Information out of information: On the self-referential dynamics of information growth

Information Technology and People

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-115

  Kallinikos, Jannis ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Dynamics; Information management; Information research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645037267     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840610649989     Document Type: Article

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