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BIR 2014: Perspectives in Business Informatics Research pp 72–86Cite as

Information Overload: A Systematic Literature Review

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing ((LNBIP,volume 194))

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Information is essential in our society and for organizations. But the flood of information affects enterprises as well as individuals also in a negative way. This problem is usually referred as Information Overload. This paper summarizes the developments of the past years and gives a prospect to future researches in this field using the method of systematic literature review. A special focus is put on the problems of enterprises with information overload and how these can be solved by using modern approaches.

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  1. University of Rostock, 18059, Rostock, Germany

    Peter Melinat, Tolja Kreuzkam & Dirk Stamer

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Melinat, P., Kreuzkam, T., Stamer, D. (2014). Information Overload: A Systematic Literature Review. In: Johansson, B., Andersson, B., Holmberg, N. (eds) Perspectives in Business Informatics Research. BIR 2014. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 194. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11370-8_6

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