Cooperation of academic and commercial sphere during the implementation of BI by the means of SaaS

Author

Rozehnal, Petr ; Tvrdikova, Milena

Author_Institution

Fac. of Econ., VSB-TU Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

fYear

2012

fDate

25-28 June 2012

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

64

Abstract

The article deals with the issue of the use of business intelligence (BI) software in the segment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Czech Republic (Moravia-Silesian Region). A similar situation as in the Czech Republic will also is be in Central Europe. Attention is paid mainly to the introduction of BI tools in SMEs. It is discussed the suitability of the SaaS in this type of segment. The results of the survey on ICT use to support decision-making in organizations of SMEs type in the Moravian-Silesian Region are also presented. Following the survey, the cooperation of academic and commercial sphere during the implementation and optimization of BI application in the form of SaaS is discussed.

Keywords

cloud computing; competitive intelligence; decision making; organisational aspects; small-to-medium enterprises; BI; Central Europe; Czech republic; ICT; Moravian-Silesian region; SME; SaaS; academic sphere; business intelligence; commercial sphere; organization decision-making; small and medium-sized enterprises; Cloud Computing; Competitiveness; SMEs; SaaS; Software as a Service; small and medium-sized Entreprises;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Interfaces (ITI), Proceedings of the ITI 2012 34th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cavtat, Dubrovnik

ISSN

1334-2762

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1629-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.2498/iti.2012.0385

Filename

6307980