Importance of the relative advantage of RFID as enabler of asset management in the healthcare: Results from a Delphi study

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2879-2889

  Wamba, Samuel Fosso ^a,b   Ngai, Eric W T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSET MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE;

BAR CODING; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTHCARE SECTORS; MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; RFID TECHNOLOGY;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 84857970152     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2012.315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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