Investigating the Incorporation of Big Data in Management Information Systems

In a world that is more and more driven by data, decision makers are provided with a huge amount of information. However, while this appears to be a good development, they also face the challenge of getting through those masses to get to the actually important insights. To ease this task for managers that oversee highly complex situations, management information systems (MIS) provide valuable support. While those systems were usually drawing from internal data sources that were rather structured, for several years the paradigm of big data has been on the rise. This however brings not only new possibilities for gaining insights, but also additional challenges. To help in dealing with those, the publication at hand presents a review of the literature that considers the incorporation of big data in MIS and reflects on current trends as well as challenges for future researchers.