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• The Importance of Basic Scientific Research

  

  In a post entitled Fostering Genius, I discussed a number of research and academic organizations in and around the Princeton, NJ, area. The organization to whic... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE

• Reminding Ourselves of the Importance of Basic Scientific Research

  

  In a post entitled Fostering Genius, I discussed a number of research and academic organizations in and around the Princeton, NJ, area. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Is There a Difference Between Segmentation and Personalization?

  

  Judy Bayer, Director of Strategic Analytics for Teradata International, and Marie Taillard, a professor of marketing and Director of the Creativity Marketing... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• SAP Discusses the Future of Business, Part 2

  

  In Part 1 of this two-part series, I indicated that I divided the facts presented in an interesting SAP slideshow entitled "99 Facts on the Future of... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• SAP Discusses the Future of Business, Part 1

  

  In an interesting slideshow entitled "99 Facts on the Future of Business," the folks at SAP paint a picture of the future to which businesses should... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Enterra’s Cognitive Reasoning Platform™ Brings Era of Big Data to Consumer...

  

  As of today, I'm transitioning the Enterra Insights blog to a new platform that will be hosted on Enterra Solutions' rebranded website... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Order Fulfillment in an Omnichannel Environment

  

  A year ago, Dan Gilmore, Editor in Chief of Supply Chain Digest, wrote, "In case you haven't noticed, e-commerce is growing at a breakneck pace, putting a... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• The Future of Retailing is All About Personalization

  

  "The individualization of customer relation," writes Bertrand Duperrin, Consulting Director at Nextmodernity, "is the new concern of marketing departments."... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Fostering Genius

  

  Eliza Gray tells the fascinating story of The Institute for Advanced Study in an article published in Time. ["The Original Genius Bar," 22 July 2013]... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Avoid Competitive Obsolescence Using Technology

  

  Michael Fitzgerald, Nina Kruschwitz, Didier Bonnet, and Michael Welch, report, "A study by MIT Sloan Management Review and Capgemini Consulting finds that... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Globalization and the Supply Chain

  

  Although globalization isn't quite the hot topic it used to be, the subject is still a vital one. Historically, discussions about globalization involved the... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Get Personal with Your Customers

  

  "In a climate where companies send mass, generic emails to entire mailing lists on a regular basis," writes Malcolm Duckett, "consumers have become deadened by... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Attracting Supply Chain Talent

  

  One of the topics at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit I attended in Scottsdale, AZ, last month was entitled "Supply Chain Talent – The Missing Link. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Self-education and Deep Learning

  

  One of things that really stood out to me while reading James Gleick's wonderful biography of Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman (entitled Genius) was that people... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Working on Top of the World: The Arctic Opens Up

  

  A couple of years ago, Andrew E. Kramer wrote a story in the New York Times about an "an ice-free passage" across the stretch of Arctic Ocean that... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• The Impact of Omnichannel Operations on the Supply Chain

  

  At the end of my post entitled Surviving in the Omni-channel World, I indicated that, in a later post, I would discuss the impact of omnichannel operations on... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Personal Data: Who Should Own It and How Much Should It Be Worth? (Part 2)

  

  In Part 1 of this two-part series, I discussed the general topic of data ownership and why it is becoming an important issue in the Big Data era. I concluded... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Personal Data: Who Should Own It and How Much Should It Be Worth? (Part 1)

  

  "Data is the issue du jour," writes Jack Marshall, "CEOs are now frequently asked what their 'big data strategies' are, and CMOs are being pressured to turn... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Intelligent Robots: Should We Be Frightened?

  

  "Are you prepared to meet your robot overlords," asks Tia Ghose. "The idea of superintelligent machines may sound like the plot of 'The Terminator' or 'The... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 SCIENCE, TECH

• Surviving in the Omni-channel World

  

  Erik Brynjolfsson, Yu Jeffrey Hu, and Mohammad S. Rahman believe that mobile technology is forever changing the face of retailing. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECH