"When we examine the problems that cause the variety of downfalls, we find three general themes that explain the majority of failures to maintain a leading enterprise: lack of agility in face of environmental threats (especially new competitors), failure to innovate when customers appear satisfied and failure to become more efficient in the presence of stable markets."
Dr. John Weng Joins CLODE Research Faculty
Dr. Juyang (John) Weng, http://www.cse.msu.edu/~weng/, professor of Computer Science and Engineering, has joined the research faculty at CLODE. Dr. Weng will work closely with CLODE in research areas, such as grid computing in the MSU IBM Supply Chain Lab. His research interests include: human-computer interaction, signal and image processing, pattern recognition, content-based information retrieval, computer vision, speech recognition, tactile recognition, language processing and understanding, biologically motivated models of cognition, learning, and development; humanoid robots (construction, control and training); visualization and virtual reality; neural networks; computer graphics; and artificial intelligence