Applicability of resource-based environmental studies in Green IT

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 269-286

  Rahim, Rabiah Eladwiah Abdul ^a   Rahman, Azizah Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Green IT; Natural resource based view; Natural resources; Resource management; Resource based view; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880586222     PISSN: 13287265     EISSN: 17588847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JSIT-02-2013-0003     Document Type: Review

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