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.
Nothing can slow globalization as fast as rising protectionism. Globalization, as I have pointed out before, requires the relatively free movement of capital, people, and resources and protectionism is all about curbing
For decades foreign students have flocked to the United States to take advantage of its system of higher education. This was good for the students, the universities they attended, and, often, for
In a recent post [Attention Turns Again to Afghanistan], I noted that the U.S. military was paying a lot more attention to the mission of “nation building.” To underscore that point, the
Two recent articles about electrical power generation problems in South Africa demonstrate the inescapable tie between development and the availability of electricity [“Rotating Power Outages An Equalizer in S. Africa,” by Craig
With the conflict in Iraq capturing most of the headlines in the U.S., it is easy to forget operations underway in Afghanistan. By most accounts, things have not been going well there
Everyone knows how rapidly China has been growing. A couple of years ago, China was consuming 40% of cement in the world (US=6%), 33% of cotton (US=7%), 27% of steel (US=12%), 23%
The economic success of the Kurdistan region of Iraq was inevitably going to raise tensions between northern and southern Iraq. That is one of the primary reasons that the Pentagon’s Business Transformation
The Economist points out a trend that critics of globalization might find surprising — companies founded in emerging market countries aggressively acquiring companies in richer nations [“Wind of change,” 12 January 2008].
In the past, I have praised micro-lending schemes that offer loans to the poorest of the poor so that they can start working their way up the economic ladder. Until Muhammad Yunus
I have mentioned in previous posts dealing with demographics that the Japanese, who have maintained xenophobic immigration policies, have tried hard to replace an aging work force with robots so that they
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