Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of research in the Department of Information Studies at the University of Wales Aberystwyth and an introduction to the papers in the special issue. Design/methodology/approach – A narrative review of the previous research...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to offer a theoretical and practical explanation for the nature and reasons for inter-organizational knowledge sharing across an informal clique of competing five-star hotels in the Saudi Arabian religious tourism and hospitality industry....

This article explores the relationship between the concept of uncertainty in information seeking, within a model of the problem-solving process proposed by Wilson (1999a) and variables derived from other models and from the work of Ellis and Kuhlthau. The research has involved longitudinal data...

We examine the distribution of intradaily volatility of common stock returns of a portfolio (updated annually) of the 250 most actively traded stocks on the NYSE for the sample period 1983-92. Our results suggest that there was a shift in the distribution of return volatility around 1985-86:...

Do investors and issuers agree on the meaning and role of bond ratings? To answer this question, the CFOs of investor-owned utilities and a random sample of institutional fixed-income investors were both surveyed about their views of the major rating agencies. While the two groups shared some...