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Foundations of Business Analytics — Book Profile

Mar 19, 2025

By CS Team

A brand-new text will be joining our growing CS Business Press catalogue very soon. Foundations of Business Analytics will be releasing this May 2025, ready for Summer sessional courses. Requests for digital review copies are open now and available through our website.

Author Yulia Kosarenko has leveraged her industry expertise and educational background to write this foundational publication. She brings 25 years of experience combining IT and business together in the insurance, education, logistics, banking, payments, real estate, and pension investment industries. Along with her industry experience, Yulia Kosarenko is currently a professor of Business Insights and Analytics at Humber Polytechnic. She is also the author of the books Business Analyst: A Profession and a Mindset and Business Analysis Mindset Digital Toolkit and is active in business analysis and analytics communities, leading webinars, speaking at conferences, developing online courses, and conducting training. 

Within Foundations of Business Analytics, you will find an expertly crafted guide to business analytics, starting from an understanding of the basic concepts of data, information, knowledge, and data life cycle and progressing to the management of analytics projects, the analytics architecture of an enterprise, and classification of analytics solutions.

The text covers key business analysis topics such as the importance of solving the right problem and analyzing stakeholder requirements to develop successful analytics solutions. It lays out a solid foundation of business analytics for those new to the field and professionals alike.

Perfect for business analytics classrooms, Foundations of Business Analytics also includes instructor resources such as a long-running case study, test banks, discussion questions, and PowerPoint slides. There are also pedagogical features including chapter overviews and summaries, practical boxes throughout, questions for critical thought, test your knowledge quizzes, and recommended reading appendices.

To learn more about the upcoming release of Foundations of Business Analytics, Yulia Kosarenko has created an informative video, announcing her forthcoming textbook here. Many more informative videos on this subject and other business topics are available now on her YouTube channel as well. If this sounds like it may be a good fit for your classroom or professional setting, please request a digital review copy from our website today!

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