Information-as-a-thing versus information-as-a-process: the legitimate differences between information resources management and information management

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tunde Toyese Oyedokun ◽  
Florence Onyenisi Otonekwu ◽  
Zainab Olanihun Ambali ◽  
Oluwafemi Joseph Fajonyomi
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
General Review ◽  
Information Resources Management

Purpose Information resources management (IRM) and information management (IM) are two distinct terms often used interchangeably in the literature as synonyms, but perhaps, they mean different things. It is worthy of investigation to clarify whether these two related terms are in fact synonyms, and if not, what line of demarcation does them apart, discussion of some underpinning common generalities and issues that compass their misconceptions. This is a significant gap in the literature that needs to be bridged to develop a common ground of what differentiates IRM from IM. Design/methodology/approach It is a general review of the legitimate differences between IRM and IM. Findings Information resources in the ambit of IRM cannot achieve anything except people do something with it either by examining, categorizing or describing it, but in the end, they understood, rebut, alter or do all sorts of manipulation to the data set or information. Meanwhile, all this interpretation and manipulation constitute the hallmark of IM. Originality/value At this point, we need to take note of the fact that IRM is not the same as IM but rather IRM forms part of a holistic framework or components of IM. This is to say that successful IM cannot take place without proper IRM.

scholarly journals Informacijos valdymas viešajame sektoriuje: Lietuvos ministerijų atvejis

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 35-51
Author(s):  
Zenona Atkočiūnienė ◽  
Erika Janiūnienė
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information Resources Management ◽  
Information Processes

Informacinės visuomenės plėtotės kontekste visuminis požiūris į informacijos valdymą dažniausiai remiasi informacijos kaip ištekliaus, turinčio vertę ir naudą, apibrėžtimis. Tai leidžia suvokti informacijos išteklius ir jų valdymą kaip priemonę institucijos, organizacijos strateginėms pozicijoms stiprinti bei pasitelkiant modernias informacines technologijas užtikrinti efektyvų vartotojų informacinį aprūpinimą. Viešasis sektorius, kuris apima įvairias valstybės ir savivaldybių išlaikomas institucijas, veiklos procese apdoroja įvairaus pobūdžio informaciją, kuri turi užtikrinti ne tik efektyvią institucijų veiklą, bet ir informacijos sklaidą. Prieigos prie viešosios informacijos didinimas turi reikšmingų ekonominių ir socialinių pasekmių, kai viešojo sektoriaus informacija padeda sukurti pridėtinę vertę ir atneša papildomų pajamų ir pelno verslo subjektui. Šio tyrimo tikslas – apibrėžti teorines informacijos valdymo paradigmas, išanalizuoti ir įvertinti Lietuvos ministerijų informacinę veiklą.Reikšminiai žodžiai: informacijos valdymas, viešasis sektorius, ministerijos, informacijos ištekliai, informacinės sistemos, informacinės veiklos planavimas, informacijos sklaida, informacinės veiklos kontrolėInformation management in the public sector: Lithuanian ministries caseZenona Atkočiūnienė, Erika Janiūnienė Summary In the information society context, the holistic ap­proach to information management often refers to in­formation as a resource. This attitude allows to under­stand the information resources management as a tool to strengthen the institution’s and organization’s strate­gic positions and to ensure customers of the effective information supply using modern technologies. The public sector processes different types of information to maintain the effective functioning of the state and municipal institutions. Access to public information increases the economic and social effects by offering additional revenues and profits to a business entity. The aim of the study was to define the theoretical informa­tion management paradigms, to analyze and evaluate information processes in Lithuanian ministries. The qualitative analysis (experts’ interviews in Lithuanian ministries) indicated that there are no co­herent information resources management policies and strategies; information management and coor­dination responsibilities aren’t concentrated in one institution; Lithuanian ministries use different in­formation systems which create the interoperability problem and cannot provide an effective information dissemination among the ministries; public relations departments or the appropriate professionals are responsible for information services and products (reviews, analytical reference materials, reports); control of information processes is concentrated in information technology operations and its safety and archival documents’ management audit.

scholarly journals A surrogate-based generic classifier for Chinese TV series reviews

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-74
Author(s):  
Yufeng Ma ◽  
Long Xia ◽  
Wenqi Shen ◽  
Mi Zhou ◽  
Weiguo Fan
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Category Labels ◽  
Information Supply Chain ◽  
Feature Selection Techniques ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is automatic classification of TV series reviews based on generic categories. Design/methodology/approach What the authors mainly applied is using surrogate instead of specific roles or actors’ name in reviews to make reviews more generic. Besides, feature selection techniques and different kinds of classifiers are incorporated. Findings With roles’ and actors’ names replaced by generic tags, the experimental result showed that it can generalize well to agnostic TV series as compared with reviews keeping the original names. Research limitations/implications The model presented in this paper must be built on top of an already existed knowledge base like Baidu Encyclopedia. Such database takes lots of work. Practical implications Like in digital information supply chain, if reviews are part of the information to be transported or exchanged, then the model presented in this paper can help automatically identify individual review according to different requirements and help the information sharing. Originality/value One originality is that the authors proposed the surrogate-based approach to make reviews more generic. Besides, they also built a review data set of hot Chinese TV series, which includes eight generic category labels for each review.

