| Strategic Importance of RFID – Empirical and Conceptual Insights Strategic Importance of RFID – Empirical and Conceptual Insights (2009) | |||||||||||||||
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| RFID is currently considered a hot topic in the IT arena. It is described as major enabling technology for automated contact less wireless data collection and as an enabler for the real-time enterprise, a future vision of Enterprise Information Systems. But little is known about the perceived strategic importance of RFID among IT decision makers, current RIFD usage and areas of application or companies ' intentions to invest in RFID. In this paper we present a research model for analysing the perceived strategic importance of RFID and top IT decision makers ' intentions to invest. The research model is applied in a quantitative survey among CIOs in Germany. We verify the research model and present empirical insights on CIOs ’ perceptions of RFID regarding its strategic importance, the relevance of RFID compared to other IT topics and their RFID vision for the future of their company. Finally, we develop a conceptual framework to asses, evaluate and implement RFID applications in companies | |||||||||||||||
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