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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Development and the Rule of Law

Corruption is one of the surest ways to undermine development. Almost every country at the bottom of the economic pyramid suffers from corrupt government, which is the reason that decades of foreign

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Some Light amid the Gloom

There is certainly plenty of bad economic news filling the newspapers and airways. The Economist, back in January, listed some of the reasons that pessimism has gripped the globe: “Public attitudes generally

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The Limits of Leapfrogging

In a recent post about Green Development, I noted that The Economist, like many others, recommends helping emerging market countries leapfrog older technologies. “Everyone will gain,” the magazine claims, “if poor countries

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The Globalization of Happiness

I have often noted that globalization involves the flow of people, resources (like raw materials and manufactured goods), and capital. Ideas also manage to find their way across international borders. The Economist

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The Future of Urbanization

In a recent post about what Paul Polak has been doing in developing countries [Work versus Welfare], I mentioned the fact that he is expanding the scope of his work to include

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Forecasting Pandemics

Resilience is normally defined as the ability to bounce back after some catastrophic event. Needless to say, resilience is a great characteristic for any system to have. Even better than resilience, however,

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Technology and Developing Countries

Since the computing age began in earnest starting in the mid-1980s, there has been talk about a digital divide between developed and developing countries. In recent years, pundits have been surprised how

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Smoking and Development

One of the subjects I have repeatedly written about in this blog is healthcare in developing countries and how important it is to have a healthy population in order to attract FDI.

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