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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Political Power and Progress

In my discussions of Development-in-a-Box™, I have noted that bad leaders and corruption often undermine the best efforts of the development community to achieve genuine progress. An interesting Washington Post article by

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Brazil’s Oil Discovery

Alexei Barrionuevo reports in the New York Times that about a year ago Brazil found a large deep-water oil reserve off of its southeastern coast, but just recently completed assessing its full

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Prosperity and Altruism

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are only the latest in a long line of individuals who have used their wealth for altruistic purposes. You don’t have to be super-rich, however, in order

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Oil and Development

The news has been filled over the past few weeks with the economic repercussions of rising oil prices. Some analysts have blamed rising prices on commodity traders (prompting a call from the

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Singapore: The Challenges of Success

Singapore’s economy is sizzling and along with its success comes challenges. Singapore’s success and the challenges that success brings are the focus of articles in The Economist [“High-flyer,” 27 October 2007 print

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Will Money Solve Africa’s Problems?

The John Templeton Foundation asked a number of analysts to respond to the question, “Will money solve Africa’s problems?” The answers were not only mixed but guarded. Ashraf Ghani, chairman of the

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Helping the Bottom Billion

A couple of weeks ago, Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank, presided over his first annual meetings for that institution. That occasion prompted Washington Post op-ed contributor Paul Collier, an economics

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