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When Data Creates Competitive Advantage

Many executives assume that customer data can give you an unbeatable edge. The more customers you have, the more data you can gather, and that data, when analyzed, allows you to offer a better product that attracts more customers. You can then collect even more data, repeating the cycle until you eventually marginalize your competitors. But this thinking is usually wrong. Though the virtuous cycles of data-enabled learning may look similar to those of network effects—wherein an offering increases in value to users as more people adopt it and ultimately garners a critical mass of users that shuts out competitors—they are not as powerful or as enduring.

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Apples ugly China deal mostly bought time | Reuters
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Japanese billionaire Maezawa blasts off to International Space Station | Reuters
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When meditation turns toxic: the woman exposing spiritual sexism | Life and style | The Guardian
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Adele: Unvaccinated fans banned from Las Vegas residency shows | The Independent
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