Green it and green is: Definition of constructs and overview of current practices

19th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2013 - Hyperconnected World: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 1764-1776

  Loeser, Fabian ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Definition; Environmental sustainability; Green IS; Green IT; Initiatives; Literature review; Measures; Practices

Indexed keywords

DEFINITION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN IS; GREEN IT; INITIATIVES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MEASURES; PRACTICES;

HARDWARE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84893280497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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