Big Idea Competing With Data & Analytics

How are organizations leveraging data and analytics to increase operational efficiency, engage key stakeholders, and report on business successes? From 2010-2018, the Data and Analytics initiative investigated how technology enables competitiveness.

MIT SMR’s research employs global qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate how data is influencing business processes, offerings, and engagement with customers. It looks at trends in the use of analytics, the evolution of analytics strategy, optimal team composition, and new opportunities for data-driven innovation.

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Analytics & Business Intelligence

Free Webinar, Dec. 1: IoT and Developing Analytics-Based Data Products

Live webinar with MIT SMR authors of “Designing and Developing Analytics-Based Data Products.”

Deborah Gallagher

November 30, 2016

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Duped by Data

A series of small errors in data can lead to major mistakes.

Sam Ransbotham

November 28, 2016

Creating a Data-Driven Enterprise: Real-Life Cases

In a video discussion, four panelists discuss how several prominent organizations are using data and analytics to transform their operations.

Sam Ransbotham, Christopher Mazzei, David Kiron, and Steven Paul

November 08, 2016

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Free Video Panel: Creating a Data-Driven Enterprise: Real-Life Cases

Video panel features a discussion of real-life cases: organizations becoming analytical innovators.

Deb Gallagher

October 26, 2016

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Customer Relationships Get the Data Treatment

A new data tool from South Africa’s Nedbank helps its clients understand their customers better.

Leslie Brokaw

October 14, 2016

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Getting Started With IoT

Many organizations are finding success with IoT projects with thoughtful planning.

Stephanie Jernigan and Sam Ransbotham

September 27, 2016

AI & Machine Learning

How Will Cognitive Technologies Affect Your Organization?

Our once-subservient machines are encroaching on tasks that have been firmly in the human domain.

Sam Ransbotham

August 30, 2016

How to Make Data Experiments Powerful

The most effective data experiments augment managerial intuition and exploit unique data.

Sam Ransbotham

July 19, 2016

AI & Machine Learning

Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Executive Decision Making?

Management still requires a human touch, no matter how smart our machines have become.

Sam Ransbotham

June 28, 2016

AI & Machine Learning

Want to Improve Your Portfolio? Call a Scientist

While the financial services industry is increasingly turning to data and analytics, educating its non-quant managers is proving to be a challenge.

Jeffrey Bohn (State Street), interviewed by David Kiron and Sam Ransbotham

June 20, 2016

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Better Data Brings a Renewal at the Bank of England

To realize the full potential of its access to new data, the Bank of England changed its structure, behavior, and approach to problem solving.

Michael Fitzgerald

May 26, 2016

Technology Innovation Strategy

General Motors Relies on IoT to Anticipate Customers’ Needs

The success or failure of bringing the IoT into an organization depends on the commitment of its leadership.

Steve Schwinke (GM), interviewed by Michael Fitzgerald

April 29, 2016

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Blockchain Data Storage May (Soon) Change Your Business Model

As a technology enabling greater data transparency, the opportunities blockchain offers are immense.

Sam Ransbotham

April 26, 2016

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Complexity’s Competitive Edge

IHG is obtaining a competitive advantage from applying advanced analytics to pricing and marketing.

Larry Seligman, Angela Galeziowski, and Dev Koushik (IHG), interviewed by Sam Ransbotham

April 26, 2016

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Foundations of Analytics Strategy

The authors of MIT SMR‘s 2016 Data & Analytics Research Report present their findings.

Sam Ransbotham, David Kiron, and Pamela Kirk Prentice

April 20, 2016

In Analytics, Resolution Must Be Accompanied by Resolve

Creating competitive advantage from data is elusive for many organizations.

Sam Ransbotham

March 29, 2016

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Building a Better Car Company With Analytics

Putting data and analytics to work hasn’t just helped Ford more competitive — it has transformed the company’s processes.

Gahl Berkooz (Ford Motor Co.), interviewed by Michael Fitzgerald

March 29, 2016

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Variety, Not Volume, Is Driving Big Data Initiatives

“Big data” is less about handling massive data sets and more about integrating multiple data sources.

Randy Bean

March 28, 2016

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Free Webinar: Foundations of Analytics Strategy

Authors of a new 2016 report explain why competitive advantage from analytics is declining — and what to do about it.

Deborah Gallagher

March 16, 2016

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Beyond the Hype: The Hard Work Behind Analytics Success

The 2016 Data & Analytics Report by MIT Sloan Management Review and SAS finds that competitive advantage from analytics is declining.

Sam Ransbotham, David Kiron, and Pamela Kirk Prentice

March 08, 2016

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