Invest in Proprietary Data for Competitive Advantage
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 28, 2013
I use the term "proprietary data" after the 2003 HBR classic, "IT Doesn't Matter," by Nicholas Carr. There, he introduced the contrasting notions of "infrastructure" and "proprietary" technologies. An infrastructure technology diffuses throughout the economy in support of numerous industries and, in time, becomes available to all.
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