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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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Changing Business Requirements Shift Value Demand

By Tim J. Smith, PhD October 29, 2003

For most of the 20th century, reading utility meters had been a mundane process. Meter readers traversed neighborhoods, examined dials, and recorded…

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Leadership: In-Front of a Moving Train

By Tim J. Smith, PhD October 15, 2003

To take on the role of leadership can be like putting oneself in-front of the moving train. In this rather uncomfortable analogy,…

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Helicomm Hypercompetes in M2M

By Tim J. Smith, PhD October 15, 2003

The wireless telecommunications revolution continues at a fast clip in areas that many of us never notice. We rarely think of the…

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Co-Branding: Centuries of Stamina

By Tim J. Smith, PhD October 1, 2003

This summer I had the pleasure of visiting Cesky Krumlov, a Renaissance city in southern Bohemia, now a part of the Czech…

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