Moderating effects of environmental factors on e-government, e-business, and environmental sustainability

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 3654-3673

  Krishnan, Satish ^a   Teo, Thompson S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Archival data; Complementary assets; E business; E government; Environmental sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARCHIVAL DATA; COMPLEMENTARY ASSETS; E-GOVERNMENT; EBUSINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 84884658946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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