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Decision Support News
D. J. Power, Editor
March 3, 2013             Vol. 14, No. 05


In this issue

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


1) How can decision support create competitive advantage?

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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2) Keynote at Asia-Pacific Institute of Management

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.

3) New book by Dan Power

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.

4) Recent DSS News Headlines

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.

5) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences/Call for Papers/Books

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

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