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.

Categories

Fine African Coffee

When one hears the term “sub-Saharan Africa,” the first things that normally jump into one’s mind are poverty, corruption, and conflict. Probably the last thing that one thinks about is upscale food

Read More »

Business in Iran

I’ve noted before that, during my travels to Iraq, Iranian businessmen have approached me about doing business. I’ve explained to them the political realities of relations between the United States and Iran,

Read More »

Entrepreneurs in India

India is an intriguing land rich in history and culture. It is also a land that is home to deep-rooted poverty and cutting-edge IT corporations. India is also home to some of

Read More »

Wealth and the Environment

For years analysts have noted that the wealthier a country is the more environmentally concerned it becomes. Adherents of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs find this relationship completely understandable. When one is

Read More »

Commodity Economics: Feast or Famine

For decades development strategists have been trying to get countries whose national economies are primarily dependent on exporting a single commodity to diversify. In the world of commodities, things are seldom stable

Read More »

The Challenge of Kirkuk

Kirkuk is an important historical city in northern Iraq. There is archaeological evidence (the Kirkuk Citadel) that the city sits on the oldest site of continuous occupation in Iraq — stretching back

Read More »

Afghanistan and Pakistan

With military commanders in Iraq indicating that plans for the withdrawal U.S. troops remain on track, more and more attention is being paid to the conflict in Afghanistan (which has overflowed into

Read More »