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Big data creating new knowledge as support in decision-making: practical examples of big data use and consequences of using big data as decision support

Cecilia FredrikssonFaculty of Social Sciences, Business and Economy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland;Department of Management and Organization, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1-18 | Received 06 Oct 2016, Accepted 26 Dec 2017, Published online: 24 Apr 2018

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