Years in the making, Brazil's dominant position in the soybean trade has been achieved by a powerful agroindustry, driven by unsatiable demand from China but the environmental cost may be unbearable in the medium term
4 commodity traders - ADM, Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus - and a new potential entrant - Glencore amidst wide swings in the grain and soybean markets
Satellites rely more and more on off-the-shelf technology, involving multiple manufacturers and, given the complexity of supply chains and the multiple parties involved in their management, it’s often unclear who bears responsability for cyber breaches
Sharply reduced launch costs and radical advance in satellite technology open the door for a new era in global communications. Constellations of satellites still need to prove their case but the future is beckoning
Greens may be too closely indentified with scientific expertise on climate change to fully recognize the unintended consequences of principled policies, which call for compromise and understanding of the trade-offs required to stay on target
'Cybersecurity' cannot be confused any longer with 'protection' of a business against digital assaults, with a whole array of defensive measures... This never was a correct understanding of cybersecurity, or at best a very partial one
There is little doubt the massive Equifax [EFX/NYSE] data breach (publicized in September ’17) generated a wave of potential customer leads and renewed investor interest in the industry
Confronted with unsatiable demand for milk, New Zealand's fragile ecosystem is front-running environmental risks exposing much larger economies worldwide, glad to supply in the short term, but at what cost ?
Ratcheting up milk supply, New Zealand is now coping with the environmental fallout. Too much of a good thing or, more probably, a warning shot the major global agriculture exporters would discount at their peril
The achievements of Fred Moll in medical robotics are close to legendary but the collaboration of Dr. Moll with Johnson & Johnson, may raise the bar, with real-time management of the data feeds informing the robotics applications - the next frontier...
Challenging dominant Intuitive Surgical, many robotics systems are coming to market but the vast ambitions of Auris Health stand out and Verb Surgical, a Google / Johnson & Johnson partnership, is waiting in the wings
Associate Professors J. Johnson and J. DeCarolis, North Carolina State University, envision the advent of grid-scale batteries, providing the utilities with flexible energy delivery, if the price per KwH of lithium batteries continues to plummet
To charge the battery, the anode loads up lithium ions. Ions travel through the electrolyte to the cathode to generate power With a higher ‘upload’, replacing the graphite anode by a silicon – graphite mix anode, the battery will generate more power
The future of trade ? Let’s watch the machines…
Fanuc, a Japanese company listed in Tokyo (ticker – 6954), is a major player in industrial robotics worldwide
Viewing China’s expansion in the car industry, one of the top action plans singled-out in ‘Made in China 2025’, in a broader context and on a much longer horizon
Electrical battery production is – to some extent – yesterday’s story and competitive advantage on brand alone could become hard to keep up ...except for advanced research, which is becoming an indispensable differentiating factor
Innovations in the public school system might contribute to an inclusive ‘public-private’ model - Reviewing Sam Meyers' recent book "Education and the Commercial Mindset"
