Title: The antecedents of green information system and impact on environmental performance

Authors: Zuoming Liu; Huaqing Wang; Ping Li

Addresses: Department of Marketing and Management, Mike Cottrell College of Business, University of North Georgia, 3820 Mundy Mill Rd, Oakwood, GA 30566, USA ' Robert W. Plaster School of Business, Missouri Southern State University, 3950 E. Newman Road, Joplin, MO 64801, USA ' Department of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Technology, 88 GongQingTuan Road, Zibo, Shandong, 255012, China

Abstract: As society becomes more and more aware of the negative impacts of business operations on environment and other aspects of society, companies have started to adopt environmental friendly activities due to the increasing pressures and concerns. How to improve company's environmental performance is the major challenge facing many managers. This study proposes a conceptual framework to study the role of green information system in improving company's environmental performance, and find out the antecedents in helping to create an effective green information system. A conceptual framework is proposed and tested empirically by using the data collected from China. This study contributes to the literature and by providing research direction and real-world practitioners with helpful guideline to build green information system.

Keywords: environmental performance; green information system; antecedent.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSEM.2018.096074

International Journal of Services, Economics and Management, 2018 Vol.9 No.2, pp.111 - 124

Received: 09 May 2018
Accepted: 02 Aug 2018
Published online: 09 Nov 2018 *

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