Recalling Typhoid Mary
May 31, 2007
Since the spread of AIDS, the scare of SARS, and looming threat of Avian Flu, people are more aware than ever of the potential for a pandemic. A pandemic is one of
Enterra Insights
Month: May 2007
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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Globalization and Labor Standards
May 30, 2007
New York Times‘ columnist and economist Paul Krugman recently penned a column about globalization and how it affects jobs and wages in developed countries, specifically the U.S. [“Divided Over Trade,” 14 May
Innovation and Security
May 29, 2007
Getting Department of Defense contracts has always been good for one’s business. But since President Eisenhower warned about the growing power of the military-industrial complex, people have generally believed that only large
Nuclear Power and Energy Resilience
May 25, 2007
My trip to Kurdistan reminded me how critical a reliable source of electricity is for ensuring peace and prosperity. The rich, as one reader pointed out, can afford to run personal generators,
Others on the Edge of Globalization
May 24, 2007
The cover of 28 May 2007 issue of BusinessWeek asks the provocative question, “What’s the Most Extreme Emerging Market on Earth?” As my recent posts on Kurdistan have indicated, I believe there
New Iraq Strategy Stresses Simultaneous Activity
May 23, 2007
I have occasionally stressed the importance of being able to simultaneously carry out development activities even as security operations are underway. My colleague Tom Barnett has also made this point, which is
Kurdistan — Democracy’s Last Stand in Iraq
May 22, 2007
Mark Lattimer, director of Minority Rights Group International, writes that if oil-rich Kurdistan goes the way of Baghdad and Mosul, all hopes of Iraqi unity will go with it [“Democracy’s Last Stand,”
Kurdistan’s Economic Divide
May 21, 2007
A freelance writer, who has spent a lot of time in Erbil, contacted me believing that I have painted an overly optimistic picture of life in Kurdistan. He wrote: “The city, or
Security in Kurdistan
May 18, 2007
I made several references over the past week to the Peshmerga, the Kurdish military that helped provide security during our trip to Kurdistan. The competence of this group is one of the
Coffee for the Troops
May 17, 2007
The press of travel (from Kurdistan to Vienna to Beijing to New York) and business has, for the moment, delayed my putting together a more thoughtful reflection and analysis of my time
