Analytics & Business Intelligence
At Amadeus, Finding Data Science Talent Is Just the Beginning
A company that wants to successfully use analytics needs to make sure its data scientists are fully integrated into business units.
Data Science
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Analytics & Business Intelligence
Getting Value From Your Data Scientists
To create real business value, top management must learn how to manage data scientists effectively.
Jeanne G. Harris and Vijay Mehrotra
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Are Predictive Analytics Transforming Your Supply Chain?
New research suggests data science, predictive analytics and big data will transform supply chains.
Renee Boucher Ferguson
Data & Data Culture
Big Data’s Travails Don’t Mean It’s Derailed
Big Data tests corporate patience, but breakthroughs on big questions are emerging.
Michael Fitzgerald
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Bridging the Talent Gap: How to Find the Right Data Scientist
What can companies do to help fill their data scientist gap? That was the topic at a conference hosted by the MIT Center for Digital Business.
Renee Boucher Ferguson
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Business Quandary? Use a Competition to Crowdsource Best Answers
An Interview with Anthony Goldbloom, CEO of Kaggle.
Anthony Goldbloom (Kaggle Inc.), interviewed by Renee Boucher Ferguson
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Innovating With Analytics
Data-savvy organizations are using analytics to innovate — and to gain competitive advantage.
David Kiron, Pamela Kirk Prentice and Renee Boucher Ferguson
Data & Data Culture
Do You Need a Data Dictator?
Keeping track of data and creating value from it may require more than technology.
Jeanne Ross (MIT Sloan), interviewed by David Kiron and Renee Boucher Ferguson
Financial Management & Risk
Risky Business: How Data Analytics Can Help
Behavioral analytics, Bayesian engineering and big data help companies mitigate business risk.
Kathleen Long (Montage Analytics), interviewed by Renee Boucher Ferguson
Analytics & Business Intelligence
How ‘Big Data’ Is Different
How do the insights from big data differ from what managers generate from traditional analytics?
Thomas H. Davenport, Paul Barth and Randy Bean
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Finding Value in the Information Explosion
The rapid growth of data creates business opportunities — but only if IT and management work together.
Cynthia Beath, Irma Becerra-Fernandez, Jeanne Ross and James Short
Data & Data Culture
The Storage and Transfer Challenges of Big Data
Simon Robinson (451 Research), interviewed by Renee Boucher Ferguson
Analytics & Business Intelligence
All Fired Up in Massachusetts: The State’s New Wave of Big Data Companies
A new wave of analytics-driven companies is making Massachusetts one of the hottest U.S. centers of big data.
Stephen O’Leary (Aeris Partners LLC), interviewed by David Kiron
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Quick Wins Help Avoid Culture Obstacles on the Path to Value
Paul Barth and Randy Bean (NewVantage Partners), interviewed by David Kiron
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Creating Business Value with Analytics
Companies experienced in analytics use are increasingly gaining competitive advantage.
David Kiron and Rebecca Shockley
Analytics & Business Intelligence
The “Unstructured Information” Most Businesses Miss Out On
K. Ananth Krishnan (Tata Consultancy Services), interviewed by Michael S. Hopkins
Analytics & Business Intelligence
How Fast and Flexible Do You Want Your Information, Really?
We should aim not for faster information but faster decision making — not the same things.
Thomas H. Davenport and Jim Hagemann Snabe
Customers
Putting the ‘Relationship’ Back Into CRM
There are three important ways in which customer relationship management (CRM) practices often fail.