Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

In pre-Big Data days, for example, a hotel chain used some pretty sophisticated mathematics, data mining, and time series analysis to coordinate its yield management pricing and promotion efforts. For the most part, local managers followed the yield management rules. The forensics took weeks; the data were fine.

Hotels 10

Hotels Yield Management Discount Price 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

In pre-Big Data days, for example, a hotel chain used some pretty sophisticated mathematics, data mining, and time series analysis to coordinate its yield management pricing and promotion efforts. For the most part, local managers followed the yield management rules. The forensics took weeks; the data were fine.

Hotels 8

Hotels Yield Management Discount Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

A recent project we did for FVA, a branch of the German trade association VDMA for companies that provide drive-train systems and components, bears this out. Managers know this means they must manage expectations and shift mindsets to appreciate the case for change.

Innovation 8

Innovation Maturity Engineering Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

However, using personal data (emails, calendars, etc) and spreadsheets, some practitioners are developing personal yield management tools. Physiological systems" experiments. How do changes in nutrition, fitness, or sleep affect your job performance and productivity?

Organization 12

Organization Self-aware Taylorism Taylor 12