Risk-based capital regulation revisited: evidence from the early 2000s

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. Hogan ◽  
Neil R. Meredith ◽  
Xuhao (Harry) Pan
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Banking Regulation ◽  
Bank Performance ◽  
Capital Regulation ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Performance ◽  
Capital Ratios ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Capital Regulations

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to replicate Avery and Berger’s (1991) analysis using data from 2001 through 2011. Although risk-based capital (RBC) regulation is a key component of US banking regulation, empirical evidence of the effectiveness of these regulations has been mixed. Among the first studies of RBC regulation, Avery and Berger (1991) provide evidence from data on US banks that new RBC regulations outperformed old capital regulations from 1982 through 1989. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from the Federal Reserve’s Call Reports, the authors compare banks’ capital ratios and RBC ratios to five measures of bank performance: income, standard deviation of income, non-performing loans, loan charge-offs and probability of failure. Findings – Consistent with Avery and Berger (1991), the authors find banks’ risk-weighted assets to be significant predictors of their future performance and that RBC ratios outperform regular capital ratios as predictors of risk. Originality/value – The study improves on Avery and Berger (1991) by using an updated data set from 2001 through 2011. The authors also discuss some potential limitations of this method of analysis.

scholarly journals Subnational institutions and open innovation: evidence from China

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (9) ◽  
pp. 1942-1955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Sun ◽  
Junjie Hong ◽  
Xiuying Ma ◽  
Chengqi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Complementary Effect ◽  
Performance Consequences ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
External Actors

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how subnational institutions within a country explain the performance consequences of open innovation (OI) in emerging market enterprises (EMEs). Design/methodology/approach The paper conducts a regression analysis by using a novel panel data set comprising of 438 innovative Chinese firms over the period of 2008-2011. Findings The authors show that although on average openness to external actors improves innovation performance this effect is pronounced for EMEs that operate in subnational regions with a higher level of intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement and of factor market development. The findings point to the context-dependent nature of OI strategy and the complementary effect of institutional parameters in emerging markets and help to reconcile the contrasting findings regarding the effect of OI in the prior literature. Originality/value This paper extends the literature on OI by suggesting that the analysis of the performance consequences of OI strategy should go beyond the nexus between OI and firm performance, and instead, focus on subnational-specific institutions, such as region-specific IPR enforcement, factor market development and intermediation market development, that may facilitate or constrain the effect of OI model.

Coordinating humanitarian information

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea H. Tapia ◽  
Edgar Maldonado ◽  
Louis‐Marie Ngamassi Tchouakeu ◽  
Carleen F. Maitland
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Organizational Change ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Humanitarian Relief ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technical Sense ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Humanitarian Information ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

PurposeThis paper seeks to examine two humanitarian information coordination bodies. The goals of both coordination bodies are the same, to find mechanisms for multiple organizations, engaged in humanitarian relief, to coordinate efforts around information technology and management. Despite the similarity in goals, each coordination body has taken a different path, one toward defining the problem and solution in a more technical sense and the other as defining the problem and solution as more organizational in nature.Design/methodology/approachThe paper develops case studies of two coordinating bodies using qualitative methodologies.FindingsThe data suggest that coordination bodies which pursue problems requiring low levels of organizational change are more likely to have visible successes. Coordination bodies that pursue a more challenging agenda, one that aims for information management or management of information technology in ways that require organizational change, are likely to face greater challenges and experience more failures.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper only examines two coordination bodies at one point in time thus claims can not be made about all coordination bodies and all information coordination efforts.Originality/valueIn a time where coordination bodies are seen as an answer to the problem of information sharing during disasters, it is essential to gain understanding concerning the success of these efforts.

