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The Effectiveness of Secondary Information Systems in Economics and Industry

In: The Organization and Retrieval of Economic Knowledge

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  • Jack N. Wolfe

    (University of Edinburgh)

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The article reports briefly on a survey of the attitudes of users of technical information systems—mainly scientific research workers in British industries—concerning their benefits from such systems. It reports a parallel study of a survey among economists in Scottish universities as well. In both cases, advanced information techniques are rated rather poorly as compared with more orthodox techniques. Some tentative inferences for policy are drawn from those results which encapsulate some 15 man-years of work. It is concluded that personal contact and follow up of references are of great importance in economics.

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  • Jack N. Wolfe, 1977. "The Effectiveness of Secondary Information Systems in Economics and Industry," International Economic Association Series, in: Mark Perlman (ed.), The Organization and Retrieval of Economic Knowledge, chapter 5, pages 103-120, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-03325-6_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03325-6_6
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