Investigating Accounting Information Systems & Firm Profitability

This project investigates the impact of accounting information systems (AIS) on a firm's profitability. It aims to understand the relationship between AIS and profitability, exploring the features of AIS, its effects on decision-making, and the types of data that can be collected. The research employs a descriptive method using secondary data to analyze the influence of AIS on firm profitability. The project identifies key research questions, including the nature of the relationship between AIS and firm profitability, and features a literature review with 12 relevant references in Harvard format. This project is beneficial for understanding financial and economic issues at both micro and macro levels, providing insights for managers in making informed business decisions. Desklib offers a platform for students to access past papers and solved assignments for further assistance.

Portfolio activity 3 (The topic choice form)
Name: Student number:Insert text here.
email:
Provisional project title:Insert text here.
In approximately 300 words, please describe the topic you are interested in, and explain why you
think this is a topic worthy of study. If what inspired you is something that emerged from your
work experience, please consider whether this could of interest to people outside your work
organisation.
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Accounting information system refers to a specific structure that is particular business utilizes for the
purpose of gathering, storing, processing, recovering along with reporting financial data. Essentially,
this can be appropriately utilized by various owners, accountants, advisors, tax agents, business
analysts as well as managers. This can assist in the process of facilitating the process of decision
making within corporations and can be customized to the environment of the corporation,
framework as well as necessities of activities. The primary intention of the study is to analytically
assess the overall effect of accounting information systems on particularly profitability of
corporation. The current study thereby can attempt to understand the nature of relationship
between particularly accounting Information Systems utilized by the corporations and its level of
profitability.
How will your research be beneficial to society?
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The accounting information system can help managers in deciding course of action in business
operations as they play a very important part in arriving at decisions after analysing accounting
information. Thus, it can be hereby said that this topic under consideration can help in understanding
financial as well as economic issues at both micro (individual firm) along with macro level.
What is(are) your research question(s)?
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Primary Research Question:
What is the nature of relationship between particularly accounting information system and the firm’s
acquired profitability?
Secondary research question:
What are the good features of accounting information system?
What are the primary effects of accounting information on firm’s profitability?
What is the nature of association between profitability of firm and decision making process of

corporation?
Have you got any idea about what type of data you may be collecting?
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Descriptive method might probably be utilized where qualitative data can be acquired. In particular,
secondary data can be collected for analyzing the overall influence of accounting information system
on level of firm’s profitability
Your supervisor will be selected from one of these subjects. In which one do you think your
research belongs to?
Accounting and Finance
Economics
Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
Marketing and Tourism
Operations and Information Management
Organisation Studies
Strategy and International Business
Please identify 12 references that may be featured in your literature review (using Harvard
format):
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Amin, M.K., Munira, S., Azhar, A., Amin, A. and Karim, M.T., 2016, December. Factors affecting
employees' behavioral intention to adopt accounting information system (AIS) in Bangladesh.
In Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), 2016 19th International Conference on (pp. 501-
505). IEEE.
Dandago, K.I. and Rufai, A.S., 2014. Information technology and accounting information system in the
Nigerian banking industry. Asian Economic and Financial Review, 4(5), pp.655-670.
Diatmika, I.W.B., Irianto, G. and Baridwan, Z., 2016. Determinants of Behavior Intention Of
Accounting Information Systems Based Information Technology Acceptance. Imperial Journal of
Interdisciplinary Research, 2(8).
Fitriati, A. and Mulyani, S., 2015. Factors that affect accounting information system success
and its implication on accounting information quality. Asian Journal of Information
Technology, 14(5), pp.154-161.
Ismail, N.A. and King, M., 2014. Factors influencing the alignment of accounting information systems
in small and medium sized Malaysian manufacturing firms. Journal of Information Systems and Small
Business, 1(1-2), pp.1-20.
Komala, A.R., 2017. Cause and effect of accounting information system: A study in national Zakat
management organization. JABS, 3(2), pp.69-76.
Lipi, I., Rama, R. and Agaraj, X., 2015. Implications of Accounting Information System Implementation
in SMEs: A Study on Retail Business in Vlore Region. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 6(3),
p.553.

Patel, S., 2015. Effects of accounting information system on organizational profitability. International
Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 2(1), pp.72-76.
Patel, S., 2015. Effects of accounting information system on organizational profitability. International
Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 2(1), pp.72-76.
Schaltegger, S. and Burritt, R., 2017. Contemporary environmental accounting: issues,
concepts and practice. Routledge.
Simkin, M.G., Norman, C.S. and Rose, J.M., 2014. Core concepts of accounting information systems.
John Wiley & Sons.
Wijaya, R.E., Ludigdo, U., Baridwan, Z. and Prihatiningtias, Y.W., 2015. Paradigm Blurred: Opera Cake
in Management Accounting Information Research. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 211,
pp.859-865.