UK executives' vision on business environment for information scanning: A cross industry study

Information and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 381-389

  Xu, Xianzhong M ^a   Kaye, G Roland ^b   Duan, Yanquing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business environment; Environmental scanning; Information processing; Strategic information; UK survey

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION SCANNING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037408667     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(02)00045-9     Document Type: Article

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