Codification vs personalisation: A study of the information evaluation practice between aerospace and construction industries

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-325

  Tang, Llewellyn C M ^a   Zhao, Yuyang ^b   Austin, Simon ^c   Darlington, Mansur ^d   Culley, Steve ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace; Construction; Information value; Through life

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION USE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

AEROSPACE; CONSTRUCTION ORGANISATIONS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION EVALUATION; INFORMATION OVERLOADS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION VALUE; THROUGH-LIFE;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955717567     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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