Chen, Hsin and Papazafeiropoulou, Anastasia
(2012)
An Empirical Study For Radio Frequency
Identification (Rfid) Adoption
By Smes In The Taiwanese
Information Technology (It) Industry.
Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 17 (2).
pp. 1-20.
ISSN 1394-2603
Abstract
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology represents a common standard for
data storage and retrieval that could improve collaboration and data sharing between
non-competing organisations. With the advent of RFID, organisations have the
opportunity to rethink how their organisation will operate and integrate in the supply
chain. Especially for Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), that they have limited
resources adopting such an innovative technology (i.e. RFID) the adoption decision can
be daunting. Literature indicates that SMEs that decide to go on with implementation
have so far only a few guidelines from either private companies or public authorities
regarding awareness on specific opportunities and risks. This research is therefore trying
to explore in detail the factors that affect SMEs' RFID adoption in the Taiwan
Information Technology (IT) manufacturing industry. We are employing Exploratory
Factor Analysis (EFA) techniques and utilising a questionnaire survey in order to collect
and analyse our data. After classifying the responding SMEs into three different adopters
categories named ready adopter, initiator adopter and unprepared adopter using EFA
technique our results show that each category has some specific adoption factors related
to their unique situation. These are for ready adopters: cost and management, for
initiator adopters: competitiveness and process efficiency and unprepared adopters: IT
management difficulties, IT implementation difficulties and cost of implementation. A
SMEs RFID adoption model is then proposed. It is anticipated that the findings of this
research will not only enhance the research in RFID adoption in SMEs, but can also act
as a reference for practitioners in the industry and researchers in the academic field.
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