... acquaintances as their primary source of information and advice. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Classification Information retrieval Internet The previous article examined the kinds of information sought by managers and the ways in which they use it. This issue of Management Decision...

...Jo Drew Gives an overview of the European Commission and its directives,including its production of services designed to meet the needs of managers in information retrieval. Assesses its online and hard copy services, the network of European Information Centres and European Documentation Centres...

... China Information industry Information retrieval China, as a nation, has traditionally adopted an isolationist stance restricting international relationships and trade activities. However the Four Modernizations programme, implemented in 1978, supported the upgrading of China′s agriculture...

... years. Starts with a brief look at these areas and continues with short descriptions of some of the main sources of information on management. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Data retrieval Information retrieval Management ABI/Inform (published by UMI). ABI/Inform deals...

... Information retrieval In the 1980s it was common to refer to the countries of the Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary, East Germany and Czechoslovakia as“Eastern Europe”. These countries operated a communist ideology which controlled both economic and social structures. Many of these countries have recently...