Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Recent data has shown the top 1,500 companies worldwide increased their R&D by 12 percent in 2011, as they have identified the need to maintain their edge in their respective industries. Investing in research and development helps to establish this culture and ensure the company will remain ahead of the curve.

Organization 59

Organization Open-book Innovation Technology 59

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market.

Magazine 52

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 52

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

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Magazine 50

Magazine Banking Marketing Analysis 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

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Tools 56

Tools Black-Scholes Rogers Magazine 56

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

His friend, Dr. Shiping Liu, founder and CEO of Global Business Intelligence Consulting Co., agreed and added, "More and more of my clients are making sustainability a core part of their business strategy and they want to be able to report on this, with integrated reporting being the best way for them to do so.". Stay tuned.

Long-term 14

Long-term Sample Report Pharmaceuticals 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

A May 2011 McKinsey Global Institute study on big data analytics predicted a coming shortfall of around 150,000 people with deep analytical skills – and a shortfall of 1.5 million business people with the know-how to put big data analytics to use. There is widespread recognition of the shortage of analytical professionals.

How To 8

How To Competitive Intelligence Information Technology McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

GDP, according to Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner , venture-backed companies made up more than 11% of public firms as of 2011, with a total market value of $25.9 Though venture capital funds account for only about 0.2% Moreover, those public firms employed 6% of the public-company workforce. economy and on employment.

Venture Funding 8

Venture Funding Entrepreneur CRM Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2012

The good news is that as information usage increases business intelligence tools are building support for communities of users. And executives can monitor the logic behind business actions by tracking the evolving dialog. So called "collaborative BI tools" offer a way to access, view, refine, and comment on existing reports.

Business Intelligence 14

Business Intelligence Budgeting Report Library 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

Splunk, a leader in business intelligence founded in 2003, is still holding onto the perpetual licensing model, even for new product lines it has launched. For example, consider Zynga’s decision, announced in 2011, to build its own datacenters.

Business Model 8

Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

In 2011, Medicare spent 28%, or about $170 billion, on patients’ last six months of life — and much of the spend not only did not extend patients’ lives, in many cases, it shortened them. Not only is this terrible for patients and their families, it is also costing the health care system billions of dollars.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Cost Self-aware 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market.

Resources 50

Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

It languished for months until 7/11/2011, during the company''s birthday celebration, when franchise managers started sharing merchandizing practices. Technology investments work the same way. Take for example 7-Eleven, a company that implemented enterprise social networking with no idea as to it eventual use.

CTO 8

CTO Franchising CIO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

According to a recent JPMorgan/GIIN report , impact investors invested nearly $11 billion across 4,900 deals in 2013, up 250% from 2011. Joel Jackson (a 2011 Echoing Green fellow) launched Mobius Motors as a social purpose car manufacturer to democratize transportation in East Africa. social entrepreneurs now have more options.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Apparel Transportation Fashion 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Today, there’s an investment seemingly every week; venture-capital investment in the tech sector increased from less than $30 million in 2011 to more than $1 billion in 2013. And we counted 10 local exits in 2014. We invested in the company in 2012 through our fund, with the government contributing 85%, and U.S.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8