Competing institutional logics and sustainable development: The case of geographic information systems in Brazil's Amazon region

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-23

  Hayes, Niall ^a   Rajão, Raoni ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon rainforest; Brazil; environmentalism; geographic information systems; institutional logics; institutional theory; millennium development goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954565188     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2010.511701     Document Type: Article

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