ASP, the art and science of practice: A comparison of technical and soft skill requirements for analytics and or professionals

Interfaces

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-197

  Liberatore, Matthew ^a   Luo, Wenhong ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytics; OR profession; Professional skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876834306     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1120.0647     Document Type: Article

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