Online Texts and Conventional Texts: Estimating, Comparing, and Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Footprint of two Tools of the Trade

Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 589-613

  Gattiker, Thomas F ^a   Lowe, Scott E ^a   Terpend, Regis ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic Textbooks; Environmental Issues; Greenhouse Gas Footprint; Operations; Supply Chain Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867310165     PISSN: 15404595     EISSN: 15404609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4609.2012.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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