Sustainable it services: Developing a strategy framework

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Harmon, Robert R ^a   Moolenkamp, Nora ^b  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

green computing; green IT; strategy framework; Sustainable IT; sustainable IT services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876761105     PISSN: 02198770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877012500149     Document Type: Article

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