Unpacking Green IS: A Review of the Existing Literature and Directions for the Future

Stoney Brooks (), Xuequn Wang () and Saonee Sarker ()
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Stoney Brooks: Washington State University
Xuequn Wang: Washington State University
Saonee Sarker: Washington State University

A chapter in Green Business Process Management, 2012, pp 15-37 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Green IS is one of the latest manifestations in the realm of sustainable business practices. The decisions surrounding Green IS implementation strategies, policies, and tools provide compelling challenges for organizations. As practitioners have been highly interested in this topic for a while (known as Green IT), there has also been a recent growing interest in Green IS within the IS academic community. In this chapter, we conduct a systematic and comprehensive review of both the practitioner and academic literatures surrounding Green IS. Specifically, our review includes articles published in the IS academic Senior Scholar’s Basket of Journals, hybrid journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Software, and MIS Quarterly Executive, and practitioner outlets such as CIO magazine and PC World. Through this review, we identify the main streams of Green IS-related studies that have been undertaken within both practice and academia, and offer a holistic picture of the current state of research/interest in Green IS. We then identify the overlaps and differences between the two sides (that is, academia and practice) in an attempt to unearth noticeable similarities/gaps between both perspectives. Finally, we not only identify the trends in Green IS research, but also provide academic scholars interested in Green IS more focused directions on the specific research questions to address with respect to Green IS.

Keywords: Information Technology; Energy Efficiency; Business Process; Information System; Academic Literature (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-27488-6_2

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