Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning

  • 10h 50m 13s
  • Jeanne G. Harris, Thomas H. Davenport
  • Recorded Books, Inc.
  • 2017

In Competing on Analytics, Davenport and Harris explain how analytics are transforming the basis of competition in industry after industry. They show how organizations as diverse as Procter & Gamble, Capital One, CEMEX, and the Boston Red Sox are using these tools to outperform rivals, by applying analytics to finance, manufacturing, R&D, and HR and with customers and suppliers. Presenting a practical framework of the five stages of analytical competition, this book provides managers with the road map for becoming an analytical competitor.

In this Audiobook

  • Chapter 1 - The Nature of Analytical Competition: Using Analytics to Build a Distinctive Capability
  • Chapter 2 - What Makes an Analytical Competitor? Defining the Common Key Attributes of Such Companies
  • Chapter 3 - Analytics and Business Performance: Transforming the Ability to Compete on Analytics into a Lasting Competitive Advantage
  • Chapter 4 - Competing on Analytics with Internal Processes: Financial, M&A, Operations, R&D, and Human Resource Applications
  • Chapter 5 - Competing on Analytics with External Processes: Customer and Supplier Applications
  • Chapter 6 - A Road Map to Enhanced Analytical Capabilities: Progressing Through the Five Stages of Analytical Maturity
  • Chapter 7 - Managing Analytical People: Cultivating the Scarce Ingredient That Makes Analytics Work
  • Chapter 8 - The Architecture of Analytics and Big Data: Aligning a Robust Technical Environment with Business Strategies
  • Chapter 9 - The Future of Analytical Competition: Approaches Driven by Technology, Human Factors, and Business Strategy