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. The case instructs students in the value of deconstructing an industry into its component parts.

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Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

How to break down the barriers between the analytics community and the business. Data is omnipresent and within our grasp yet business truths are still elusive. Finding meaning in that data requires sifting through droves of extraneous information for business insight.

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Magazine Banking Marketing Analysis 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

As Tom Davenport and DJ Patil note in their October Harvard Business Review article on the rise of the data scientist, the advent of the big data era means that analyzing large, messy, unstructured data is going to increasingly form part of everyone's work. They must know how to construct intelligent hypotheses.

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Skills Pharmaceuticals Sample Business Intelligence 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

In fact, many organizations have figured out how to tune their development processes and create agility in their portfolio to adequately meet time-to-market needs. Think about how you could insert a “smart” machine to look for patterns, coding anomalies, changes in team output or analyze plans for deliverability.

Agility 8

Agility Technology Development Content 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Instead, we need to talk about what social media enables : the ability to collaborate in new ways — which is particularly important for business leaders interested in creating more collaborative, innovative, and engaging organizations. An executive may boast, "We have Twitter and SharePoint, and we're on Facebook."

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Media Marketing Technology Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

They're simpler to implement than their enterprise-wide counterparts and business people see them as worthwhile and cost-effective. A large insurance client of mine recently added a new data visualization tool to its business intelligence toolbox. Finally, changing central IT's role can generate widespread support.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

In the fall of 2014, the HBS-HMS Forum on Health Care Innovation launched the inaugural Health Acceleration Challenge — a “scale up” competition that focuses on compelling solutions to problems in health care delivery that have already been implemented at a small scale and have the potential for wider dissemination.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Cost Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2012

I'm not suggesting that these folks need to run SPSS, or sit in front of a business intelligence tool all day. But they do understand the importance of data in addressing business questions. They know how to build a hypothesis, mine the data, test a solution, and validate. MORE ON CUSTOMER INTELLIGENCE.

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Company Business Intelligence CRM Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Those that successfully harvest vast troves of data can improve productivity; make faster and more accurate decisions; reduce costs; increase competitive advantage; discover new business models and innovations; and better engage customers, employees, and partners. How to Become a Digital Enterprise.

Technology 8

Technology Content Market Segmentation Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Will they integrate with current Business Intelligence systems? So here's some advice on how to make the best of this role and do a better job of seeing the future. So CIOs should avoid relying on just one source, no matter how well respected, and widen the range of events they attend. Is the "cloud" just a passing phase?

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CIO Venture Capitalist Chief Information Officer Conference 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Similar waves of innovative applications of technology (e.g., ERP systems, RFID , knowledge management, business intelligence) have washed over organizations. And IT will need to continuously reduce its spending on "keeping the lights on" to free up resources and mindshare for innovation and problem solving.

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Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

They see intelligent systems as solutions for sales, logistics, manufacturing, and business intelligence challenges. It requires teams that know how to communicate the reality of business problems with those who understand the details of technical solutions. It does not require a Chief of AI.

Technology 8

Technology Hammer Analysis Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2016

It’s the same with data analysts and business intelligence engineers. Ask Twitter how hard it is to gain new users, or ask anyone over 40 how to use Snapchat. Every company will need to figure out how to get consumers to use its product. How does the consumer feel? What does the consumer want?

Company 8

Company Creativity Outsourcing Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

Cybersecurity isn''t just about compliance with laws and regulation — it''s about guarding businesses from the increasing dangers of persistent threats. As importantly, an effective cybersecurity framework has to overcome barriers to continued economic growth — creating an environment that protects and nurtures innovation.

Cooper 8

Cooper CIO Risk Management Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

more likely to use data to benchmark customers and advise them on how to realize greater value. more likely to empower employees with access to self-service business intelligence and data visualization tools. Human Capital Management and Employee Productivity. Digital leaders are 2.6x

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Company Operations Human Capital Business Model 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.

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Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

From IT’s perspective, our company’s Intelligent Technology Index , a survey of 403 senior IT professionals, found that 61% believe mining big data for business intelligence has already had a business impact, followed by the Internet of Things (48%), digital audience expansion (41%), and geotagging and geo-tracking of consumers (39%).

Marketing 8

Marketing Enterprise Architecture Technology Project 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Over the past few years, most businesses have come to recognize that the ability to collect and analyze the data they generate has become a key source of competitive advantage. We needed to shield the team from being flooded by business intelligence reporting projects. Hard data had to play a major role in the solution.

Company 10

Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

Industrial age measures can''t evaluate Serendipity Economy results, leaving its outcomes like invention and innovation, process improvements, and new businesses relegated to the evidence of anecdote. Google''s CIO on How to Make Your IT Department Great. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. IT management'

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CTO Franchising CIO Short-term 8