Looks at the changes in management science methodology brought about by other fields of knowledge and how this has …. Develops a set of prerequisites for in‐company observation which are capable of providing valid insights for management …

Suggests that the conclusions of a research study, whether one′s own or another′s have value as a source of information … for decision making. Aims to remind experienced managers and prompt “students” of management on various approaches to … research. Defines research, and evaluates its worth in terms of validity, reliability and generalizability. Looks at various …

problem of consultation and communication is measured. The degree of structure in the problem is measured using information …

Knowledge management (KM) plays important roles in public administration (PA). Each role serves specific constituencies …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in the field of management. The main thrust of the work so far has been oriented towards …

Purpose – To explore information behavior from a psychological perspective by relating information seeking to … personality traits and study approaches. Design/methodology/approach – The research design was quantitative and consisted of … approaches to studying, and a questionnaire regarding information behavior. A total of 305 university students who were in the …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to elaborate the picture of the nature of integrated models for information …. Research limitations/implications – The findings are based on the comparison of seven models only. The integrated frameworks of … information retrieval were excluded from the study. Originality/value – The study pioneers by providing an in-depth analysis the …

Reviews past and present research into the role of information as a public good and states that progress in thinking … has not kept pace with events that led the New York Times to label the 1980s as “when information accelerated”. Argues … that a new perspective on the role of information in the changing extent and pattern of economic growth might be achieved …

Discusses research ideas on the distinctions between data, information and knowledge, the categories of knowledge and … HW’s taxonomy, pointing out that management must filter the information surrounding the firm to turn it into knowledge of … various types, e.g. descriptive, derived, assimilative etc. Considers the role of information for customers of and investors …

This study focuses on the use of export marketing information in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), an area … that has previously attracted little academic research attention. It reports on the application of scales measuring … instrumental/conceptual and symbolic export information use, using a random sample of UK exporters, to SME exporters of engineering …