Environmental management information systems (EMIS) for sustainable development: A conceptual overview

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue , 2006, Pages 756-784

  El Gayar, Omar F ^a   Fritz, Brian D ^a  

^a DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Environmental management information systems; Environmental management systems; Information systems research; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INFORMATION USE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLANNING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; ORGANIZATIONAL-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SYSTEMS RESEARCH; TECHNICAL LEVELS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84991690979     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.01734     Document Type: Article

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