A review of the factors which influence the use and usefulness of information systems

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 588-602

  Díez, Esther ^a   McIntosh, Brian S ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Design; Environmental management; Evaluation; Implementation; Information systems (IS); Usefulness; Users

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE;

ADOPTION; DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMPLEMENTATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS); USEFULNESS; USERS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INFORMATION SYSTEM;

EID: 58549108179     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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