Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. These "channel" systems helped steer business to American Airlines. ERP systems, RFID , knowledge management, business intelligence) have washed over organizations. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Brad Peters, CEO of Birst, a business intelligence company, raised the issue of incentives and structure with me in an interview at Saleforce.com’s Dreamforce conference. Chief Operating and Finance Officers side-step this issue given the broader power-base of their positions.).

Incentives 8

Incentives Chief Information Officer Business Intelligence Execution 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 26, 2021

Both of these are focused on business intelligence and deep learning with traditional ML at their core. Business-Boosting ROI; predictions with the app allow you to make informed decisions that can increase sales, detect fraud, or estimate paywalls and customer willingness to pay. A Binary Decision?

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Tools Analysis Software Document 97

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. They're simpler to implement than their enterprise-wide counterparts and business people see them as worthwhile and cost-effective.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

On January 25, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants held a press conference to call attention to a new framework for integrated reporting (reporting sustainability information alongside financial information in companies' filings).

Long-term 14

Long-term Sample Report Pharmaceuticals 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2012

Business executives are unaware of the extent to which their staffs routinely reinvent the wheel to get the information they need. Increasingly it's not just the number-crunchers in your organization who use information. And executives can monitor the logic behind business actions by tracking the evolving dialog.

Business Intelligence 13

Business Intelligence Budgeting Report Library 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Front-line sales professionals and managers rarely find the majority of these capabilities useful in winning more business for the company. CRMs today also serve a lot of masters, from executives in the C-suite, technology, marketing, finance, and, oh yeah, sales. The result? Integrate your marketing efforts with sales activity.

CRM 12

CRM Project Succession CIO 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

Here are ways to delegate the work to your analytics technologies: • Next-Gen Business Intelligence (BI) and data visualization. At its core, next-gen business intelligence is bringing data and analytics to life to help companies improve and optimize their decision-making and organizational performance.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

This gave ZF access to top-notch expertise in data analytics and the management of information systems. Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Sales, as well as Production and Quality all produced large amounts of data that could be interesting for data science pilot projects. The hardest part was figuring out how the lab would work.

Company 10

Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The consensus is the challenges facing them will be daunting and organizations will be strained to finance and manage it. The transformation will necessitate substantial investments in finance, technology, human capital, operations, and infrastructure, and a substantial disinvestment of legacy resources in these areas.

Health Care 8

Health Care Industry Business Model Finance 8