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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. 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 Growing Carbon Market

Environmental issues are increasingly taking center stage in a number of fora — from Al Gore’s appearance at the Oscars to discussions among leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations at the recent

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The Transformation of Multinationals

A year ago I wrote a post about a letter to the editor of the Financial Times written by IBM CEO Sam Palmisano [Globalization and Resilient Enterprises]. Palmisano argued that multinationals, in

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Coffee for the Troops

The press of travel (from Kurdistan to Vienna to Beijing to New York) and business has, for the moment, delayed my putting together a more thoughtful reflection and analysis of my time

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A Wiki-Patent Process

I recently posted comments about the importance of patents and noted there have been criticisms of the patent system, including the fact that people are more frequently patenting ridiculous ideas with little

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The Importance of Patents

Patents have been in the news a lot lately. Microsoft, for example, just lost a big patent law case in San Diego. Patents are an important tool for protecting the intellectual property

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Some Thoughts on the Resilient Enterprise

IBM’s Vice President of Technical Strategy and Innovation, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, inspired by the meltdown of JetBlue following an ice storm in America’s northeast, posted a blog about resilient enterprises [The Resilient Enterprise].

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Industry Consolidations

Last month I wrote that this current wave of globalization is fostering transnational industry consolidation as a natural outgrowth of increased connectivity [Consolidating Industries & Critical Infrastructure Platforms]. That post was about

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Prevention Better Than Mitigation

One corporate accounting scandal that failed to catch wide public attention occurred at Rent-Way before the more infamous scandals at Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and other companies were uncovered. Unlike those cases, however,

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Corporate Scandals Continue to Play Out

The horizontal scenarios created by the corporate scandals of 2001/2002 continue to generate headlines. For example, Dennis Kozlowski, the former Tyco CEO who looted the company’s treasury to fund an extravagant lifestyle,

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Quality Control and Resilience

One of the best ways to become the brunt of jokes is to produce inferior products. Remember the Yugo. Following the Second World War, “Made in Japan” meant cheap, quickly made, low-end

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