Environmentally sustainable ICT: Developing corporate capabilities and an industry-relevant IS research agenda

PACIS 2008 - 12th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Leveraging ICT for Resilient Organizations and Sustainable Growth in the Asia Pacific Region

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Elliot, Steve ^a   Binney, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSC Australia ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Environment; Framework; IS research; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS INNOVATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FRAMEWORK; ICT SERVICES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; IS RESEARCH AGENDA; MARKET PRESSURE; SUSTAINABLE; SYSTEMS RESEARCH;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INNOVATION; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84855581722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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