Big Data and the value of information: Innovative applications of big data collection and where it could lead
Jeffrey HunterCambiar Consulting, USA
The context of growth
While this paper focuses on the evolving information landscape, it does so in the context of "growth".
Of all the metrics that measure the performance of business probably none is more important than "growth". Don Lehmann and David Reibstein, in Marketing Metrics and Financial Performance,describe "growth" as "essentially the ultimate metric". The absence of growth can have fairly dire consequences. McKinsey notes in an article from 2007 that "a company whose...