The promising future of healthcare services: When big data analytics meets wearable technology

Information and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1020-1033

  Wu, Jing ^a   Li, He ^b   Cheng, Sherri ^c   Lin, Zhangxi ^d  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data analytics; Consumer density; Healthcare; Two dimensional product differentiation model; Wearable devices

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED ANALYTICS; BIG DATA; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; DATA ANALYTICS; DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; HEALTH CARE; INVESTMENTS; PLANNING;

BUSINESS PRACTITIONERS; COMPETITION STRATEGY; GAME THEORY MODELS; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; INVESTMENT STRATEGY; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION; QUALITY COMPETITION; WEARABLE DEVICES;

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84996802213     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2016.07.003     Document Type: Article

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