The secrets to managing business analytics projects

MIT Sloan Management Review

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-69

  Viaene, Stijn ^a   Van Den Bunder, Annabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

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