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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Aid Abroad and Rules at Home

Official Development Aid (ODA), more commonly known as foreign aid, seems like it should be a straight forward matter — aid is provided where people need help. Nothing, however, is quite that

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Turkey, Kurdistan & Water

My last post discussed the symbiotic trading relationship between Turkey and Kurdistan. Matthew Garcia, an earth scientist living in Maryland and an occasional reader of this blog, recently posted an in-depth blog

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Islamic Finance

As I’m quickly learning, doing business in the Middle East is not always as straight forward as it is in most of the developed world. Some of the factors that you have

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Labor Reform in the Middle East

Last May I wrote a post about Dubai, UAE [On Becoming a Tiger], and noted in that blog that Emiratis are outnumbered by foreigners, including foreign laborers whose working conditions have been

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Probing the Edges of Globalization

I head back soon to Iraq to pursue further work with the Pentagon’s Business Transformation Agency and the regional government of Kurdistan. I call these my trips to the Edge of Globalization.

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