Introduction

Abstract

Data and information quality represent an important and maturing area in the field of Management Information Systems. This introduction explores the motivation for organizations to pursue better data and information quality. This pursuit is fraught with challenges as organizations discover the difficulties surrounding the definition, measurement, analysis, and improvement of quality for data and information. For help in dealing with these challenges, organizations can turn to a growing body of research on data and information quality, including this volume, which features fourteen new and innovative papers by leading researchers and practitioners in the field.