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Big Data's Management Revolution

Harvard Business Review

Big data has the potential to revolutionize management. Simply put, because of big data, managers can measure, and hence know, radically more about their businesses, and directly translate that knowledge into improved decision making and performance. Of course, companies such as Google and Amazon are already doing this.

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Case Study: Can an Airline Cut “Turn Times” Without Adding Staff?

Harvard Business Review

As president of RSA Ground, the subsidiary of Rising Sun Airlines responsible for servicing its planes at airports across Japan, he’d been under enormous pressure in recent months. But not ever as fast as the manager wants!” ” “Where is the manager?” ” “I’m Toshi. It gets better.

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Yes, Managing IT Is Your Job

Harvard Business Review

"Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. It told how American Airlines and others had introduced systems to help their customers choose their products and services. These "channel" systems helped steer business to American Airlines.