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Fast-Track Data Monetization With Strategic Data Assets

To monetize data, companies must first create strategic data assets that can be reused and recombined for new value creation.
By Barbara H. Wixom, Gabe Piccoli, and Joaquin Rodriguez
Abstract

For years, using more data to make better decisions has been the holy grail for global companies, and most of them aim to treat data as a strategic asset. But MIT CISR research has found that future-ready companies have greater ambition regarding their data. These companies strive to maximize their data monetization outcomes by pervasively improving processes to do things better, cheaper, and faster; wrapping products with analytics features and experiences; and selling new, innovative information solutions. Additionally, to monetize their data, companies must first transform it so that it can be reused and recombined to enable new value creation. 

About the Authors

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Gabe Piccoli, Edward G. Schlieder Chair of Information Sciences, Louisiana State University; Associate Professor of Information Sciences, University of Pavia

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Joaquin Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Grenoble Ecole de Management

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