Decision Support News
 
D. J. Power, Editor
 
March 3, 2013             Vol. 14, No. 05 
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1) How can decision support create competitive advantage? 
2) Keynote at Asia-Pacific Institute of Management 
3) New book by Dan Power 
4) Recent DSS News Headlines 
5) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences/Call for Papers 
 
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1) 
How can decision support create competitive advantage?
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by Daniel Power 
Editor, DSSResources.com 
  
Managers want to create capabilities that provide a competitive 
advantage. Decision support, analytics and business intelligence 
can provide advantage, but the mere existance of a capability 
does not create sustainable advantage. Understanding how a proposed 
decision support capability may provide advantage is crucial to 
evaluating opportunities. Also, it is important to assess how 
likely it is that a successful implementation will provide advantage. 
  
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http://dssresources.com/faq/index.php?action=artikel&id=262 
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2) Keynote at Asia-Pacific Institute of Management
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Feb. 21-22, 2013 Dan Power was in New Delhi to deliver the
keynote at the opening session of International Conference On
Leveraging Information Technology for Competitive Advantage 
Organized by the Asia-Pacific Institute of Management.  Check
online. 
Dan Power's new book "Decision Support, Analytics, and Business Intelligence, Second Edition" should be in stock Feb. 15, 2013. This revised and expanded edition is targeted to busy managers and MBA students who need to grasp the basics of computerized decision support. Overall the book addresses 61 fundamental questions relevant to understanding computerized decision support. 
Order online. 
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4) Recent DSS News Headlines
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03/1/2013 SAP® Scouting Solution enables sports franchises to draft players more efficiently. Check release. 
02/28/2013 Big data market - Global scenario, trends, industry analysis 2012 - 2018. Check release. 
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5) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences/Call for Papers/Books
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1."Big Data in the Heartland" MWAIS 2013 May 24-25, 
2013 in Normal, Illinois. Papers due March 11, 2013.
Click here
  
2. Call for IS/T book proposals. 
Click here 
  
3. Call for papers: AMCIS BI&KM (SIGDSS), Chicago 
August 15-17, 2013.
Click here
  
 
Order Dan Power's new Decision Support book 
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