Enterra Insights

Year: 2009

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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A Look at Progress

Nobel Laureate, economics professor, and New York Times‘ op-ed columnist Paul Krugman suggests that we label the past decade “The Big Zero” [“The Big Zero,” 28 December 2009]. He writes: “It was

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More Awards for Innovation

In a couple of recent posts (Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship and The New York Times’ Year in Ideas), I’ve focused on end of the year recognition for innovative ideas and companies. The

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Merry Christmas

Christmas is obviously a Christian holiday; but it reflects historical traditions of giving and celebrations of life that lie at the heart of most of the world’s major religions. Few people in

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Innovation, Development, and India

Professor C.K. Prahalad, who became famous for asserting that profits could be made by selling products and services to the world’s poorest people (i.e., those at the bottom of the pyramid), believes

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An Innovation Agenda

Readers of this blog know that one of my favorite topics is innovation. I have been especially keen on this topic during the recession because I believe that innovative entrepreneurs remain the

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Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Michael Arndt, editor of BusinessWeek‘s innovation and design coverage, reminds us that “innovation requires taking risks, and these are risk-averse times.” The good news, however, is that tough times haven’t stopped innovative

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