Impact of adoption of Green IT practices on organizational performance

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1929-1948

  Ainin, Sulaiman ^a   Naqshbandi, M Muzamil ^a   Dezdar, Shahin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Environmental performance; Green IT practices; Iran; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981489359     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-015-0244-7     Document Type: Article

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