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Evaluation of Executive Information Systems

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Managers considering the acquisition of an executive information system (EIS) must address the following questions: Can EISs match our managerial needs and support analytical decision making in our organization? How widely at the management levels can they be introduced? Are they easy to learn, easy to use, and easily customizable? Do they utilize the most modern information technology, e.g. graphics? Will they work in our computer network?

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Partanen, K., Savolainen, V. (1999). Evaluation of Executive Information Systems. In: Perspectives of Information Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1464-9_9

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