Users, end‐users, and end‐user searchers of online information: a historical overview

Farber, Miriam; Shoham, Snunith

doi:10.1108/14684520210424557

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“…These actors have an effect on business relationships due to their legitimate position in the society. Studies like those by Anderson et al (1994) pertaining to the role of ancillaries in business networks, Welch et al (1998) and Halinen and Törnroos (1998) on the role of government and competitors, Julien et al (2004) on networks' embeddedness in the social environment, or the study of Farber and Shoham (2002) and those of Brousseau (2002) and Lindh (2006) on focal business relationships, and those concerning intermediaries like the media show the importance of these connections. Ancillaries like the media and trade unions can affect, for example, the firms' market legitimacy.…”

Section: Theoretical Frame and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Industrial relationships and the effects of different types of connections

Hadjikhani

Thilenius

2009

Industrial Marketing Management

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Industrial relationships and the effects of different types of connections

Hadjikhani

Thilenius

2009

Industrial Marketing Management

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“…The availability of the online data bases is useful to help improve one's competitive position (Wilson, 2003). For content providers of the databases, they need to ensure that the materials they maintain and update are relevant to searchers and end-users (Farber and Shoham, 2002).…”

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Estimating the Prominence of AHP in Subscribed Online Databases

Ismail¹,

Hasbullah²,

Faudzi³

et al. 2013

Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process

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Subscribed online databases (ODB's) have become part of the standard infrastructure of library resources. For students and instructors of higher learning institutions in particular, availability of online access permits users to access the library resources remotely. The main objective of the study was carried out to determine which among the online databases subscribed by a public university library, i.e. International Islamic University Malaysia, contained the specific topics related to Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The five databases used in this study were Scopus, Taylor & Francis, EconLit, Emerald Management Xtra Plus and ProQuest Social Science Journals. By resorting to the original terms supplied by the AHP 2013 conference organizers, the study has obtained validated terminology from the experts and readily overcame issues such as biasness in selecting the search terms. This study accessed the databases on 14 April 2013 from 12.15 a.m. to 2.15 a.m., recorded the results or hits produced by the selected ODB's on the generic sub-theme and also those that were embedded with the acronym, AHP. Comparative hits from generic and AHP specific were computed using ratios to determine comparative availability of selected sub-themes across databases. The ratios were computed by dividing the results of each sub-theme for each ODB over the latter's total. The ratios are considered a convenient standard comparative measure for each sub-theme in each database. By knowing the ratios, one is able to approximate whether there are apparently enough articles about a sub-theme. Computed ratios indicate whether the AHP results are equal to, lower or higher than the general. Equality is reflected by 1.00; if AHP is higher than general then the ratio should be above 1.00, and if below 1.00 should be lower than the general. Results show that

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“…And furthermore there still exists a lack of awareness and training among persons to whom digital resources are directed (Farber and Shoham, 2002;Jin and Ju, 2014).…”

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“…Evolution of the online information industry sources, as well as the technology to store, retrieve and transmit it, and a large community of potential users ready to exploit it all. They needed only a universal network and a unified, easy-to-use interface to go ahead and create a new information community, embracing everyone who was interested in taking part" (Farber and Shoham, 2002).…”

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Evolution of the online information industry in Spain, 1973-2014

Cañavate

Hipola

2015

Online Information Review

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to first, describe the origins and evolution of electronic information products and services for the business community in Spain and second, to analyze the current distribution of today’s market players. Design/methodology/approach – This study is based on a review of the scholarly literature about the information industry, on Spanish annuals and directories about databases, on related legislation, and on the broad experience of the authors who have worked in this field since the 1980s. Findings – The early days of the business information industry in Spain developed precariously, in comparison to other parts of the world. Furthermore, the supply of information was almost entirely monopolized by the public administration. Nevertheless, the structure and market players have been completely reorganized, starting in the 1980s, leading to today’s totally transformed panorama. Originality/value – Three main factors can explain this evolution: first, growth in the creation of new companies; second, processes of mergers and acquisitions; third, recent consolidation of a group of companies that re-use information generated by the public sector. Their activities have been stimulated by legislative initiatives over the past eight years that promote and regulate this market.

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