The statistic shows the leading benefits of business intelligence and data analytics to business organizations in the United States, according to a 2015 survey conducted by the Harvard Business Review Analytics Service. As of 2015, 59 percent of respondents felt that the ability to access data any time, anywhere was an important benefit of business intelligence and data analytics to their organization.
What are the most important benefits of business intelligence and data analytics for your organization?*
* The source does not provide the original wording of the question posed during the survey. The wording of the question chosen for this statistic may therefore differ slightly from the original. Multiple responses were possible.
The graph depicts the proportion of respondents who gave a particular characteristic a score of 8, 9, or 10 on a 10-point scale, where 1 was unimportant and 10 was extremely important.
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Harvard Business Review. (December 1, 2015). What are the most important benefits of business intelligence and data analytics for your organization?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/500145/united-states-survey-business-intelligence-data-analytics-benefits/
Harvard Business Review. "What are the most important benefits of business intelligence and data analytics for your organization?*." Chart. December 1, 2015. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/500145/united-states-survey-business-intelligence-data-analytics-benefits/
Harvard Business Review. (2015). What are the most important benefits of business intelligence and data analytics for your organization?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/500145/united-states-survey-business-intelligence-data-analytics-benefits/
Harvard Business Review. "What Are The Most Important Benefits of Business Intelligence and Data Analytics for Your Organization?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/500145/united-states-survey-business-intelligence-data-analytics-benefits/
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