This working paper describes the potential of the proliferation of new sources of large volumes of data, sometimes also referred to as “big data”, for informing policy making in several areas. It also outlines the challenges that the proliferation of data raises for the production of...

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- A few words about data -- The world's largest focus group -- #happy customers -- Exploring the spectrum -- Blurred lines -- Heavy lifting -- Light touch -- Through the looking glass

This contributed volume draws a vital picture of the health care sector, which, like no other is affected by technology push and stakeholder pull. Innovative product and service solutions emerge, which have to integrate different stakeholders’ interests. This book studies current challenges in...

Characteristics of the Concept of Customer Value Management -- Influence of the Internet on Value to Customer -- Conceptual Model of Internet-Based Customer Portfolio Building -- Financial Aspects of Customer Value Management.

Data Science and Big Data Analyticsis about harnessing the power of data for new insights. The book covers the breadth of activities and methods and tools that Data Scientists use. The content focuses on concepts, principles and practical applications that are applicable to any industry and...

This book is about harnessing the power of data for new insights. The book covers the breadth of activities, methods, and tools that data scientists use. The content focuses on concepts, principles and practical applications that are relevant to any industry and technology environment.--

This book gives an introduction to R to build up graphing, simulating and computing skills to enable one to see theoretical and statistical models in economics in a unified way. The great advantage of R is that it is free, extremely flexible and extensible. The book addresses the specific needs...

This book covers the entire spectrum of cultural and digital tourism and presents the latest findings, examples and cases, highlighting innovations for the tourism industry from both an academic and a practical point of view. The book invites readers to discover ongoing developments and recent...

Introduction -- Organizational environment -- Technology environment -- Analysis and design -- Selection, implementation, support and maintenance -- Testing and evaluation -- Privacy and security -- Leadership support -- Management support.