• Journal of Information Management
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.63-79
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• 1994

Analysis systems and databases covering economics and industrial areas in Japan have long history, but due to considerable depth in specialty those have been used only by limited, certain patrons. It means that there are still few of practical system services at full scale. This paper describes the representative system services. Taking an example of interest prediction the author explains now to utilize systems and some points to be reminded. He also describes how to confirm newspaper information, how to predict economics, how to use various kinds of models based on economic prediction, and industrial analysis. Researches and studies are very often proceeded on economic prediction, and industrial analysis. Researches and studies are very often proceeded through interaction among researchers. So that we should make efforts continuously such as to rountinely get familiar with systems, to exchange information among users, to utilize helpdesks every time we need.

• Journal of Information Management
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.36-53
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• 1993

Nowadays we usually act based on information in order to act effectively, we should enlarge our access to information of course, we have several methods to choose from, but commercial databases are the most advantageous. One reason is that everyone has equal access to commercial databases. As a result, people or companies who use commercial database information skillfully have a distince advantage over those who don't commercial database services in japan have been changing rapidly since their birth more than twenty years ago. For example, the distribution mode of databases is changing : from the original batch(off line) to on-line and most recently to the coexistence of batch and on line with the advent of CD-ROM. It is important for us to keep up with the new trends in databases, and to utilize them effectively as a tool in the information age.