China’s Leaders Ease Slightly on Dissent
July 31, 2007
In a couple of earlier posts about how the Chinese people use the Internet [Connectivity in China and Web 2.0 in China], I have noted that as the number of Web users
Enterra Insights
Month: July 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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Cooking with the Sun
July 30, 2007
Africa is a large and geographically varied continent. When most people think about poverty there, however, they picture people living in a hardscrabble and unforgiving desert environment trying to eke out an
Putting on a Good Face
July 27, 2007
Those of us in business necessarily concern ourselves with branding. It’s a very important concept if you want your business to grow and to profit. Normally, we don’t think about governments or
IBM’s Globally Integrated Enterprise
July 26, 2007
A year ago I wrote a post about a letter to the editor of the Financial Times written by IBM’s president and CEO Sam Palmisano [Globalization and Resilient Enterprises]. His main point
Update on Wiring Rwanda to the World
July 25, 2007
Last August I wrote a post about Greg Wyler, an American tech entrepreneur who had big dreams about connecting Rwanda to the rest of the world [Wiring Rwanda to the World]. His
Outsourcing the System Administrator Force
July 24, 2007
My colleague Tom Barnett has for years talked about the need for two forces — a Leviathan force that can win the war through kinetic action (i.e., bullets and bombs) and a
International Money Transfers Back in the News
July 23, 2007
Last October I wrote a post about businesses that were offering international money transfer services through the use of cell phones [Western Union Beware]. The reason the service was popular, I noted,
Can Ex-Leaders Lead?
July 20, 2007
When Bill Clinton and Tony Blair were elected heads of their governments, most people believed the torch had been finally been passed to the next generation of political leaders — leaving the
China Learning about Resiliency and Trust
July 19, 2007
I have written several posts that discuss the important role that trust plays in supporting the global economy. In recent weeks, China has learned a costly lesson about trust. It began with
Small Loans Attract Big Players
July 18, 2007
Last April I wrote a post based on a Nicholas Kristof column that discussed how average people can get involved in providing microloans to entrepreneurs in the developing world [Financing the Poor].
