A strategic examination of Radio Frequency Identification in Supply Chain Management

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-362

  Ju, Teresa L ^a,c   Ju, Patricia H ^a   Sun, Szu Yuan ^b  

^a SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Information Management ^*

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Cost shifting; Radio frequency identification; RFID; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; RADIO WAVES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; INDUSTRY STRUCTURES; INTER-ORGANISATIONAL; NETWORK STANDARDS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; RFID TECHNOLOGY; STRATEGIC VALUES; SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 53349089984     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2008.020555     Document Type: Article

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