Managerial problem-solving in the adoption of Radio Frequency Identification Technologies

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 553-569

  Otondo, Robert F ^a   Pearson, Allison W ^a   Pearson, Rodney A ^a   Shaw, John C ^a   Shim, Jung P ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption of technology; Information and communication technology (ICT); Problem solving; Qualitative approach; Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949107102     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2009.39     Document Type: Article

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