Discussion on a sustainable information society

• Authors: Ewa Ziemba
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The task of this paper is to provide a theoretically and empirically grounded discussion on a sustainable information society. Its purpose is to show the road that lies ahead for researchers in a sustainable information society. Firstly, this paper introduces sustainability as a new dimension of an information society as well as provides a definition of a sustainable information society and its conceptual model. Secondly, the framework of critical success factors for a sustainable information society is indicated. The paper concludes with some academic recommendation concerning the development of research on a sustainable information society. This is a conceptual paper based on the results of a critical literature review, action research and case studies, the Delphi study and systems thinking.

Keywords

EN

sustainable information society; information society; sustainability; informationcommunication technologies; ICT; critical success factors

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Informatyka Ekonomiczna
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 1(31)

Contributors

author

Ewa Ziemba

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