  Business expectations regarding the introduction of business information
systems were investigated according to company size categories. The results
clearly showed that according to the majority of the respondents the
information supply for decision-makers improved. In contrast, business
information systems as a means of improving competitiveness were only regarded
by corporations, this aspect was only around the average in the other company
size categories. The respondents evaluated to what extent the usage of business
information system provided assistance for their economic analyses. The
obtained results show that business information systems can be utilized well in
controlling and reporting. There are differences in their judgement by size
categories. Particularly corporations can take advantage of the support of
business information systems mainly in the field of planning, plan-actual
analysis and the exploration of cost reducing possibilities.
