Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/288365 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Management Control [ISSN:] 2191-477X [Volume:] 31 [Issue:] 1-2 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Berlin, Heidelberg [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 25-54
Publisher: 
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Since the use of business analytics promises automation of business processes and time savings, the budgeting process seems predestined for the integration of analytical methods. Therefore, this study examines the determinants of the use of business analytics in the budgeting process and its effect on satisfaction with the budgeting process. Specifically, we focus on one technical determinant (data infrastructure sophistication) and the importance of the two major budgeting functions (the planning and the evaluation function), which could affect the degree of dissemination of using analytical methods. Based on a survey among German companies, we find, as predicted, that the sophistication of the data infrastructure is positively associated with the use of business analytics in the budgeting process. Further, the more a company emphasizes the planning function, the greater the extent to which business analytics is used in the budgeting process. In contrast, we find no association between the evaluation function and the use of business analytics in the budgeting process. Finally, we find that the use of business analytics is positively associated with satisfaction with the budgeting process. Thus, the use of business analytics can help to overcome dissatisfaction with traditional budgeting systems. Overall, our findings provide practitioners with valuable indications under which circumstances the use of analytical methods appears reasonable.
Subjects: 
Analytics
Budgeting
Business intelligence
Digitization
Forecasts
Planning
JEL: 
M15
M41
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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