LeBow students are uniquely positioned to address descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, prescriptive and pre-emptive questions across the business analytics lifecycle from the corporate generation of data through the application and impact on managerial and leadership decision-making and innovation. Ranked second in a Computerworld survey on the most difficult skills to find, Business Analytics expertise is not only scarce, but in demand. McKinsey Global Institute reports that the United States could face a shortage of between 140,000 and 190,000 individuals who possess Business Analytics skills and an additional 1.5 million managers with the skills to implement the results.