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Big data is currently very trendy. All companies are working in one way or another with this technology. Nevertheless, beyond the hype, how does a great consolidated company, a market leader, revolutionize data and artificial intelligence? How do you extract the maximum potential of data to achieve a real impact on your clients and the business?

In a context of containment within the sector and decreasing revenues, Telefónica España, a telecommunications incumbent and leader in its market, decides to consolidate its leadership by opting to transform its business.

In this case study, Telefónica España faces the challenge of designing and building a model with structural and transversal data serving the whole company. As it does so it must attend to its daily business needs, assess the technological possibilities of big data and manage an important cultural change.

Part 1 sketches the profound changes in Spain’s telecommunications sector in the last several years en route to a position of international prominence. It then details the 2012 launch of Movistar Fusión and how Telefónica embraced big data, consolidated into one data warehouse, wrought internal cultural change and maintained strong operational performance all at once. 

This note is about the workings of the assets market, the different types of assets and focusing on money, the role of commercial and central banks. It analyzes the assets and money markets and their influence over monetary policy and interest rates. Finally it explains the different models of monetary policy, the types of financial markets and the stock-market indicators.

This technical note substitutes the previous ones EC2-006 "El Sistema Financiero y la Creación de Dinero" and EC2-007 "El Mercado de Activos" that are no longer available.

Analyzes the relationship between the commodity and financial asset markets, going deep into the effect of monetary and fiscal policies separately, as well as the consequences of their simultaneous application. The second section goes into the interest rates between countries and the system of foreign exchange, whether fixed or flexible. It ends with an explanation of the risk premium of several countries.

This technical note substitutes the previous ones EC2-008 "Los Mercados de Bienes y Activos: Las Políticas Fiscal y Monetaria" and EC2-009 "Las Políticas Fiscal y Monetaria en Economías Abiertas con Movimientos de Capitales" that are no longer available.

Beyond a doubt, the United States raises stronger passions and more defined opinions than any country in the world. Whether it is because of its economic success, its role as a military superpower, its predominant position in world events, its impact on world cultures through the entertainment industry, or for other reasons, nearly everyone appears to have an opinion regarding the U.S. And these opinions are often poorly informed.

This case attempts to fill the gap in information on the U.S. by giving a quick historical introduction and a broad modern-day approximation to the world’s largest economy. It addresses many of the stereotypes popularly associated with the U.S. and provides data to critically evaluate these stereotypes. The discussion will inevitably lead to the rejection of many popular stereotypes, both popular and negative, and to a deeper understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the world’s economic giant and business leader.