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Beyond data and analysis

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Why business analytics and big data really matter for modern business organizations.

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            cover image Communications of the ACM
            Communications of the ACM  Volume 57, Issue 6
            June 2014
            103 pages
            ISSN:0001-0782
            EISSN:1557-7317
            DOI:10.1145/2602695
            • Editor:
            • Moshe Y. Vardi
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