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06 Sep 2016
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Appreciating the Big Role of Small Businesses

First Quarter 2013
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Big Data in the Age of the Telegraph

By: Caitlin C. Rosenthal

Daniel McCallum's 1854 organizational chart for the New York and Erie Railroad resembled a tree rather than a pyramid. It empowered frontline managers by clarifying data flows. View Details

Keywords: Big Data; Telegraph; Organizational Charts; History; Data and Data Sets; Business History; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Rail Industry

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17 Jan 2025
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BiGS Turns 2: Transforming business for global good

17 Jun 2015
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Why the Internet of Things Is Big Business

Building small business utopia: how artificial intelligence and Big Data can increase small business success

Small business lending has remained unchanged for decades, laden with frictions and barriers that prevent many small businesses from accessing the capital they need to succeed. Financial technology, or “fintech,” promises to change this trajectory. In 2010, new fintech... View Details

14 Oct 2011
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The big businesses learning how to think small

09 Aug 2012
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Big Business Does Best In Washington When It Plays the Underdog

10 Apr 2025
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BiGS Debate: Is Big Tech Too Big?

16 Feb 2022
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A Big Business on Wall Street Faces Scrutiny

20 Mar 2011
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Businesses have Big Stake in Improving their Communities

February 2021 (Revised June 2021)
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Bairong and the Promise of Big Data

By: Lauren Cohen, Xiaoyan Zhang and Spencer C.N. Hagist

Bairong CEO Felix Zhang, in launching his credit scoring start-up that incorporates 74,000 variables per individual, found strong initial success. However, the shifting regulatory environment, growing breadth of competitors, difficulties in retaining top talent, and... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Big Data; Artificial Intelligence; Credit Scoring; Finance; Credit; Business Startups; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; China

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Building Small Business Utopia: How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Can Increase Small Business Success

Small business lending has remained unchanged for decades, laden with frictions and barriers that prevent many small businesses from accessing the capital they need to succeed. Financial technology, or “fintech,” promises to change this trajectory. In 2010, new fintech... View Details

03 Nov 2016
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Here's How Big Government Could Help Small Businesses

03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

business of publishing technical papers. “I didn’t want to spend the next 5 to 10 years doing these little increments and never knowing whether, with the right effort, we could solve a big challenge,”... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

04 Feb 2013
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Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?

Are auditors becoming too big to fail? For over a decade, there have been articles and op-eds in the popular and business press arguing that the auditing industry, currently dominated by Deloitte &... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

16 Feb 2022
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A Big Business on Wall Street Faces Scrutiny

Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment

What’s behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Enterprises, and the NFL—along with such stars as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and LeBron James? Which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sports an edge... View Details