RFID technology adoption and supply chain performance: An empirical study in China's logistics industry

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 369-378

  Lin, Chieh Yu ^a   Ho, Yi Hui ^a  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Communication technologies; Distribution management; Innovation; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349630941     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540910980288     Document Type: Article

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