 October 2024 earnings call and associated financial reports provided insight regarding the importance of pricing on performance. IDEX is a diverse and complex business. It has three reporting units, Fluid & Metering…

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Fire Sale or Hold Inventory? Hovnanian Enterprises, Lennar, KB Homes

By Tim J. Smith, PhD October 1, 2007

When demand for a product decreases dramatically and the company overshoots production requirements, what should executives do?  Hold prices and be patient…

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Letter to the Editor: ‘Dancing Together: xBox, PS3, and Wii’

By Tim J. Smith, PhD October 1, 2007

I wanted to comment on a couple things from, ‘Dancing Together: xBox, PS3, and Wii‘. Fist of all I’d like to respond…

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Top 6 – October 2007

By Tim J. Smith, PhD October 1, 2007

For good mushrooms, take a walk in the woods Mark Leslie, a former entrepreneur who founded and was CEO of Veritas Software,…

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Is GM Being Vigilant in Transaction Price Management?

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 1, 2007

It is said that the difference between an economist and a pit-trader is that the economist lets newspapers pile up on their…

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