Category: Globalization

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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Guinea: A Setback for Africa

Late last month, violence erupted in the small, west African country of Guinea when government troops fired on unarmed participants involved in a political demonstration in a stadium located in the country’s

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The Conundrum of Haiti

For years I’ve heard people argue that jobs are leaving the U.S. because companies are simply looking for cheap labor to exploit. While I can’t argue against the truth that many companies

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Democracy and Development

The American essayist Agnes Repplier once wrote, “Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.” That pretty well sums

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The State of International Trade

One of the business sectors in which my company, Enterra Solutions®, is engaged is port and harbor security. Despite the current recession and the significant impact it has had on shipping, maritime

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Trouble in Kenya

This is the final post in a weeklong series about East Africa. One would think that having Somalia as a neighbor would be trouble enough for any country, but Kenya is suffering

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Africa and America

It’s not often that the president of another country writes an op-ed piece for an American newspaper; but recently the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, did just that [“Why the U.S. Needs

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Update on Turkey and the Kurds

Because my company does a significant amount of business in the Kurdish region of Iraq, I have a particular interest in the ongoing struggle between Turks and Kurds in neighboring Turkey. According

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