"Foreword Big data and analytics promise to change virtually every industry and business function over the next decade. Any organization that gets started early with big data can gain a significant competitive edge. Just as early analytical competitors in the "small data" era (including Capital...

Every country has a unique profile of social, political, economic, and regulatory factors that comprise its investment climate. While country-specific data and analytics are widely available, many multinational companies do not use them to decide where to put their investment. This article...

The availability of big data, low-cost commodity hardware, and new information management and analytic software have produced a unique moment in the history of data analysis. The convergence of these trends means that we have the capabilities required to analyze astonishing data sets quickly and...