The effect of information systems capabilities on sustainability: A country-level analysis

PACIS 2011 - 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Quality Research in Pacific

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Krishnan, Satish ^a   Teo, Thompson S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

ICT penetration; IS capabilities; Secondary data; SPP framework; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ICT PENETRATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; IS CAPABILITIES; SECONDARY DATA; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; SPP FRAMEWORK;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84855841574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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