Incentives for Inter-Organizational Environmental Information Systems
ISBN
978-3-906031-24-8
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2013-02-14
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Hilty, Lorenz M.
Aebischer, Bernard
Andersson, Göran
Lohmann, Wolfgang
Abstract
Organizations word-wide are confronted with an increasing number of environmental requirements driven by social, legislative and competitive factors [33]. Since most of the required information to report and enhance environmental performance is located beyond organizational borders, firms need to exchange sustainability information within the supply chain. Inter-organizational environmental information systems (IO-EIS) promise to improve data availability, process flexibility, transparency, and costs [37]. In order to establish an IO-EIS in a particular industry, the solution provider needs to reach a critical mass of participants. Based on existing literature and the experience of five industry partners representing three use cases, this paper presents motives for organizations to participate in IOEIS, and an incentive scheme to enhance quantity and quality of user contributions.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
ICT4S 2013 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainability
Publisher
IFI Department of Informatics, ETH
Publisher place
Zürich
Volume
Parallel Session B1
Start page
143
End page
150
Event Title
1st International Conference of Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainability (ICT4S)
Event Location
ETH Zürich
Event Date
14.-16.03.2013
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
221642