Controllable accountabilities: The Internet of Things and its challenges for organisations

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 449-467

  Boos, Daniel ^a   Guenter, Hannes ^b   Grote, Gudela ^a   Kinder, Katharina ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accountability; controllability; Internet of Things; organisational issues; sociomateriality

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CONTROL CAPABILITIES; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); ORGANISATIONAL; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICES; SOCIO MATERIALITIES; STAGES OF TECHNOLOGIES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

CONTROLLABILITY; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SUPPLY CHAINS; TECHNOLOGY;

INTERNET;

EID: 84877659655     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2012.674157     Document Type: Article

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