Data & Data Culture
Google’s Dance with Government
Google and the U.S. government are uneasy dance partners when it comes to data and privacy.
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Data & Data Culture
Is Digital Advertising a New Form of Market Manipulation?
Social media and digital advertising are colliding. Could this lead to market manipulation?
Analytics & Business Intelligence
How Analytics is Giving Fashion a Makeover
Recommendation engine StyleSeek is relying on data to drive business decisions — every single one of them.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
The Relevance of Data: Going Behind The Scenes at LinkedIn
Deepak Agarwal, LinkedIn’s director of relevance science, details how his company uses data and analytics.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Omnichannel Retailing and Data Analytics: Leveling the Playing Field
The new world of omnichannel retailing includes physical, online and mobile channels.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Big Data That’s Good for the Public
The promise of an EU project is linked information about markets, trends, competitors, products and consumers.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Transparency as a Competitive Advantage: Think Very Carefully About Communicating Your Data Sharing Initiatives
Will consumers start to resist data-sharing, or is it inevitable that we’re moving into a new era of diminished privacy?
Analytics & Business Intelligence
A Process of Continuous Innovation: Centralizing Analytics at Caesars
Q&A with Caesars’ chief analytics officer on centralizing the company’s analytics functions.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
The Pitfalls of Using Online and Social Data in Big Data Analysis
Social media platforms offer a biased representation of the data based on societal factors.
Data & Data Culture
Big Data’s Travails Don’t Mean It’s Derailed
Big Data tests corporate patience, but breakthroughs on big questions are emerging.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
How eBay Uses Data and Analytics to Get Closer to Its (Massive) Customer Base
Neel Sundaresan, senior research director at eBay, discusses how eBay uses analytics at every level.
Data & Data Culture
When Competition Shifts From the Known to the Unknown
Governments and large companies may turn Big Data into a new source of concentrated power.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Analyzing Performance in Service Organizations
Balanced benchmarking helps companies test their assumptions about service productivity.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Big Data and Big Change Management: A Path Forward
Organizations that deal with big data analytics often grapple with change management.
Educating Executives Online in Four Dimensions
During a recent Exec Ed course, Big Data: Making Complex Things Simpler, MIT Sloan offered its first-ever virtual 4Dx course.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Predicting the Performance of Analytics Talent
How to hire the right talent to overcome big data project failures.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Reimagining the Possible with Data Analytics? Some Answers to Your Questions
During our webinar, we described those characteristics that define each group, and what your organization can do to become more like Analytical Innovators.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
How Analytics Can Transform Business Models
By delivering deep analytical insights to its clients, Entravision was able to enter new markets.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Lessons From Analytical Innovators
Analytics researchers present their findings on the characteristics of “Analytical Innovators.”
Competitive Advantage with Data? Maybe … Maybe Not
IBM chairman, president and CEO Virginia Rometty has been espousing a bold new future built upon big data.