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Big Data MBA

Driving Business Strategies with Data Science
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Big Data MBA by Bill Schmarzo offers practical insights into harnessing big data analytics to drive business value, tailored for professionals seeking to integrate data-driven decision-making within their organisations. The book guides readers on how to identify and exploit business opportunities through big data, focusing on the strategic use of data analytics. It also provides methodologies to develop innovative business models and improve operational efficiency, making it invaluable for those looking to leverage data to spur business transformation.
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You might enjoy this book if you're keen on leveraging big data for business innovation and value creation. It offers practical insights into how companies can use data analytics to drive business strategy and improve decision-making processes. Ideal for business leaders, data analysts, and anyone interested in the intersection of data science and strategic business planning.

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Integrate big data into business to drive competitive advantage and sustainable success Big Data MBA brings insight and expertise to leveraging big data in business so you can harness the power of analytics and gain a true business advantage.

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Integrate big data into business to drive competitive advantage and sustainable success

Big Data MBA brings insight and expertise to leveraging big data in business so you can harness the power of analytics and gain a true business advantage. Based on a practical framework with supporting methodology and hands-on exercises, this book helps identify where and how big data can help you transform your business.

You'll learn how to exploit new sources of customer, product, and operational data, coupled with advanced analytics and data science, to optimise key processes, uncover monetisation opportunities, and create new sources of competitive differentiation. The discussion includes guidelines for operationalising analytics, optimal organisational structure, and using analytic insights throughout your organisation's user experience to customers and front-end employees alike. You'll learn to β€œthink like a data scientist” as you build upon the decisions your business is trying to make, the hypotheses you need to test, and the predictions you need to produce.

Business stakeholders no longer need to relinquish control of data and analytics to IT. In fact, they must champion the organisation's data collection and analysis efforts. This book is a primer on the business approach to analytics, providing the practical understanding you need to convert data into opportunity.

  • Understand where and how to leverage big data
  • Integrate analytics into everyday operations
  • Structure your organisation to drive analytic insights
  • Optimise processes, uncover opportunities, and stand out from the rest
  • Help business stakeholders to β€œthink like a data scientist”
  • Understand appropriate business application of different analytic techniques

If you want data to transform your business, you need to know how to put it to use. Big Data MBA shows you how to implement big data and analytics to make better decisions.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119181118

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 February 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 188.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 544g

Pages: 320

About the Author

BILL SCHMARZO is the chief technology officer of the Big Data Practice of EMC Global Services. He is responsible for setting the strategy and defining the big data service offerings and capabilities for EMC Global Services. He also works directly with organizations to help them identify where and how to start their big data journeys. In addition, Schmarzo is the author of Big Data: Understanding How Data Powers Big Business from Wiley.

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