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Why not one big database? : principles for data ownership

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  • Van Alstyne, Marshall W. (Marshall Ware)
  • Brynjolfsson, Erik.
  • Madnick, Stuart E.

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"This paper supercedes an earlier version, WP#2518-93 published in December 1992 under the title "Ownership principles for distributed database design."

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  • Van Alstyne, Marshall W. (Marshall Ware) & Brynjolfsson, Erik. & Madnick, Stuart E., 2003. "Why not one big database? : principles for data ownership," Working papers #94-03, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
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    1. Madnick, Stuart E., 2003. "Evolution to Very MANY Large Data Bases : dealing with large-scale semantic heterogeneity," Working papers #95-03, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
    2. Madnick, Stuart E., 2003. "Integrating information from global systems : dealing with the "on- and off-ramps" of the information superhighway," Working papers #95-02, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.

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