Green it readiness: A framework and preliminary proof of concept

Australasian Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 5-23

  Molla, Alemayehu ^a   Cooper, Vanessa ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital business; G readiness index; Green IT; IT strategy; Sustainable business

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055127525     PISSN: 10397841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3127/ajis.v16i2.545     Document Type: Article

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