Abstract
The introductory editorial of the special issue of Information Systems Frontiers deals with advancements in green information systems (IS) and technologies. The special issue establishes the environmental sustainability foundation in some of the papers by including a fundamental issues article by Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Green IS refers to improving the flow and management of information, while Green information technology (IT) refers more to the hardware and other infrastructure that can be better managed and designed from an environmental perspective. Evidence of this greening prominence has included calls for research and investigation on this topic in the top IS and IT journals and by major IS and IT professional societies. The introductory editorial provides an overview of some of the existing practical and theoretical concerns facing the use of IS to create green solution and the greening of IT.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 695-704 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Information Systems Frontiers |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are happy to finally arrive at the completion of this special issue which has been in the works for many years, as an idea, then as a proposal, and then finally as a real product and service to the community. We are grateful to a broad variety of contributors and support. We would first like to thank and acknowledge the support from R. Ramesh and H. Raghav Rao, Information Systems Frontiers’ editors-in-chief. We are grateful to our team of reviewers and guest editorial board who provided excellent and constructive feedback on the submitted manuscripts. We also wish to thank the Springer staff who helped us with managing the review and publishing process. Finally we wish to thank the authors of these papers and those who submitted their research for consideration.
Copyright:
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