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Business Intelligence Definition

In today's volatile business environment organisations need effective information systems to support decision making. Managers don’t just need access to raw data, they require processes and refined information that will help them to make decisions. Business Intelligence (BI), through the use of a broad category of management information systems, can assist organisations with this difficult task (Kalakota & Robinson, 1999; Liautaud & Hammond, 2000).

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Business Intelligence References

  • Alan, R.S. and Shaffer, S.L. (2001) Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence for e-Commerce. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, USA.
  • Kalakota, R. and Robinson, M. (1999) E-Business 2.0, 2nd ed, Peasrson Education, Canada.
  • Liautaud, B. and Hammond, M. (2000) e-Business Intelligence. McGraw Hill, USA.

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