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A version of this article appeared in the Autumn 2019 issue of strategy+business. The entire ethos of the Spanish hotel chain Ilunion is built on innovation, and its most powerful tool for solving ...

Data underpins business success. As a result, more organizations are making substantial investments in data management strategies. A survey by HFS Research and Syniti found that 65% of respondents had ...

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For some data.table users, “dot-SD” is a bit of a mystery. But data.table creator Matt Dowle told me that it’s actually quite simple: Just think of it as a symbol representing “each group.” Let’s go ...

Spreadsheets are ubiquitous in the office, whether you’re a solo entrepreneur or an analyst at a large corporation. However, many folks don’t utilize the full potential of spreadsheets. In this post, ...

Make your R data.table code more efficient and elegant with these special symbols and operators. Plus, learn about the new fcase() function R data.table code becomes more efficient — and elegant — ...