Information technology and systems in China's circular economy: Implications for sustainability

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-217

  Standing, Craig ^a   Jackson, Paul ^a   Sarkis, Joseph ^a   Zhu, Hanmin ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Ecology; Economic sustainability; Information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993030340     PISSN: 13287265     EISSN: 17588847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13287260810916916     Document Type: Article

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