Radio frequency identification (RFID) adoption: A cross-sectional comparison of voluntary and mandatory contexts

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1057-1076

  Hossain, Mohammad Alamgir ^a   Quaddus, Mohammed ^b  

^a NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Environment; Expectation; Mandatory; RFID; Voluntary

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; INNOVATION; RADIO WAVES;

ADOPTION; ENVIRONMENT; EXPECTATION; MANDATORY; VOLUNTARY;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 84942195882     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: 15729419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-013-9482-1     Document Type: Article

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