IS sustainability research: A transdisciplinary framework for a 'grand challenge

International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1729-1746

  Hovorka, Dirk S ^a   Corbett, Jacqueline ^b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Framework; Green IS and Sustainability; System dynamics; Trans disciplinary

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FRAMEWORK; GREEN IS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; TRANS-DISCIPLINARY;

BIOSPHERICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84886602890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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