When you eat, and as you eat today, give thanks to the soil that made it all possible. USDA on Soil Day. December 5th. Today is World Soil Day, and the the truth is in the soil. Neglect the soil long enough and all you have is depleted crops. AND no, it does not come in the usual 6-6-6 fertilizers that concentrate on only 3 components in the fertilizer while neglecting how the soil got…
Good news corporations are reporting on sustainability-related issues, especially those risks associated with operating a business that does not account or consider the areas where they are not sustainable. Operations in the UnSustainable Zone have lots of risks such as, for example, the company may not really be profitable. Cheap coal, is not nearly so cheap when you figure in all the negative externalities: pollution, health, CO2, coal ash… Check out this WSJ article about…
Here is a great Delphi dissertation from Dr. Tracy Celaya in 2015 entitled: CLOUD-BASED COMPUTING AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE: A DELPHI STUDY The dissertation looked at the adoption of cloud-based computing in the IT functions of HR. Specifically it addressed the adoption of cloud technologies. Very cool research related to the adoption of IT in HR and the management of the whole move of HR into the next generation of technologies. Want to know best…
Sustainability efforts take a big hit with the Trump election to president. Some forces are bigger than he, however. Congress didn’t act on most things sustainable-ish, so much of the Obama efforts have been by executive order and by regulations. The EPA on coal, for example. The right way to regulate emissions in general — and fossil fuels specifically — is by a carbon tax (or cap n trade). With a carbon tax, then all…
China’s Patent-Lawsuit Profile Grows – WSJ: China as a focal point of Intellectual Property, in the patent office and in the courts. This law suit by WiLAN is interesting to see how the “assertion” of patents can move and shift. Here’s a little background on WiLAN from Wikipedia. As you can see the company originally developed stuff so it would not be categorized as a Non-Practicing Entity (NPE), or Patent Troll in the ungracious term…
The Wall Street Journal has a great article about Patent Trolls and the Toll the cost on an innocent economy. Here’s the excellent WSJ Article: America’s Biggest Filer of Patent Suits Wants You to Know It Invented Shipping Notification, By RUTH SIMON and LORETTA CHAO, Updated Oct. 27, 2016 1:11 p.m. ET. Small(er) companies are targeted by a non-practicing entity (NPE), sometimes ungraciously referred to as a Patent Troll. IPZine previously discussed Patent Trolls in…
