What Businesses Can Learn From Sports Analytics

• Published in: MIT Sloan management review Vol. 55; no. 4; p. 10
• Main Author: Davenport, Thomas H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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....