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Biere, Mike.
The new era of enterprise business intelligence : using analytics to achieve a global
competitive advantage / Mike Biere.
       p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-707542-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-13-707542-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)  1.  Business intelligence.  I. Title.
HD38.7.B534 2011
658.4'72--dc22
                                                   2010022974

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ISBN-10: 0-13-707542-1
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