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Research challenges and opportunities in business analytics

Dursun DelenSpears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, OK, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Sudha RamEller College of Management, University of Arizona, AZ, USA
Pages 2-12 | Accepted 31 Jul 2018, Published online: 23 Aug 2018

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