Unpacking green IT: A review of the existing literature

16th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2010, AMCIS 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 749-759

  Brooks, Stoney ^a   Wang, Xuequn ^a   Sarker, Saonee ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Green IT; Literature review

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENT; GREEN IT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS;

HARDWARE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870351691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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