Evolutionary Trends in the Information Industry:Some Preliminary Observations

K. Swarupanandan; K. Sankara Pillai; S. Chand Basha

doi:10.17821/srels/1995/v32i1/48670

Evolutionary Trends in the Information Industry:Some Preliminary Observations

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K. Swarupanandan
Kerala forest Research Institute, Peechi 680653, Trichur, Kerala
K. Sankara Pillai
Kerala forest Research Institute, Peechi 680653, Trichur, Kerala
S. Chand Basha
Kerala forest Research Institute, Peechi 680653, Trichur, Kerala

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https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/1995/v32i1/48670

Abstract

Today, the information sector is a huge industrial consortium involving many interfacing multibillion dollar industries. Studies on the evolution of these industrial congregates may be helpful in developing economic notions about the future. Four main industrial congregates are recognized in the information sector, viz., Information gathering industry, Information processing industry, Information evaluation industry, and Information selling industry. Development of each of these congregates is discussed.

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1995-03-05

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Swarupanandan, K., Sankara Pillai, K., & Chand Basha, S. (1995). Evolutionary Trends in the Information Industry:Some Preliminary Observations. Journal of Information and Knowledge, 32(1), 31–40. https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/1995/v32i1/48670

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Volume 32, Issue 1, March 1995

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