Business intelligence techniques can help an organization obtain and process relevant accounting data quickly and cost efficiently. Such techniques include, query and reporting tools, online analytical processing (OLAP), statistical analysis, text mining, data mining, and visualization. Business Intelligence Techniques is a compilation of chapters written by experts in these various areas. While these chapters stand of their own, taken together they provide a comprehensive overview of how to exploit accounting data in the business environment.

Combines a rather established area (accounting) with the fast developing field of business intelligence Shows how to use information technology to improve traditional accounting methods, giving management quicker and more cost efficient information Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
1 Historical Overview of Accounting Information Systems.- 2 Importance of Data in Decision-Making.- 3 Populating the Accounting Data Warehouse.- 4 The Accounting Centric Data Warehouse TM.- 5 XBRL; A New Tool For Electronic Financial Reporting.- 6 Online Analytical Processing in Accounting.- 7 Bankruptcy Prediction Using Neural Networks.- 8 Visualization of Patterns in Accounting Data with Self-organizing Maps.- 9 Visual Representations of Accounting Information.- 10 Alignment of AIS with Business Intelligence Requirements.- 11 A Methodology for Developing Business Intelligence Systems.- 12 An 00 Approach to Designing Business Intelligence Systems.- 13 Evaluating Business Intelligence: A Balanced Scorecard Approach.- 14 A Stakeholder Model of Business Intelligence.- References.- List of Contributors.