An exploratory study on organisational adjustments due to Green IT

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-250

  Sayeed, Lutfus ^a   Gillf, Sam ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aresource based view; Enterprise development; Green IT; Qualitative research; RBV

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649388135     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2010.037065     Document Type: Article

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