Abstract
Most information system (IS) theories arise from Western research and the transferability of these theories to other cultures is under-researched. Business intelligence (BI) has topped CIOs’ technology priority list for years and BI is the largest IT spend at present. Chinese BI software markets have great potential because Chinese economy supports its technological development. China adopts a different culture and a different management philosophy to the Western organizations. Guanxi and constructs from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) are applied in two large Chinese organizations, where UTAUT constructs cannot explain managerial BI system use. A model of Chinese BI use (MCBIU) is proposed to fill this gap, and this model is the major theoretical contribution of the research paper. This research also contributes to practice by improving Chinese managers’, BI consultants’ and developers’ understanding of the topic.
Recommended Citation
Song, Yuri; Arnott, David; and Gao, Caddie, "A Model of Business Intelligence Systems Use in Chinese Organizations" (2017). ACIS 2017 Proceedings. 48.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2017/48