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    accounts‚ bigger adventures‚ more sex. Bigger. Better. Faster. Stronger. Films that frequently display the misconception of the American experience: Fast and the Furious‚ cars‚ sex‚ money‚ adventure‚ sticking it to the man. The Social Network. Moneyball.) Where Hollywood leads other filmmaking nations follow. The American

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    research as an outsider to baseball front offices in the 1980s and 1990s‚ until he was hired in 2003 by the Boston Red Sox. Undoubtedly it was the success of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane and the popularity of the book (and now movie) Moneyball that made it acceptable

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    The book Soccernomics‚ published by Stefan Szymanski and Simon Kuper in 2009 bring a fresh way of looking to global soccer. The book is like soccer edition of Moneyball for Baseball‚ as it is seen. A soccer writer and an economist‚ they apply principles of statistics‚ economics‚ psychology‚ and business to explain how the game is played on the world now. Main focuses of the book are English Premier League‚ insights of transfer market‚ comparison match data between over performing and under performing

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    Lego: Embracing Change by Combining BI with a Information System CASE STUDY 1. Brief description and summary of the key issues/problems presented in the case (possibly) including(50) a. What new concept is introduced in this case? In this case ‚ LEGO needs a flexible and robust IT infrastructure with business intelligence capabilities that could help management perform better forecasting and planning. So they chose to implement SAP’s Supply Chain Management (SCM) ‚ Product Lifecycle Management

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    <http://www.baseball-reference.com/>. Levine‚ David M.‚ Timothy C. Krehbiel‚ and Mark L. Berenson. Business Statistics: a First Course. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall‚ 2010. Print. Lewis‚ Michael. "Chapter 2 - How To Find A Ballplayer." Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. New York: W.W. Norton‚ 2003. N. pag. Print. "The Official Site of The Boston Red Sox | Redsox.com: Homepage." Boston Red Sox. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 5 Dec. 2012. <http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=bos>

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    Baseball Owners’ Memory? The Importance of Career Statistics Vs. Recent Preformences In Salary Negotionations.” Proceedings Of The Northeast Business & Economics Association (2008): 5. Business Source Main Edition. Web. 12 Apr. 2013. Lewis‚ Michael. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. New York: W.W. Norton and Company Inc‚ 2003. Print. “MLB Attendance Report 2012.” ESPNMLB. n.p.‚ n.d. Web. 10 Apr 2013 Ozanian‚ Mike. “The Business of Baseball 2012.” Forbes. Sportsmoney‚ 21 Mar. 2012. Web. 13

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    wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yankee_Stadium>. Early‚ Gerald. "Birdland: Two Observations on the Cultural Significance of Baseball." American Poetry Review. 31 May 2007. 29 Apr. 2008 <http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/baseball.html>. Lewis‚ Michael. Moneyball. New York: W.W. Norton and Company‚ 2003.

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    www.hbrreprints.org Some companies have built their very businesses on their ability to collect‚ analyze‚ and act on data. Every company can learn from what these firms do. Competing on Analytics by Thomas H. Davenport Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Competing on Analytics 11 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of

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    MCO 450: VISUAL COMMUNICATION + Spring‚ 2015 * DR. NATHARIUS SUBMISSION TEMPLATE 2 pages: THE TRUMAN SHOW: A FILM ANALYSIS Student Name: Last: Green First: Michelle Student #: 1205641147 THE PRINCIPALS INVOLVED IN THE FILM Word Count: 436 Producers: According to The Truman Show’s IMBD profile‚ there were six producers and executive producers credited for the making of the film. Edward S. Feldman was also involved in the films 101 Dalmatians & Witness. Andrew Niccol also helped produce Lord

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    BIG DATA AND THE FUTURE OF THE HOURLY WORKFORCE Companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into Big Data to find patterns they can use to predict the future. How Big Data is Changing the way Operating Executives Manage their Hourly Workforce T Does Big Data Matter? hose who wonder whether Big Data is really as big of a deal as the press is making it out to be should take note of Target. To better understand how to market new products to their customers‚ analysts at the retailer

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