Advanced Business Analytics Essentials for Developing a Competitive

The present book provides an enterprise-wide guide for anyone interested in pursuing analytic methods in order to compete effectively. It supplements more general texts on statistics and data mining by providing an introduction from leading practitioners

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anced Business Analytics Essentials for Developing a Competitive Advantage

Advanced Business Analytics

Saumitra N. Bhaduri David Fogarty •

Advanced Business Analytics Essentials for Developing a Competitive Advantage

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David Fogarty University of Liverpool Merseyside, Liverpool UK

Saumitra N. Bhaduri Madras School of Economics Chennai, Tamil Nadu India

ISBN 978-981-10-0726-2 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0727-9

ISBN 978-981-10-0727-9

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Contents

1

Introduction and Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

Severity of Dormancy Model (SDM): Reckoning the Customers Before They Quiescent. . . . . . . . . With contribution from S. Raja Sethu Durai 2.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Severity of Dormancy Model. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.1 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.2 Severity of Dormancy Model. . . . . . 2.2.3 Prediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.4 Estimation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 Variables Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 Beyond Conventional Dormancy Model . . . . 2.7 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

Double Hurdle Model: Not if, but When Will Customer Attrite? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . With contribution from S. Raja Sethu Durai 3.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Double Hurdle