The G-20 Summit
November 17, 2008
As most people are aware, President Bush hosted a meeting of the G20 this past weekend to deal with the current financial crisis. According to France’s president, Bush was hesitant to call
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.
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Update on Rwanda’s Women
November 13, 2008
Fourteen years ago Rwanda suffered a massive, man-made humanitarian disaster as neighbors were driven to slaughter neighbors by malicious radio broadcasts and unchecked rumors. Although Rwanda itself has begun to move forward
New Violence between the Turkey and the PKK
November 12, 2008
I have written nine previous posts about the security situation in and across the border from the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The rebel group PKK (which has officially been labeled a terrorist
Connecting Africa the Old Way
November 11, 2008
Most often when we hear the term “connectivity” we think about the Internet and the World Wide Web. In days of yore, it was the road or the sea that defined connectivity.
Trade Financing
November 10, 2008
In post I published last week [Trust and Credit in Emerging Markets], I commented on an op-ed piece by Kemal Dervis, executive head of the U.N. Development Program and a former minister
Connected Turmoil
November 7, 2008
I’m a supporter of both globalization and connectivity. However, I’m not such a zealot that I see only their benefits and ignore their risks. The current financial crisis, which began with financial
Trust and Credit in Emerging Markets
November 6, 2008
We’ve all heard about the butterfly effect — the notion that a butterfly can gently flaps its wings somewhere in the world and set in motion a series of events that result
Economics Drive Political Change
November 5, 2008
On the day after elections in America, it seems like a good time to talk about democracy elsewhere. Politicians like to talk about politics and the ideologies behind their particular brand of
China: Globalization’s Lynchpin
November 3, 2008
China has known for some time that it needs to rely less on exports and develop a growing domestic market. Although it has made some progress along those lines, it has tried
Challenges of Commodity Economies
October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween! This is a great holiday to remind us of scary things — like volatile commodity markets. I have occasionally written about the challenges faced by developing countries whose economies rely
