Enterra Insights

Year: 2006

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other cutting-edge technologies with a focus on supply chain management, autonomous decision-making, and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, autonomous intelligent enterprises, emerging technologies, and global trade. 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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Prevention Better Than Mitigation

One corporate accounting scandal that failed to catch wide public attention occurred at Rent-Way before the more infamous scandals at Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and other companies were uncovered. Unlike those cases, however,

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Development-in-a-Box & Iraq

During an interview on NBC nightly news following an earlier meeting with the President, retired Army General Barry McCaffrey indicated that he told the President that more money for and focus on

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Rules and International Trade

This week high-level delegations from the United States and China will meet to discuss strategic trade relationships. On the cusp of these discussions, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson wrote an op-ed piece in

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Small Companies to Get SOX Relief

According to an article in the New York Times, small public corporations that are subject to regulation under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will get an early Christmas gift starting this Wednesday — relaxation

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Japan Expands the Global Commute

Japan has been a xenophobic country for millennia. A growing life expectancy coupled with a declining birth rate, however, has forced Japan to look beyond its borders for workers. While it has

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Connecting the Poor

A year or so ago a group from Cambridge, MA, announced that they were going to develop a $100 computer that could be provided to children in developing countries. Since that announcement,

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Trade Agreements & Globalization

Anyone who has read my blog understands I believe that globalization is, for the most part, a good thing. It has brought billions out of poverty and can bring out billions more.

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More on Compliance & Over-Regulation

A few days ago I blogged about corporate efforts to get relief from some of the more onerous portions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act [Corporations, Compliance, & Competitiveness]. Those activities are taking place

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Fighting Corruption in Africa

I have discussed corruption and development before and noted that corruption remains an anchor keeping underdeveloped nations from progressing. I believe that corruption is the first thing that must be addressed after

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