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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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Performance Based Contracting: Performance Pitfalls and Structural Solutions in Outsourcing

By Tim J. Smith, PhD July 9, 2003

In the last article, we described how outsourcing has spawned an industry aimed at making it more complicated, time/resource intensive, and disposed…

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Business As Usual

By Tim J. Smith, PhD July 9, 2003

In recent days we’ve been inundated with media coverage and information regarding The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) National Do Not Call Registry.…

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Market Access Denied

By Tim J. Smith, PhD July 9, 2003

Having access to customers and markets are a key ingredient to healthy businesses and economies. Nohria, Joyce, and Roberson, authors of “What…

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Bad Labor Market Could Get Worse

By Tim J. Smith, PhD July 9, 2003

Despite the expectant rebound in our economy, unemployment is on the rise. The May release of employment data led House Democratic Leader…

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