Money and Monkeys
October 6, 2008
There are analysts on both sides of the debate about whether development is good or bad for the environment. On the one side there are those who argue that more development will
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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Helping the Bottom Billion Update
October 3, 2008
Paul Collier, a professor at Oxford and author of The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It, recently wrote an op-ed piece in the
Longing for the Taliban in Afghanistan?
October 2, 2008
Barack Obama has focused his presidential campaign’s security strategy on getting U.S. troops out of Iraq and strengthening the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan. His calls for more troops has now been echoed
The Importance of Human Security
September 29, 2008
Nigeria is one of Africa’s oil-rich nations with an estimated 35 billion barrels of oil reserves. It is also the poster child for the “curse of oil” [see my post More on
Globalizing Poor Farmers
September 26, 2008
Two years ago I wrote a post focused on the announcement that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation had teamed with the Rockefeller Foundation to tackle food security in Africa. Their plan
Looking at the World Optimistically
September 24, 2008
In the New Testament, one of the Apostle Paul’s letters to the Corinthians says, “For now we see through a glass, darkly.” Over recent weeks the glass, it seems, has grown darker.
Developments in Africa
September 19, 2008
When discussing development, Africa is almost always in the conversation. So much of the poverty, disease, conflict and bad governance in the world is found on that continent that most people turn
Wall Street and Emerging Markets
September 18, 2008
Amidst all the bad news continuing to emanate from Wall Street and the accusations of corruption, greed and incompetence aimed at corporate executives who permitted it to occur, Americans haven’t take much
From Solar Power to Kid Power
September 17, 2008
Massachusetts set off a bit of a firestorm when it recently passed legislation requiring that 15 percent of the power purchased by utility companies operating in the state must be from renewable
The Rising "China Price"
September 16, 2008
In an earlier post [Changing Supply Lines], I discussed how rising fuel prices are changing manufacturers thinking about maintaining long supply lines. A recent article in the Washington Post reiterates that concerns
