Patterns of web linking to heterogeneous groups of companies: The case of stock exchange indexes

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-164

  Romero Frías, Esteban ^a   Vaughan, Liwen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business analysis; Competitive advantage; Data analysis; Intelligence; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ANALYSIS; BUSINESS MODELS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DATA ANALYSIS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; LINK ANALYSIS; LINK COUNT; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; STOCK EXCHANGE; TRADITIONAL INDUSTRY;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 77949565536     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012531011034964     Document Type: Article

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