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Trump’s Tariffs

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 12, 2025

Trump initiated tariffs with major U.S. trading partners on 1 February, then retracted them on 3 February. Executives across the North American continent expressed uncertainty regarding their preparedness for the possible supply chain and economic shocks. For executives at manufacturing and distribution companies with supply chains that stretch across borders, pricing decisions must be made at a highly accelerated pace to manage the economic shocks associated with new tariffs. Today, more than…

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Information Flows in Consumer vs. Business Markets

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 29, 2004

Advocates of efficient market theories claim that all relevant information concerning a stock is included in the price. This may be true…

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Size Counts

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 15, 2004

The US is home to 294 million individuals living in 105 million households and working at 21 million businesses plus a number…

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Delineating the Differences

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 15, 2004

Are marketing ideas and practices from consumer markets readily applicable to business markets? Should we expect an expert consumer marketer to also…

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Datamatic Seeks Beachhead in Meter Data Collection

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 1, 2004

Datamatic seeks a beachhead in Commercial and Industrial (C&I) interval meter data collection and processing with CommSTAR, a product focused on matching…

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