TY - BOOK
T1 - Market for electronic information services for professional purposes in Finland in 1994
T2 - MSSTUDY Finland
AU - Lehti, Merja
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - During 1995, a multinational study, initiated under the
The European
Commissionís IMPACT 2 -programme, was done to assess the
markets for
electronic information services (EIS) for professional
purposes in 1994 in
the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA). The
participating 17
countries covered the supply and demand sides of the EIS
market, as well as
various infrastructure sections related to these markets.
Finland covered the supply and demand sides of the
markets for electronic
information services by quantitative means. The supply
questionnaire was
sent to 147 recipients, a) Finnish database producers and
hosts of online
information systems, including representatives of foreign
hosts, b)
suppliers of telematic services and c) audiotex services,
d) electronic
mail services and Internet connections, and to e)
producers or distributors
of offline information products, mostly of CD-ROMs. The
demand
questionnaire was sent to 108 recipients in four target
groups, a)
information brokers and external information
intermediaries and to b) the
main scientific and research libraries, acting as
information brokers in
their special fields; also to c) the main public
libraries and d) an
industrial group, i.e. intermediaries in the chemical and
pharmaceutical
industry in Finland. The quantitative surveys were
supplemented by
qualitative information gathered from various printed
sources and in
discussions with experts of the branches concerned. - The
overall response
rate of the supply side was 29%, that of the demand side
36%.
In addition, Finland covered the following infrastructure
sections related
to the markets for electronic information services:
library services,
printed media infrastructure, professional associations,
education and
training, research and development, telecommunications
infrastructure,
computer infrastructure, economic and political
infrastructure, national
information policy, legal and regulatory issues. The
sections were covered
up to a varying scope and by means of printed sources and
expert opinions.
A chapter about future visions of communications is also
included. - The
present report about Finland is a modification of the one
delivered to CEC
in November, 1995.
AB - During 1995, a multinational study, initiated under the
The European
Commissionís IMPACT 2 -programme, was done to assess the
markets for
electronic information services (EIS) for professional
purposes in 1994 in
the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA). The
participating 17
countries covered the supply and demand sides of the EIS
market, as well as
various infrastructure sections related to these markets.
Finland covered the supply and demand sides of the
markets for electronic
information services by quantitative means. The supply
questionnaire was
sent to 147 recipients, a) Finnish database producers and
hosts of online
information systems, including representatives of foreign
hosts, b)
suppliers of telematic services and c) audiotex services,
d) electronic
mail services and Internet connections, and to e)
producers or distributors
of offline information products, mostly of CD-ROMs. The
demand
questionnaire was sent to 108 recipients in four target
groups, a)
information brokers and external information
intermediaries and to b) the
main scientific and research libraries, acting as
information brokers in
their special fields; also to c) the main public
libraries and d) an
industrial group, i.e. intermediaries in the chemical and
pharmaceutical
industry in Finland. The quantitative surveys were
supplemented by
qualitative information gathered from various printed
sources and in
discussions with experts of the branches concerned. - The
overall response
rate of the supply side was 29%, that of the demand side
36%.
In addition, Finland covered the following infrastructure
sections related
to the markets for electronic information services:
library services,
printed media infrastructure, professional associations,
education and
training, research and development, telecommunications
infrastructure,
computer infrastructure, economic and political
infrastructure, national
information policy, legal and regulatory issues. The
sections were covered
up to a varying scope and by means of printed sources and
expert opinions.
A chapter about future visions of communications is also
included. - The
present report about Finland is a modification of the one
delivered to CEC
in November, 1995.
KW - information services
KW - market
KW - Finland
KW - online services
M3 - Report
SN - 951-38-4905-8
T3 - VTT Tiedotteita - Meddelanden - Research Notes
BT - Market for electronic information services for professional purposes in Finland in 1994
PB - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
CY - Espoo
ER -