Towards a typology of Green IS strategies: Insights from case study research

International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 3224-3242

  Loeser, Fabian ^a   Erek, Koray ^a   Zarnekow, Ruediger ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case study; Competitive advantage; Environmental sustainability; Green IS; Green IT; Information systems; Information technology; Strategy; Typology

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN IS; GREEN IT; STRATEGY; TYPOLOGY;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84886555909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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