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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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Relationships, even eCRM ones, are a two-way street

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 16, 2003

Essentially communications works as follows: organizations emit information, and the information is carried to other organizations that sense and interpret it. Media…

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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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EMNS Pricing Strategy

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 2, 2003

As with all business products and services, the value of technological offerings is determined by the benefits provided to customers. Greater benefits…

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Midwest Nanotech – Hype or Reality?

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 2, 2003

Scientists in the Midwest US have made significant contributions to nanotechnology, but do these advances present real business opportunities in the region?…

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