THE NECESSITY OF MORE INTENSIVE USAGE AND IMPROVEMENT POSSIBILITIES OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN CROATIAN COMPANIES

In this paper the results of the research are presented which has been conducted in Croatian companies, in order to specify integration level of used accounting information systems in those companies, as well as purpose of their usage. Namely, the condition for effective usage of such a system in order to successfully run business and constantly make qualitative business decisions, is appropriate integration level of single applications inside the entire information system. Some of the research results explicitly indicate requirement for more intensive usa-ge, as well as the need for improvement of existing accounting information systems in Croatian companies, in order to provide relevant and more qualitative support to business activities.