E-readiness to g-readiness: Developing a green information technology readiness framework

ACIS 2008 Proceedings - 19th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 669-678

  Molla, Alemayehu ^a   Cooper, Vanessa ^a   Corbitt, Brian ^a   Deng, Hepu ^a   Peszynski, Konrad ^a   Pittayachawan, Siddhi ^a   Teoh, Say Yen ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL BUSINESS; G-READINESS INDEX; GREEN IT; IT STRATEGIES; SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84869109182     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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