The PC (polluting computer): Forever a tragedy of the commons?

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-122

  Desautels, Philip ^a   Berthon, Pierre ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Green IT; Life cycle analysis (LCA); Notebook; Sustainability; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

GREEN IT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS (LCA); NOTEBOOK; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS;

COMPUTERS; COSTS; LIFE CYCLE; MICROCOMPUTERS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952617335     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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