Executive Information System implementation in organisations in South Africa and Spain: A comparative analysis

Executive Information Systems (EIS) grew out of the information needs of executives and are designed to serve the needs of users in strategic planning and decision-making. EIS are high risk information technology implementation projects. The authors compare survey studies of EIS implementation in well-established organisations in South Africa and Spain. From a comparative analysis, the authors report eight identified parallelisms and three differences in EIS in these countries and suggest that there is scope and need for continued research in the area of future EIS implementation in these countries.