Frontiers of Business Intelligence and Analytics
To understand definitions regarding the taxonomy of BI, read this paper, where an example of the methodology in the research process is used. It also discusses how the taxonomy for BI and analysis was developed, how it is applied, and an analysis of the current status with predicted development for the next wave or 3.0 of BI, as well as potential gaps. A clear diagram of the taxonomy development process is shown in Figure 6. While a picture is worth a thousand words, sometimes you must explain complex processes narratively.
Research design
Definition of scope
We follow the recommendation of Vom Brocke et al. and characterize our literature review according to the taxonomy introduced by Cooper (see Fig. 4). The focus of the literature review is on research outcomes and theories in the research area of information systems. The goal is to receive existing BI & A 3.0 publications in the field of information systems research. According to Strike and Posner, integration can be divided into three sub goals: Generalization, resolution of conflicts and development of linguistic bridges. The review at hand focuses on generalization, as the literature is summarized with regard to BI & A 3.0, based on defined characteristics by Chen et al. The criticism and identification of central issues are secondary objectives, mainly resulting from the derivation and analysis of the literature in scope. Regarding the category organization, we perceive the work as historical, because we solely consider articles in the past from 2010 to 2018. BI & A 3.0 is the underlying concept of the literature review at hand. Consequently, we position the review as conceptual. The form of the methodical organization is out of scope. The perspective is neutral, since we do not defend a certain position in IS research. Our literature review addresses experts for BI & A as main audience. This includes mainly researchers and lecturers, secondly interested big data practitioners. The coverage of the literature is both, representative and exhaustive/selective. As BI & A 3.0 is a quite new phenomenon, we set a wide scope for the covered literature instead of covering only a small number of qualitative outlets done by the review of Günther et al. Therefore, the literature search covers most of the A+, A, B and Top 30 C journals according to the VHB-JOURQUAL 3 ranking - subset for information systems. In total, 65 journals and conferences are targeted. A detailed list can be found in Appendix E. This procedure covers a large part of the relevant sources in IS. However, we cannot speak of an exhaustive or fully exhaustive/selective coverage, because not all potentially relevant journals/conferences are considered. Lower-ranked C journals and D journals are out of scope for the study at hand.
Fig. 4 Classification of literature review (taxonomy)
