How Can SMEs Benefit from Big Data? Challenges and a Path Forward

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2151-2164

  Coleman, Shirley ^a   Göb, Rainer ^b   Manco, Giuseppe ^c   Pievatolo, Antonio ^d   Tort Martorell, Xavier ^e   Reis, Marco Seabra ^f  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c ICAR CNR   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

data science; maturity model; predictive analytics; skills shortage

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; CUSTOMER RELATIONS; DATA SCIENCE; INTERNATIONAL POLICY MAKERS; MATURITY MODEL; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; SKILLS SHORTAGE; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE;

BIG DATA;

EID: 84969802113     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.2008     Document Type: Article

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