Green technologies and business practices : an IT approach / [edited by] Patricia Ordonez de Pablos. - Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, ©2013. - xv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A paradigm of constructing industrial symbiosis and coupling in China's county-region economic sustainability development / Guangming Li -- A method for examining SME descriptions of environmental sustainability online / Craig M. Parker, Ambika Zutshi, Bardo Fraunholz [and others] -- Organizational IT sustainability measures : the strategic green ontology / M.H. Smeitink, M. Spruit -- Green IT strategies : a conceptual framework for the alignment of information technology and corporate sustainability strategy / F. Loeser, K. Erek, R. Zarnekow -- Not madness but business : a green paradigm shift in architecture and building industry / Murat C̦etin -- Empirical study on the correlations of environmental pollution, human capital, and economic growth : based on the 1990-2007 data in Guangdong, China / Li Guangming, An Zhaofeng -- Green computing to green business / R.K. Jena -- Green, sustainble, or clean : what type of IT/IS technologies will we need in the future? / Albena Antonova -- Longer use, better use : how to avoid software induced hardware obsolescence / Giovanna Sissa -- Ecoride : the social based system for car traffic optimization / Tomasz Filipowski, Piotr Bródka, Przemyslaw Kazienko -- Web-based digital habitat ecosystems for sustainable built environments / Kamatchi Pillai, Cagil Ozansoy -- An investigation into the factors which influence the adoption of Green IT : a case study of an Irish public sector organisation / Michael Lang, Lisa Molloy -- Green manufacturing practices and performance among SMEs : evidence from a developing nation / T. Ramayah, Osman Mohamad, Azizah Omar [and others] -- Data center waste management / Peter C. Gossin, Ryan C. LaBrie.

"This book presents new theories, research findings and case studies for understanding green issues in business, and the role of information technologies play"--Provided by publisher.

9781466619722 9781466619746 1466619724 1466619740

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Sustainable development.
Information technology--Environmental aspects.
Industries--Environmental aspects.
Industries--Environmental aspects.
Information technology--Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.

HC79.E5 / G691 2013

658.4/083