Working hard or hardly working?...still to come...

We've had a long meeting yesterday, came up with some interesting insights, and almost jumped out the window while working on the dimension tables...now it seems to have calmed a bit :) but you never know...the week is not over yet, not to mention assignment II due on weekend!

Updates soon!

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Porter's 4 Forces

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Track the right statistics!

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Porters 4 Forces - Business Analytics 2017

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