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Energy technology predictions that will really come true
History repeats itself, so the saying goes. If so, energy technology predictions would be easy to make. However, given the difficulty of predicting next year’s fashion trends, let ...
Decision tree software: using Analytica as a powerful alternative
When analyzing a situation or a problem, should you draw a decision tree or should you map out an influence diagram? If you have decision tree software, you may ...
Business impact analysis for disaster recovery planning & beyond
Business impact analysis (BIA) is a stage in the disaster recovery planning process, in which organizations seek to prepare for business interruptions with a plan to surmount ...
Influence diagrams and a Darwinian take on decision support graphics
Like biological species, the graphics used in decision support have a story to tell of origins, evolution and even a few missing links. Influence diagrams represent one of the ...
Enterprise risk management & handling concentration risk
Concentration risk is a term that is used frequently in financial institutions to describe a risk that is significantly greater than others; for example, lending a high amount of ...
Business modeling: keeping up with a moving target
Tomorrow, today’s business model will be yesterday’s. Behind that self-evident observation lies an uncomfortable fact. The rate of change of such models has accelerated over ...
Business modeling: the sandbox theory & cybernetics
In IT, the term ‘sandbox’ is used to denote a computing environment specifically designed for experimentation or test of a program, without the risk of malfunction then affecting ...
Operations management practice: between supply chain & value chain
Is there anything in a business that is not covered by operations management practice? By definition, all of an enterprise’s internal processes are included: supply chain for ...
