Information-seeking behavior of securities analysts: Individual and institutional influences, information sources and channels, and outcomes

Journal of the American Society for Information Science

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 674-693

  Baldwin, Nancy Sadler ^a   Rice, Ronald E ^b  

^a MORGAN STANLEY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LIBRARIES;

INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES; SECURITIES ANALYSTS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031207338     PISSN: 00028231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199708)48:8<674::AID-ASI2>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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