Observation and assessment of  international activities in research and development 
by means of  frequency analyses of the world-greatest bibliographic databases

 

6    Which demands follow  for the users of online database analyses?


The analysis-information are a valuable component in the totality of information needed for the decision- makings by the research and development management.
By means of continuous and systematic working with the analysis informations is given the possibility for an more precise orientation of the decisions to the conditions and the deve- lopment trends which exist in the research activities home and abroad.

It is of no use to carry out database analyses without a concrete objective, and without concrete users.
What is necessary is the active involvement of the target groups mentioned at the beginning of this article. These target groups are responsible for determining the right analysis aims as well as for providing the funds which are needed for analysing great on-line data bases.

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