10 Reasons Why Location Analytics Should be Taught in Business Schools
- Businesses exist to add value.
- Location is vital to all aspects of business.
- Location analytics adds value to business.
- Location analytics are increasingly used in decision making in business.
- Location analytics enables businesses to achieve their mission, serve their customers, and benefit society.
- The world of business is in a state of continual change.
- Location analytics enables businesses not only to manage current operations, but to plan for and enable change.
- Cultivating location analytics skills increases an individual employee's value to a current or future employer.
- Adding location analytics courses and programs helps any School of Business become more vibrant and relevant for their campus and the greater society.
- Location analytical tools, data, and output increasingly exist in a cloud-based environment, which offers a rich platform for collaborating, analyzing, and communicating.
Slides
There is an in-depth set of slides that further expand on these 10 key reasons (the a20 PDF).
Feel free to use all or a subset of the slides that expand these messages, located here:
https://community.esri.com/t5/education-blog/curricular-resources-and-messaging-for-teaching-location/ba-p/884279?attachment-id=24388
Feel free to also use this set of slides that explains why location analytics is important in business teaching, learning, and research: https://community.esri.com/t5/education-blog/messaging-case-studies-curricular-resources-and/ba-p/884279?attachment-id=68170
For More Information
To learn more, see the Location Analytics in Business Education landing page.
