Evaluating the innovation of the Internet of Things: Empirical evidence from the intellectual capital assessment

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 341-356

  Murray, Alan ^a   Papa, Armando ^b   Cuozzo, Benedetta ^c   Russo, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cisco Systems Inc; EVA; Innovation; Intellectual capital; Internet of Things

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961602246     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BPMJ-05-2015-0077     Document Type: Article

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