Data is one of our most popular yet inadequate. This article provides a comprehensive system to help companies maximize the resource. The contours of the elements needed to transform data into knowledge, and then to business results. Managers need to understand that the human elements - strategy, skills, culture - need to be present along with the technology. Studying the experience of more than 20 companies that have been successful in their data to knowledge efforts. Identifies the critical success factors that must be present in any data to knowledge initiative and offers tips for companies looking to build a strong analytical skills. "Hide
by Thomas H. Davenport, Jeanne G. Harris, David W. DeLong, Alvin Jacobson Source: California Management Review 23 pages. Publication Date: January 1, 2001. Prod. #: CMR194-PDF-ENG