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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Cutting Connectivity in Myanmar

Few administrations around the world are more brutal than the military regime that controls Myanmar. Unless you’ve been isolated on an island without any connectivity with the rest of the world, you

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India Outsourcing to the U.S.

I have written a number of posts about the global commute — a term used to describe how labor is changing to match the requirements of globalization [e.g., Updates on the Global

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A Few Good Signs for Africa

The United Nations Children’s Fund recently announced that for the first time since 1960 (when records started being kept) the annual death total for children around the world has dipped below the

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Recovering the Spoils of Corruption

I have written before about the negative effects that corruption has on struggling economies [for example see my post Corruption, Development-in-a-Box, and Global Resilience]. It’s not just that corruption siphons off sorely

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Two-Sigma Solutions

The term Six Sigma has become synonymous with the complex search for perfection. Companies like Six Sigma processes because they are always searching for improved efficiencies. Consumers like Six Sigma processes because

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