Analytics & Business Intelligence
‘Moneyball’ for Professors?
There’s a boom in using analytics for human resource decisions. Tenure decisions should be next.
There’s a boom in using analytics for human resource decisions. Tenure decisions should be next.
Investors prefer reporting that allows easy comparisons of companies’ progress on sustainability.
Do nonfinancial metrics accurately reflect performance? That depends on what you measure — and how.
Performance topology maps offer managers a signpost pointing toward smarter strategies.
How well do people factor past performance into their expectations for the future? Not very, according to studies.
The overconfidence of presumed expertise is counterproductive. Instead, data trumps intuition.
Research into how the sports world uses data offers five lessons that almost any business could adopt.
Where the “gut” instinct of sports managers once ruled, analytic insights are fast becoming standard.
Balanced benchmarking helps companies test their assumptions about service productivity.
Becoming an elite athlete can have as much to do with talent and skill as with experience and intuition. Data is increasingly part of that mix.
Executives can overlook questions of identity when seeking synergies from mergers and acquisitions.
Kirk Goldsberry’s research into who the NBA’s best shooter is put him into the sports analytics limelight.
At top companies, where the inspired use of metrics helps to identify potential leaders and develop their skills, the answer is yes.