This volume explores the diverse applications of advanced tools and technologies of the emerging field of big data and their evidential value in business. It examines the role of analytics tools and methods of using big data in strengthening businesses to meet today's information challenges and shows how businesses can adapt big data for effective businesses practices.

This volume shows how big data and the use of data analytics is being effectively adopted more frequently, especially in companies that are looking for new methods to develop smarter capabilities and tackle challenges in dynamic processes. Many illustrative case studies are presented that highlight how companies in every sector are now focusing on harnessing data to create a new way of doing business.

Soraya Sedkaoui, PhD, is a senior lecturer, data analyst, and strategic business consultant with more than 10 years of teaching, training, research, and consulting experience in statistics, big data analytics, and machine learning algorithms. Leading the Big Data Analytic Consulting Practice at SRY Consulting in Montpellier, France, Dr. Soraya is focused on working with global clients across industries to determine how a data-driven approach can be embedded into strategic initiatives. She worked as a researcher at TRIS Laboratory at the University of Montpellier, France. Her science-oriented research experience and interests are in the areas of big data, computer science, and the development of algorithms and models for business applications and problems. Dr. Sedkaoui's prior books and research have been published in several refereed editions and journals.

Mounia Khelfaoui, PhD, is a teacher-researcher and lecturer at the University Djilali Bounaama Khemis-Miliana, Algeria. With experience in research, she is a member of the research laboratory Industry, Organizational Development of Enterprises and Innovation of the University of Khemis-Miliana. Her research focuses on sustainable development and especially on corporate social responsibility (CSR), the sharing economy, and the circular economy. She has published in various journals and conferences dealing with the topic of CSR and sustainable development. Dr. Khelfaoui's research proposes to demonstrate the role of the adoption of the CSR in organizations in light of the principles of sustainable development.

Nadjat Kadi, PhD, is a senior lecturer at the University of Djilali Bounaama Khemis-Miliana, Algeria. She is the Manager of The Digital Economy Laboratory. Her research relates to economic and statistical analysis and the field of demography. She graduated from the University of Oran, Algeria, with a PhD in in demography and an HDR in economic and demographic analysis.