Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Risk management isn't exclusive to banking. Investments in database software, servers, storage, and business intelligence tools continue apace. Reports last week in the New York Times cited organizational discord at JPMorgan Chase as contributors to the company's multi-billion dollar trading loss.

Merchandising 11

Merchandising Risk Management Supply Chain Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

A large insurance client of mine recently added a new data visualization tool to its business intelligence toolbox. The displays are so fresh and intuitive that even business users wed to their spreadsheets have been requesting the tool.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2017

Firms still use statistics packages, spreadsheets, data warehouses and marts, visual analytics, and business intelligence tools. Most large organizations are beginning to explore open source software, but they still use substantial numbers of proprietary analytics tools as well.

Open-book 8

Open-book Software Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

In March this year, for example, it hosted a two-day session in co-operation with the World Bank, various UN agencies, and the Qatar Computing Research Institute to study data around poverty and corruption. This approach works well in business. We recently participated in a data-dive type process at a major telecommunications company.

Analysis 8

Analysis Storytelling Brainstorming Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

And given the complexities involved in building up competitive IT weaponry, businesses won by out-spending and out-resourcing their opponents. Only the largest of enterprises could afford the best technologies, and even for those with the largest bank accounts, IT strategies were limited to basics like CRM , ERP , or email.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

ERP systems, RFID , knowledge management, business intelligence) have washed over organizations. IT went from being a potential source of competitive advantage to being a necessity for competitive parity. Similar waves of innovative applications of technology (e.g., Competitors copy or suppliers commoditize to erase these advantages.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

Critical industry sectors from energy and banking to transportation and health care answer to different government agencies or regulators. Risk intelligence is perhaps more valuable in 21st century business than conventional business intelligence. Certainly, the environment is complex.

Cooper 8

Cooper CIO Risk Management Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

Big Data is what enables banks to predict credit card fraud by analyzing billions of transactions, marketers to understand customer sentiment by analyzing millions of interactions on social media, and retailers to target promotions and offers by analyzing millions of purchases.

Power 8

Power Health Care Information Technology Loyalty 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) is an idea that has oscillated through many hype cycles over many years, as scientists and sci-fi visionaries have declared the imminent arrival of thinking machines. But it seems we’re now at an actual tipping point. Moore’s Law ), smarter analytics engines, and the surge in data.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist EVA Travel Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

Such an environment enables businesses to move, manage, and mobilize the ever-increasing amount of data across the organization for consumption faster than previously possible. bank adopted such a technology environment to more efficiently manage increasing data volumes for its customer analytics projects. For example, a U.S.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

But doing something as uncertain as starting a business when you could go to work for a big bank or, even better, the government, was countercultural for the best and brightest a decade ago. 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