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"Big Data" For Business And Education, Shu Z. Schiller
"Big Data" For Business And Education, Shu Z. Schiller
ISSCM Faculty Publications
Have you heard of the phrase, Big Data? The New York Times declared 2012 the dawn of the “Age of Big Data. ”Today, Big Data, together with social and mobile, are the hottest trends in the technology and business communities. "Big Data” is no longer just a technical term, but rather indicates business opportunity. The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) Best Practices Report on Big Data Analytics reports that 74% of organizations have adopted some form of analytics today and 34% companies practice some form of advanced Big Data analytics. However, Big Data brings along challenges with benefits. The purpose of …
Research And Pedagogy In Business Analytics: Opportunities And Illustrative Examples, Ramesh Sharda, Daniel Asamoah, Natraj Ponna
Research And Pedagogy In Business Analytics: Opportunities And Illustrative Examples, Ramesh Sharda, Daniel Asamoah, Natraj Ponna
ISSCM Faculty Publications
In recent times, business analytics and big data have gained momentum both in industry practice and academic research. The objective of this paper is to provide both a research and teaching introduction to business analytics in the context of both current and prospective perspective of the business analytics domain. It begins by providing a quick overview of the three types of analytics. To assist the future analytics professionals, we identify, group and discuss nine different participants of the analytics industry into clusters. We then include a brief description of some current research projects under way in our team. We also …
Exploring A Third-Party E-Waste Recycling System Under The Extended Producer Responsibility Framework In China, Hua Zhong, Shu Z. Schiller
Exploring A Third-Party E-Waste Recycling System Under The Extended Producer Responsibility Framework In China, Hua Zhong, Shu Z. Schiller
ISSCM Faculty Publications
The rapid advance of information technologies has produced a large amount of waste of electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE). WEEE or e- waste, refers to old, end-of-life (EoL) or discarded electronic appliances. The world produces 20 to 50 million metric tons of e-waste annually (Electronics Take-back Coalition 2009), of which China alone contributes 2 million tons. Each year at least 6 million washing machines, 7 million TV sets, 10 million PCs and 70 million mobile phones are discarded and the number increases at the rate of more than 10 per cent each year (Hung 2007), according to the report from …