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Today in Global Small Business: Shipping Containers in Parking Lots in Doctors' Offices

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Worawuth What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: The latest thing in doctors' offices: shipping containers in parking lots (subscription required). Agreement reached at OECD to end export credit support for unabated coal-fired power plants.

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How Physicists and Programmers Played Important Roles in Shaping the Current Wave of Globalization

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Igor Kutyaev Thirty years after the World Wide Web first expanded from Europe to North America, Michael Riordan reveals how physicists and programmers played important roles in shaping the current wave of globalization. The story goes. I learned of it about a month later, upon returning to SLAC from a year in Washington, DC.

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India’s Tier 2 and 3 Cities: The Next Hotbeds for Growth | Blog

Everest Group

While India’s tier 1 cities have dominated global services delivery for more than two decades, the country’s tier 2 and tier 3 cities are gaining traction to become the next hot spots. A spate of infrastructural developments has put these cities on the global map for attracting investment.

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What is Third Park Risk Management? Definition

Obobo

What is Third Park Risk Management? In this blog post, we will explore some of the key components of an effective TPRM program. What is Third Park Risk Management? The Different Types of Third Park Risk Management. Pros and Cons of Third Park Risk Management. What is the Future of Third Park Risk Management?

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Climate change predictions: Anticipating and adapting to a warming world

IBM Services

Global climate models have given climate scientists a set of expectations as to what the future could hold, both for the Earth at large and for specific regions. Global Change Research Program. 4 More extreme heat and heat waves As global warming progresses, heat waves will become more common and more intense.

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What is smart transportation?

IBM Business Partners

Sitting in traffic, waiting for the bus to arrive 15 minutes later than scheduled, driving around for 30 minutes to find a parking spot—the modern world is full of inconveniences due to underlying inefficiencies in our transportation systems. It’s a vexing problem that has an obvious solution: adding sensors to parking spots.

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AI this Earth Day: Top opportunities to advance sustainability initiatives

IBM Services

For instance, IBM Global Real Estate uses our technology to track, analyze and report progress toward sustainability goals in a timely and accurate way. The city applied this technology to maintain 51 of its facilities including Fire, Police, Parks, Public Works and all city-owned buildings.