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Policy Paper
16 pages, 1M
January 2017

Enter the Data Economy - EU Policies for a Thriving Data Ecosystem

Data is rapidly becoming the lifeblood of the global economy . It represents a key new type of economic asset. Those that know how to use it have a decisive competitive advantage in this interconnected world, through raising performance, offering more user-centric products and services, fostering innovation – often leaving decades-old competitors behind.

Source: epthinktank.eu

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