Improving the use of analytics and big data by changing the decision-making culture: A design approach

Management Decision

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 2074-2088

  Frisk, Jane Elisabeth ^a   Bannister, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Big data; Business analytics; Business intelligence; Decision making; Decision making culture; Design approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 85033720742     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-07-2016-0460     Document Type: Article

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