Rebound effects of progress in information technology
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- Authors
- Hilty, L. M., Köhler, A., Von Schéele, F., Zah, R., & Ruddy, T.
- Affiliations
- Empa (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Hilty, L.M.
- Venue
- Poiesis & Praxis
- Published
- 2006-02-14
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 19-38
- ISSN
- 1615-6609 (ISSN-L)
- 1615-6617
- OpenAlex
- W2110503090
- Cited by
- 97
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 14.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- philarchive.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Poiesis & Praxis (publishedVersion)
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) (submittedVersion)
- DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › General Social Sciences › Information Society and Technology Trends
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Keywords
- rebound effect, technological efficiency, technological determinism, organizational productivity, socio-economic sustainability
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