Organizational-level RFID technology adoption in the hospitality industry

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 629-642

  Ozturk, Ahmet Bulent ^a   Palakurthi, Radesh ^b   Hancer, Murat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b The Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitality; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874197266     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354212X13485873913967     Document Type: Article

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