Managing disruptive and sustaining innovations in green IT

IT Professional

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 22-29

  Mohan, Kannan ^a   Ramesh, Balasubramaniam ^b   Cao, Lan ^c   Sarkar, Sumantra ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disruptive innovation; green IT; sustainability

Indexed keywords

DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS; GREEN IT;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84870556102     PISSN: 15209202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MITP.2011.114     Document Type: Article

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