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accounting information systems  

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  • The field of accounting information systems (AIS) combines that of accounting with the much newer field of information systems, systems that include people, processes, procedures, and information technology in a flexible resource used to handle data. Specifically, accounting information systems are a subset of management information systems, systems designed to support and supplement the decision-making process at all levels of management. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Accounting Information Systems]

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