Potrzeby analityczne polskich firm a Big Data
Analytical needs of Polish companies vs. Big Data

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the paper is to present Polish managers’ consciousness concerning Big Data analytics, and to check, to what extent their analytical needs are linked (explicitly or implicitly) with Big Data processing and with the implementation of appropriate IT solutions. Hence, the main research questions are: how do Polish managers understand the notion “Big Data”? What types of business analytics are particularly important for organizations? What types of data, knowledge, IT solutions, and IT functionalities are needed by Polish managers to support advanced business analytics? The results presented in the paper are based on research conducted in 2016 using the case-study approach involving multiple cases. The data collection method consisted of semi-structured interviews, and encompassed 15 Polish enterprises. The main conclusions from the research are as follows: the analytical needs of Polish managers may be strongly linked with Big Data notion, and Big Data processing. Also the temporal nature of Big Data, and the dominating role of time factor in BD characteristics and analytics is strongly present in respondents’ opinions.

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