Green IT adoption: A process management approach

International Journal of Accounting and Information Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-77

  Bose, Ranjit ^a   Luo, Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Green IT; Information strategy; Information systems; IT adoption; Process management; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857732679     PISSN: 18347649     EISSN: 17589037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18347641211201081     Document Type: Article

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