Enterra Insights

Month: September 2008

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other cutting-edge technologies with a focus on supply chain management, autonomous decision-making, and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, autonomous intelligent enterprises, emerging technologies, and global trade. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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The Rising "China Price"

In an earlier post [Changing Supply Lines], I discussed how rising fuel prices are changing manufacturers thinking about maintaining long supply lines. A recent article in the Washington Post reiterates that concerns

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More on Oil and Development

Most everyone is aware that because of the steep rise in oil prices, the world is in the midst of the greatest transfer of wealth in history. Politicians from countries dependent on

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Going Green in Libya

One of the hopes shared by environmental and development groups is that developing countries can progress without causing severe damage to the environment. Traditionally, a developing country looks for the cheapest (not

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Trade and Poverty

Readers of this blog know that I am unabashedly pro-globalization. I believe globalization holds the key to helping millions of people climb out of poverty’s pit. It has already helped over two

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More on Dealing with Failed States

In an earlier post entitled Dealing with Failed States, I discussed a book review published in The Economist about a volume written by Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart [Fixing Failed States: A

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Making Money in the Med

When one thinks about the history of the Mediterranean region any number of images can come to mind. Great civilizations like the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Ottomans have all left

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Superintelligent Computers

Since the beginning of the industrial age, the specter of machines becoming the masters of men has been a staple of science fiction. The success of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Terminator” films underscores the

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Moving Forward in Afghanistan

The news coming out of Afghanistan over the past several months has been mostly bad. Violence is up and development progress has been stymied by the security situation. For most Americans, Afghanistan

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