Identification of Business Informatics Specifics in Agricultural Enterprises

Karel KubataPavel Šimek

DOI 10.7160/aol.2016.080307
No 3/2016, September
pp. 69-76

Kubata, K. and Šimek, P. (2016) “Identification of Business Informatics Specifics in Agricultural Enterprises", AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 69 - 76. ISSN 1804-1930, DOI 10.7160/aol.2016.080307.

Abstract

Presented paper deals with analysis and identification of business informatics specifics in agricultural enterprises in the Czech Republic farming at land of size up to 500 hectares. The study is based on thorough review of literature about latest issues in agriculture business informatics. There is a follow up to certain results of previous research on business informatics in agriculture that was conducted by authors in 2013. The analysis has brought findings that business informatics has several peculiarities that must be regarded in informatics implementation and innovation. Those are common economic and organisational effects and further aspects typical for the agriculture such as climate, local conditions and seasonal nature of production.

Keywords

Business informatics, information, information systems, agriculture, farm.

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