Methods of defining business information needs

Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Business (ICEB)

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Vuori, Vilma ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business intelligence; Information needs; Methods

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; BUSINESS INFORMATION; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; INFORMATION ACQUISITIONS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION NEED; INFORMATION OVERLOADS; METHODS;

COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; SURVEYS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 84873421963     PISSN: 16830040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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