Abstract
Over the years, there has been emergence of
varieties of decision-support applications. System evolved due to
the rapid growth in data complexity and need for accurate
information in a dynamic environment. Due to increase in
mobility and automation of activities within enterprises, huge
amounts of data are rapidly generated than they could be
instantaneously utilized in heterogeneous, intra or interorganisational
business processes. Developing countries’ Small
and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are faced with challenges of
accessing intelligent information for decision making at different
operational sites. SMEs in developing countries are paying a
huge business opportunity cost by not utilizing Mobile Business
Intelligence (MBI) systems. This is as a result of lack of MBI
framework to inform the deployment of MBI solutions in
developing countries’ SMEs. This study therefore is envisioned to
design a framework for the deployment of MBI in developing
countries’ SMEs. So as to achieve this, the study adopted various
scientific approaches (Textual Analysis, Principal Component
Analysis, and Structural Equation Modelling) systematically.
This study is expected to contribute towards the literature and
the methods in establishing and determining the factors needed
for the development of frameworks in Information Systems
studies. Practically, the study is expected aid deployment of MBI
for SMEs in developing countries’ contexts.