Timing of RFID adoption in a supply chain

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 343-355

  Whang, Seungjin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application contexts sectors; Economics of IS; IT diffusion and adoption; IT policy and management; Supply chain and logistics

Indexed keywords

IT DIFFUSION; IT POLICIES; IT POLICY AND MANAGEMENT;

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RADIO NAVIGATION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77249112270     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1121     Document Type: Article

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