The assessment of green information technology adoption and readiness in Iranian firms

The purposes of this research are twofold. Firstly, the goal is to determine Iranian businesses Green IT Readiness-levels. It means companies’ maturity in integrating environmental viewpoint to IT related activities throughout its lifecycle. The G-Readiness framework is also used to test the role of...

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Main Author: Badami, Babak
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spelling my-mmu-ep.38792013-06-20T00:57:19Z The assessment of green information technology adoption and readiness in Iranian firms 2013-06-13 Badami, Babak HC Economic History and Conditions The purposes of this research are twofold. Firstly, the goal is to determine Iranian businesses Green IT Readiness-levels. It means companies’ maturity in integrating environmental viewpoint to IT related activities throughout its lifecycle. The G-Readiness framework is also used to test the role of eco-sustainability in the adoption of e-invoicing. The second part of the research is about IT’s enabling role in reducing carbon footprint of invoicing as invoices are turned from paper into electronic format. According to the research, the respondent companies’ G-Readiness seems to be mediocre. The framework with four measures (Attitudes, Paperless Office, Management and Virtualization) was studied through a survey and tested using Partial Least Squares analysis (PLS). 2013-06 Thesis http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/3879/ http://vlib.mmu.edu.my/diglib/login/dlusr/login.php masters Multimedia University Graduate School of Management
institution Multimedia University
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topic HC Economic History and Conditions
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Badami, Babak
The assessment of green information technology adoption and readiness in Iranian firms
description The purposes of this research are twofold. Firstly, the goal is to determine Iranian businesses Green IT Readiness-levels. It means companies’ maturity in integrating environmental viewpoint to IT related activities throughout its lifecycle. The G-Readiness framework is also used to test the role of eco-sustainability in the adoption of e-invoicing. The second part of the research is about IT’s enabling role in reducing carbon footprint of invoicing as invoices are turned from paper into electronic format. According to the research, the respondent companies’ G-Readiness seems to be mediocre. The framework with four measures (Attitudes, Paperless Office, Management and Virtualization) was studied through a survey and tested using Partial Least Squares analysis (PLS).
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author Badami, Babak
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title The assessment of green information technology adoption and readiness in Iranian firms
title_short The assessment of green information technology adoption and readiness in Iranian firms
title_full The assessment of green information technology adoption and readiness in Iranian firms
title_fullStr The assessment of green information technology adoption and readiness in Iranian firms
title_full_unstemmed The assessment of green information technology adoption and readiness in Iranian firms
title_sort assessment of green information technology adoption and readiness in iranian firms
granting_institution Multimedia University
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