Building a community in business analytics

While the business world is often associated with competition rather than collaboration, a faculty member at UBC’s Sauder School of Business is launching an open platform to connect interactive learning materials and real-world problem solving — with the goal of creating a hub for the business analytics community. 

Harish Krishnan, professor of operations and logistics at UBC Sauder, has been involved in the Masters of Business Analytics program since its inception. Realized with the help of a Teaching and Learning Fund (TLEF) grant, his Analytics@Sauder platform was inspired by open code repositories used in disciplines like data science and computer science, and aims to build a community around the interactive resource and support the development of these highly sought-after skills. 

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