Furthermore, it is one the best tools for gaining a clear business advantage in the global economy .

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In short, the digital economy turns business into a Moneyball game, in which leveraging data leads to global scale development and higher profitability.

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The companies who figure out how to capture business value from all that digital exhaust will surely have a competitive advantage in a global economy increasingly driven by data and pervasive computing.

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In the face of a shifting global economy, he also believes business management is more than just empowering tomorrow's work force.

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Neil Bentley, deputy director-general of the CBI business body said the news helped firm up the British economy's position in a global economy.

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But that old-fashioned construct is changing rapidly as technology becomes more deeply infused in every facet of business operations and almost every facet of our individual lives, and as a challenging global economy forces companies to wring new revenue out of new ideas.

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The EU and the US are committed to taking radical action that is liable to derail the global economy by regulating and taxing their most productive sectors out of business in order to contend with a threat that may not exist.

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Because information is a powerful business asset, it is imperative that modern businesses have the know-how to operate in this increasingly global economy.

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