Seeking 'strategy' in business intelligence literature: Theorizing BI as part of strategy research

Yassine Talaoui; Marko Kohtamäki; Risto Rajala

doi:10.22215/timreview/1387

Seeking 'strategy' in business intelligence literature: Theorizing BI as part of strategy research

Yassine Talaoui^*, Marko Kohtamäki, Risto Rajala

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Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

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This paper connects the business intelligence (BI) literature with research in strategic management by plotting the existing research strands on BI: environmental scanning, competitive intelligence, executive information systems, and business intelligence, against the strategic dimensions of a) orientation (External vs. Internal), b) focus (Content vs. Process), and c) practice realms. The article accordingly offers a new re-conceptualization of BI as a strategic artifact across four strategic clusters: BI as a system, BI as a planned process, BI as a product, and BI as a decisional paradigm. This conceptual article contributes to the literature by integrating disparate views on BI and placing them within the content, process, and practice streams of strategy research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27-37
Number of pages	11
Journal	Technology Innovation Management Review
Volume	10
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1387
Publication status	Published - 30 Sept 2020
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Business intelligence
Conceptualization
Definition
Literature review
Strategy as practice
Strategy content
Strategy process
Strategy realms

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