You have more information at hand about your business
environment than ever before. But are you using it to "out-think"
your rivals? If not, you may be missing out on a potent competitive
tool. In "Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning" ,
Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris argue that the frontier
for using data to make decisions has shifted dramatically. Certain
high-performing enterprises are now building their competitive
strategies around data-driven insights that in turn generate
impressive business results. Their secret weapon: Analytics:
sophisticated quantitative and statistical analysis and predictive
modeling. Exemplars of analytics are using new tools to identify
their most profitable customers and offer them the right price, to
accelerate product innovation, to optimize supply chains, and to
identify the true drivers of financial performance. A wealth of
examples - from organizations as diverse as Amazon, Barclay''s,
Capital One, Harrah''s, Procter Gamble, Wachovia, and the
Boston Red Sox - illuminate how to leverage the power of
analytics.
關於作者:
Thomas H. Davenport is the President s Distinguished Professor
of Information Technology and Management at Babson College. Jeanne
G. Harris is Executive Research Fellow and Director of Research for
the Accenture Institute for High Performance Business.