Management challenges in creating value from business analytics

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 626-639

  Vidgen, Richard ^a   Shaw, Sarah ^b   Grant, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytics; Delphi; Ecosystem; Management challenges; Value creation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGERS;

ANALYTICS; BUSINESS ANALYTICS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DATA AND INFORMATION; DELPHI; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; VALUE CREATION;

ADVANCED ANALYTICS;

EID: 85017448912     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.02.023     Document Type: Article

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