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Data: The Prerequisite for Everything Analytical--How to Manage Your Data for More Effective General Management
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-5741BC-EStrategyFor too long, managers have relied on their intuition or their "golden gut" to make decisions. Important decisions have been based not on data, but on the experience and unaided judgment of the decision maker. Sometimes intuitive and experience-based decisions work out well, but all too often they go astray, end in disaster, or result in money being left on the table. If you think that your organization ought to make more decisions based on facts...Starting at €8.20
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Leadership: The Deciding DELTA Factor--The Human Element Behind Analytical Mastery
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-5745BC-EStrategyThere is no doubt that to be a full-fledged analytical competitor, you need the CEO in your corner. However, there is also no doubt that almost any employee can move an organization in a more analytical direction. In this chapter you will learn how you can make your organization more analytical, advocate for more fact-based decision making, and encourage your employees to become analytical leaders themselves, regardless of your position. By descr...Starting at €8.20
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Embed Analytics in Business Processes: A How-To Guide
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-5751BC-EStrategyIf you really want to put analytics to work in your organization, you need to make them an integral part of everyday business decisions and business processes. A cross-functional process perspective enables you to appreciate how different parts of the business work together (or fail miserably in doing so) and to identify all the ways analytics might be used to create a better outcome for the enterprise. In this chapter, the authors of Competing o...Starting at €8.20
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Global Beauty Made in Brazil (Spanish version)
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-807S26EntrepreneurshipExplores the globalization strategies of Natura, Brazil's largest cosmetics company. Founded in 1969, Natura grew using a direct selling model. Led by its three founders, the firm made distinctive use of Brazil's diversity and became characterized by high ethical and environmental standards. Natura began to seek international markets in 1982, but experienced many setbacks until surviving the economic crisis in Argentina in 2001. The company opene...Starting at €8.20
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Nature of Analytical Competition: Using Analytics to Build a Distinctive Capability
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.Book Chapter HBS-2193BC-EWhat does it mean to compete on analytics and how can companies move in that direction? This chapter lays out the general ideas around analytical competition, providing a few examples from the worlds of business and sports. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 1 of "Competing on Analytics."Starting at €8.20
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Analytics and Business Performance: Transforming the Ability to Compete on Analytics into a Lasting Competitive Advantage
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.Book Chapter HBS-2197BC-EThis chapter explores the links between the extensive use of analytics and business performance, describing how several highly successful companies have transformed their ability to compete analytically into a key point of differentiation and long-term competitive advantage. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 3 of "Competing on Analytics."Starting at €8.20
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Competing on Analytics with External Processes: Customer and Supplier Applications
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.Book Chapter HBS-2199BC-EBecause externally focused processes require cooperation from outsiders, as well as their resources, managing analytics related to external processes is a greater challenge than managing those related to processes within an organization's complete control. This chapter addresses applications of analytics to external relationships with customers and suppliers. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 5 of "Competing on Analytics."Starting at €8.20
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Managing Analytical People: Cultivating the Scarce Ingredient That Makes Analytics Work
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.Book Chapter HBS-2201BC-EWhen most people visualize business analytics, they think of computers, software, and printouts or screens full of numbers. What they should be envisioning, however, are their fellow human beings. This chapter addresses the most important factor in making a company analytical: its people. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 7 of "Competing on Analytics."Starting at €8.20
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Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining (B)
Musacchio, Aldo; Khanna, Tarun; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-713012-EEconomicsSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Cosan: Thinking Outside the Barrel
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Maurer, Noel; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-710017-EEconomicsThe Cosan case introduces students and executive education participants to political economy and business strategy in the biofuels industry. Cosan, based in Brazil, is the largest grower and processor of sugarcane in the world, and the largest sugar and ethanol producer in Brazil; it is also the world's largest exporter of ethanol for vehicle fuels. Rubens Ometto, Cosan's CEO, has staked out a leading position in the Brazilian ethanol and sugar i...Starting at €8.20