A Study on Cloud Service with Information Resources

2014 ◽  
Vol 513-517 ◽  
pp. 1425-1430
Author(s):  
Xiu Zhen Feng ◽  
Peng Hao
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Information Resource ◽  
Computing Technology ◽  
Service Model ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Information Resources Management

Cloud computing technology created a brand new approach for further information resources management and utilization. Based on exploring characteristics and applications of cloud computing technology, the study in this paper is focused on cloud service with information resources. The aim of this study is to construct a cloud service model, namely Information Resource as a Service (IRaaS). Our model depicts the components of IRaaS and relationships among those components, which builds up a prime foundation for further studying on both information resource management and service.

How firms borrow in international bond markets

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-169
Author(s):  
Alberto Fuertes ◽  
Jose María Serena
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Choice Behavior ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Securities And Exchange Commission ◽  
Bond Markets ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Parametric Analyses ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

Purpose This paper aims to investigate how firms from emerging economies choose among different international bond markets: global, US144A and Eurobond markets. The authors explore if the ranking in regulatory stringency –global bonds have the most stringent regulations and Eurobonds have the most lenient regulations – leads to a segmentation of borrowers. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a novel data set from emerging economy firms, treating them as consolidated entities. The authors also obtain descriptive evidence and perform univariate non-parametric analyses, conditional and multinomial logit analyses to study firms’ marginal debt choice decisions. Findings The authors show that firms with poorer credit quality, less ability to absorb flotation costs and more informational asymmetries issue debt in US144A and Eurobond markets. On the contrary, firms issuing global bonds – subject to full Securities and Exchange Commission requirements – are financially sounder and larger. This exercise also shows that following the global crisis, firms from emerging economies are more likely to tap less regulated debt markets. Originality/value This is, to the authors’ knowledge, the first study that examines if the ranking in stringency of regulation – global bonds have the most stringent regulations and Eurobonds have the most lenient regulations – is consistent with an ordinal choice by firms. The authors also explore if this ranking is monotonic in all determinants or there are firm-specific features which make firms unlikely to borrow in a given market. Finally, the authors analyze if there are any changes in the debt-choice behavior of firms after the global financial crisis.

scholarly journals Bibliotekininko edukatoriaus ugdymo galimybės: Lietuvos atvejis

2011 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 74-93
Author(s):  
Vincas Grigas
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
State College ◽  
Information Resources Management ◽  
Study Programme ◽  
Vilnius University

Straipsnyje aptariamos galimybės rengti bibliotekininką edukatorių, kuris galėtų ugdyti informacinio raštingumo gebėjimus. Pagrindinis dėmesys skiriamas bibliotekininko edukatoriaus ugdymo studijų metu analizei. Siekta įvertinti, kiek profesionalius bibliotekininkus rengiančiose Informologijos (Klaipėdos universitetas), Bibliotekininkystės ir informacijos (Vilniaus universitetas) bei Bibliotekos informacijos išteklių valdymo (Šiaulių valstybinė kolegija) studijų programose ugdomi gebėjimai atitinka bibliotekininkui edukatoriui būdingą gebėjimų visumą. Studijų programos analizuotos remiantis Instruktuojančių bibliotekininkų ir koordinatorių kvalifikacinių įgūdžių standartais. Tyrimo duomenų analizei naudota faktorių analizė. Tyrimo duomenys leidžia daryti išvadą, kad Informologijos, Bibliotekininkystės ir informacijos bei Bibliotekos informacinių išteklių valdymo studijų programos atitinka daugelį standartuose numatytų kriterijų, tačiau šių studijų programų atitikties standartams vidurkiai skiriasi. Labiausiai standartus atitinka Vilniaus universiteto studijų programa.Pagrindiniai žodžiai: bibliotekininkas edukatorius, informacinis raštingumas, profesiniai standartai, faktorių analizė, bibliotekininkystė, studijų programų analizė.Education Opportunities for Librarian as Educator: the Case of LithuaniaVincas Grigas Summary The article discusses whether the study programmes aimed at preparing professional librarians produce the entirety of competencies necessary for librarians as educators. The research aims to evaluate how the study curricula such as informology (Klaipėda University), library information resources management (Šiauliai State College), library and information studies (Vilnius University) are relevant to the professional standards of librarians as educators. For the research were used the standards for Proficiencies for Instruction librarians and coordinators prepared by the Association of College and Research Libraries. For data analysis factor analysis was used. The research proved that the Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators and factor analysis may be an appropriate method for the assessment of the study programmes designed for preparing future professional librarians, i.e., in evaluating whether the competencies developed under the study programme correspond to the entirety of the competencies peculiar to librarians as educators. The study findings suggest that study programmes such as informology, Library and information science, and library information resources management meet most of the standards criteria. The Vilnius University study programme meets them best.Keywords: librarian as educator; information literacy; instruction; professional standards; factor analysis; librarianship; study programmes analysis.

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