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10. Delivering Internal Business Intelligence Services: How Different Strategies Allow Companies to Succeed by Failing Fast

Author : Rubén A. Mendoza

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Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter reviews opportunities and issues propelling and limiting the success of business intelligence and analytics services for a company’s internal use. We describe three strategies for providing these services internally (on-premises, cloud, and hybrid) and explore issues of importance in the shaping of current demand and of future offerings by web-based providers. It also discusses opportunities for the development of academic curricula to offer better training to graduate and improve recruiting outcomes for organizations and for the development of more relevant academic research to address topics of current and strategic importance to the firm.

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Metadata
Title
Delivering Internal Business Intelligence Services: How Different Strategies Allow Companies to Succeed by Failing Fast
Author
Rubén A. Mendoza
Copyright Year
2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93299-6_10

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