Internet Research: Volume 6 Issue 1

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Table of contents

Information security and the Internet

Gregory R. Doddrell

Today, information technology is fundamental to the operation of most businesses, whether they are small companies or multinational corporations. In recent times, the…

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Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/08858629610112328. When citing the…

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Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/00242539510102600. When citing the…

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Communication and the Net

Briefly assesses the growth and impact of the Internet, which provides an opportunity for all businesses to use it as a cheap source of communication for more focussed strategic…

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Banking on the Internet

Outlines the reasons for the formation of an Internet‐based bank in 1995. States that financial services providers must take any opportunity to provide easier customer access.

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An overview of catalog design problems in resource discovery

Andrew Goodchild

Discusses some of the problems designers face in building catalogs in large networks and relates them back to the resource discovery problem. Currently many catalogs tend to be…

Enforcement of intellectual property rights on the Internet

Harry Small

Defines intellectual property rights and infringement. Looks at the current relevant legislation; assesses the extent to which right owners can seek redress, and prevent…

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TayNet: establishing and evaluating a local Internet service provider

Ian M. Marshall Graham Logan, Richard Callison, Malcolm Dobson

Reviews the growth of TayNet, a local service provider which was established to support the development of businesses in Tayside by providing local access to the Internet…

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Optimizing the NASA Technical Report Server

Michael L. Nelson, Ming‐Hokng Maa

Explains how the NASA Technical Report Server, a World Wide Web report distribution NASA technical publications service, has been modified for performance enhancement, greater…

The impact of global information on Africa

A.P.N. Thapisa

Refers to the growing popularity of “Fidonet” in Africa and compares it with the Internet. Acknowledges that developing countries may miss the information revolution because they…

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Policing the information highway

Ben McClure

Discusses the problems created by shortfalls in the performance of certain information highway services, Asyncrous Transfer Mode, and in the behavior of users. Describes…

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Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/09590559610113411. When citing the…

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Data integrity and the Internet: implications for management

Richard G. Mathieu, Robert L. Woodard

The Internet is increasingly used by management professionals to support information gathering and research activities. However, the different sources of information on the…

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Cover of Internet Research

ISSN:

1066-2243

e-ISSN:

2054-5657

ISSN-L:

1066-2243

Online date, start – end:

1991

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Dr Christy Cheung