Category: Development

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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Cellphones and Development

One of the recurring themes of this blog is connectivity. I have written about connectivity within organizations as well as connectivity between nations. The most important connectivity, however, is between individuals. Over

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Resilient Iraqi Businesses

Long time readers of this blog know that my company, Enterra Solutions®, is working in Iraq to help stimulate its economy. Except in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, the Iraqi economy

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Microfinancing Turns Greedy in Mexico

I have written several posts focused on microfinance and small loans (see, for example, Financing the Poor and Small Loans Attract Big Players). Microloans have dramatically improved the lot of many of

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Feeding the Dragon

In my post China’s Hunger for Raw Materials, I noted that China is scouring the globe securing access to natural resources. Long gone are the days of the infamous “Cultural Revolution” when

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Development and Infrastructure

In my discussions about Development-in-a-Box™, I have stressed the importance of infrastructure in critical areas such as transportation, telecommunications, healthcare, and finance. China, who as everyone knows is frantically building its own

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The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur

New York Times’ columnist Nicholas Kristof, while in Davos, Switzerland, covering the World Economic Forum, came across a very different group of people than the normal politicians, business people, and protesters [“The

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