Supply chain innovation for short-life products: A preventive assessment of RFID deployment and implementation

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 535-554

  Vecchi, Alessandra ^a   Brennan, Louis ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Consumer services; Innovation; Radio frequency identification; RFID; Short life products; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849130943     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2009.027176     Document Type: Article

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