E-government and environmental sustainability: Results from three Australian cases

Electronic Government

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-62

  Haigh, Nardia ^a   Griffiths, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

e business; e government; Eco efficiency; Environmental impact; Strategy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149092348     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2008.016127     Document Type: Article

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