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edition traces data from sourcing to storage. It aims to condense the immense
data sourcing potential of social media, the ubiquitous data access using
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font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;'>Consumer behaviour</span></p></li><li style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style='background: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 11.7pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;'>Big data analytics</span></p></li><li style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style='background: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 11.7pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; 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font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;'>Technology adoption life cycle</span></p></li><li style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style='background: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 11.7pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;'><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;'>Green computing</span></p></li><li style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style='background: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 11.7pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; 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