Aslib Proceedings: Volume 44 Issue 5

The supply of and demand for EC business information in the United Kingdom

Michael Hopkins

My intention this morning is to start the day's proceedings with a general overview of supply and demand as it relates to the business use of European Communities (EC) information…

European Information Centres & EC enterprise policy

Mike Coyne

Many of the European Information Centres have barely been operating for a full year, but it is already clear that the EICs have developed a style of operation and a momentum that…

Statistical information for businesses from Eurostat

Sara Mendosa

Eurostat is one of the directorates‐general of the Commission of the European Communities. Its aim is to create a European statistical system which will produce comparable…

Company information in Spain: a case study

Sylvia Herd

There is a growing interest in the business opportunities afforded by Spain. Consequently the demand for information on Spanish companies is growing continually but the…

Using statistics for desk research

Marcus Woolley

This is a very large subject area to discuss in forty minutes, therefore, I would like to begin by defining the aspects of the subject I intend to deal with. The statistics in the…