Factors affecting RFId adoption in a vertical supply chain: The case of the silk industry in Italy

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 315-331

  Quetti, Cristina ^a   Pigni, Federico ^a,b   Clerici, Alessandro ^a  

^a CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

^b GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Collaborative network; Diffusion of innovation theory; Inter organisational systems adoption; RFId; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION PROCESS; COLLABORATIVE NETWORK; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION THEORY; DIFFUSION PATTERNS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; INTER-ORGANISATIONAL SYSTEMS ADOPTION; RFID SYSTEMS; SILK INDUSTRY; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; STILL MISSING;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SUPPLY CHAINS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84856517414     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2011.627661     Document Type: Article

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