Impact of internet of things (IoT) in disaster management: a task-technology fit perspective

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2019, Pages 759-794

  Sinha, Akash ^a   Kumar, Prabhat ^a   Rana, Nripendra P ^b   Islam, Rubina ^c   Dwivedi, Yogesh K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PATNA   (India)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Internet of things; IoT; Strategic value; Task technology fit; TTF

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031938236     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-017-2658-1     Document Type: Article

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