Integrating the smartphone into a sound environmental information systems strategy: Principles, practices and a research agenda

Authors:
Leyland F. Pitt;Michael Parent;Iris Junglas;Anthony Chan;Stavroula Spyropoulou
Affiliations:
Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1W6;Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1W6;C.T. Bauer School of Business, 334 Melcher Hall, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-6021, USA;Division of Industrial Marketing, eCommerce and Logistics, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden;Division of Marketing and Strategy, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK
Venue:
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Smartphones are both green technologies and an integral parts of green information systems that are beginning to make serious contributions toward a sustainable environment. We trace the rise of the smartphone, with particular attention given to the iPhone and its many applications. The fundamental differences between smartphone-based and more common Internet applications, and how these might enhance sustainable strategies for organizations with a green agenda are highlighted. U-Commerce is suggested as a theoretical framework that best explains this, and the four dimension of U-Commerce are employed to illustrate how innovative organizations are using the unique characteristics of smartphones to pursue environmentally sound strategies. A process that might be followed for indentifying applications for sustainable issues, making sure that the applications take advantages of a smartphone's unique features, and that contribute to sustainability by using fewer resources, protecting resources, and improving our use of current resources. The paper concludes by identifying a research agenda for information systems scholars to pursue studying the use of smartphones in search of a sustainable information technology agenda.