Modern economy is based more and more on knowledge. Terms such as management of knowledge, organisational learning and intelligent organisations are becoming more widespread amongst world leading companies. Over the past few years, intangible resources, based on the exploitation of ideas, have turned progressively into the real motor behind developed economies, giving place to the so-called the...

The development of information systems and the growth of the information society has stimulated interest in individual privacy. Individual information systems researchers and practitioners have made important contributions to the ongoing debate. We examine current approaches and question their efficacy in protecting privacy online. We identify two key areas of concern: the cost to the informati...

Economically, art has been viewed as a resource, a commodity, a process, a secondary good, a technology, and as capital. The role of art as a producer of and storage for cultural capital has historically been the most important for society as a whole. Today, however, the general stock of cultural capital is declining. Other trends in the current information economy include a greater appreciatio...

INTRODUCTION Health Information Economy (HIE) is one of the broader, more complex, and challenging and yet important topics in the field of health science that requires the identification of its dimensions for planning and policy making. The aim of this study was to determine HIE concept dimensions. METHODS This paper presents a systematic methodology for analyzing the trends of HIE. For this...

Many authors argue that information and communications technology (ICT) in this New Economy is causing a globalized, unified society. Others take the opposite stand, viewing local factors such as national culture as very important to the success of information technology (IT). Research indicates that related factors such as gender may also play important roles in the use and acceptance of IT. T...