The infological equation extended: Towards conceptual clarity in the relationship between data, information and knowledge

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-421

  Kettinger, William J ^a   Li, Yuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b Mathematics and Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

infological; information management; information processing; IS theory; knowledge management; knowledge based theory of information

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS OPERATION; INFOLOGICAL; IS RESEARCHES; KNOWLEDGE BASED; KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONCEPTS;

METADATA;

EID: 77955626521     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2010.25     Document Type: Article

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