What Businesses Can Learn From Sports Analytics

In professional sports, some teams are becoming sophisticated in using data to measure team and player performance, sports business and health and injury prevention. Sports teams' use of analytics has much to teach other managers about alignment, performance improvement and business ecosystems....

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Published inMIT Sloan management review Vol. 55; no. 4; p. 10
Main Author Davenport, Thomas H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 2014
Subjects
Cameras
Coaches & managers
Data analysis
High school basketball
Postal & delivery services
Professional baseball
Professional soccer
Professional sports
Small business
Software
Statistics
Strategic management
Studies
United States > US
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Summary:In professional sports, some teams are becoming sophisticated in using data to measure team and player performance, sports business and health and injury prevention. Sports teams' use of analytics has much to teach other managers about alignment, performance improvement and business ecosystems. For instance, teams are beginning to assess performance in context, seeing how teams do with or without a particular player. This plus/minus analysis could be a valuable technique for many businesses as well.
ISSN:1532-9194