Information producers attractive for enterprises: Results of a survey on information uses of Madrid enterprises

Abstract

There are different methods to study the information exchanges by using bibliometric indicators, macroeconomic indicators, etc. In this work the obtained results of a questionnaire targeted to the Comunidad de Madrid enterprises are presented and analysed, with the aim of identifying who transfers information to the enterprises and how this transfer is produced. Particularly, enterprises information habits, the most asked information types, the most interesting information providers and the most used document types and information channels are discussed. Likewise, the weight of the public sector and the private sector as information providers to the enterprises is observed.
The studies of the information transfer produced among the different actors of the Science-Technology-Society system allow verify if the necessary interactions are being produced so that the system is effective.