Fishing in troubled waters: flashes from the dubious zone of the business information market

Abstract

In our world hit by economic crisis and restrictions information value is increasingly appreciated. As a consequence, inventive entrepreneurs appear in all fields of life including business information provision, who provide to those concerned illegitimate or many times lawful but ethically questionable or misleading offers, based mainly on disinformation, and often gain easy income. This irregular study offers an insight for librarians and information specialists into the most debated segment of business information services.