Enhancing the business value of business intelligence: The role of shared knowledge and assimilation

Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-105

  Elbashir, Mohamed Z ^a   Collier, Philip A ^b   Sutton, Steve G ^c   Davern, Michael J ^b   Leech, Stewart A ^b  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

BI assimilation; BI business value; Business analytics; Business intelligence; Chief information officers; Shared knowledge; Strategic IT alignment; Top management team

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889828179     PISSN: 08887985     EISSN: 15587959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/isys-50563     Document Type: Article

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