List three examples of how companies are using Big Data

What will be an ideal response?


Student answers will vary. Examples from the text include: U.K. supermarket giant Tesco collects 1.5 billion pieces of data every month to set prices and promotions; U.S. kitchenware retailer Williams-Sonoma uses its customer knowledge to customize versions of its catalog. Amazon reports generating 30 percent of its sales through its recommendation engine ("You may also like"). On the production side, GE set up a team of developers in Silicon Valley to improve the efficiency of the jet engines, generators, locomotives, and CT scanners it sells.

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A) Response time B) Product variety C) Customer experience D) Time to market

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A. Specialty B. Limited-line C. Department D. General E. Luxury

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A. bottom-up B. i-deals C. job enrichment D. job enlargement E. job rotation

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