The term Big Data is being used widely by companies and researchers who consider your relevant functionalities or applications to create value and business innovation. However some questions arise about what is this phenomenon and, more precisely, how it occurs and under what conditions it can...

A computer-generated 3D model is used to illustrate the advantages of in silico techniques in virtual reality. The model is derived from theoretical data available for SMEs in service industries and for example enables a business owner (or consultant) to identify where the particular...

Objective: Nowadays, Organizations have adopted process-driven approaches in order to improve their operations. Process identification and refining them in organizations is essential to save time and reduce costs. Process management, enterprise risk management and compliance checking with the...

This study introduces an innovative automated model, the Scientists and Researchers Classification Model (SRCM), which employs data mining and machine-learning techniques to classify, rank, and evaluate scientists and researchers in university settings. The SRCM is designed to foster an...

Big data are known to improve operational efficiency, competitiveness, and performance. Despite these unprecedented benefits, the understanding of how big data transform organizational processes remains limited. To address this gap, this research empirically investigates how big data analytics...

Although typically modeled as a centralized firm decision, pricing often involves multiple organizational teams that have decision rights over specific pricing inputs. We study team input decisions using comprehensive data from a large U.S. airline. We document that pricing at a sophisticated...

The use of big data analytics (including data mining and predictive analytics) by firms can be expected to increase productivity and reduce trade costs, which should be positively related to export activities. This paper uses firm level data from the Flash Eurobarometer 486 survey conducted in...

The use of big data analytics (including data mining and predictive analytics) by firms can be expected to increase productivity and reduce trade costs, which should be positively related to export activities. This paper uses firm level data from the Flash Eurobarometer 486 survey conducted in...

This study discusses a novel method called automatic process measurement, which is based on the idea of mining process data from workflow logs. We improve the process mining technique by using Bluetooth wireless technology to do real-time acquisition of process data. The automatic measurement...

This paper analyzes the relationship between firms' use of big data analytics and their innovative performance in terms of product innovations. Since big data technologies provide new data information practices, they create novel decision-making possibilities, which are widely believed to...