A Study for Sustainable IT: Management Effects of On-Premises and On-Demand IT on Carbon Intensity

Presenter Information

Majed Alghamdi, University of Colorado DenverFollow
Navid Aghakhani, University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaFollow
Jiyong Park, University of GeorgiaFollow
On-Ook Oh, University of Colorado DenverFollow

Paper Number

2642

Paper Type

short

Description

Reducing the level of carbon intensity – i.e., the level of carbon emission – is an important issue in cooperate IT management. Drawing upon the belief-action-outcome (BAO) framework, this study examines the impact of two different IT resources – i.e., on-premises IT (OPIT) and on-demand IT (ODIT) – on a firm’s carbon intensity. Also, we examine the moderating impact of green management strategies – i.e., environmental board oversight and environmental management incentives – on the effect of OPIT and ODIT on a firm’s carbon intensity. Using panel data with a sample of 3074 observations collected from 864 firms from 2016 to 2019, we find that OPIT usage is positively associated with carbon intensity, whereas ODIT usage is negatively associated with carbon intensity. In addition, we find that, while environmental board oversight mitigates the positive direct impact of OPIT on carbon intensity, environmental management incentives reinforce the negative direct impact of ODIT on carbon intensity.

Comments

05-SocImpact

Recommended Citation

Alghamdi, Majed; Aghakhani, Navid; Park, Jiyong; and Oh, On-Ook, "A Study for Sustainable IT: Management Effects of On-Premises and On-Demand IT on Carbon Intensity" (2023). ICIS 2023 Proceedings. 16.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2023/soc_impactIS/soc_impactIS/16