Eco-innovation practices’ adoption in the automotive industry

Modeling the Drivers of Eco-Innovation Adoption within Iranian Manufacturing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

There are various studies on the eco-innovation in the literature, but there is a scarcity of studies on the adoption and diffusion within manufacturing small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). Drivers to adopt eco-innovations by manufacturing SMEs are required to be understood properly and be analyzed regarding the relationships among them. Hence, the purpose of this study is to identify the ...

Adoption and Diffusion of Rfid Technology in the Automotive Industry

The adoption of novel information technologies like Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can improve the transparency and efficiency within supply chains. After many years of hyping the RFID technology it becomes increasingly evident that the actual adoption and diffusion of RFID lags behind the expectations of its optimistic promoters. In this paper we identify factors with a top-down approac...

Drivers of RFID Adoption in the Automotive Industry

The automotive industry is confronted with increasing competition, leading to higher cost pressures and the demand to optimize production processes and value chains. Here the RFID technology promises to improve a range of processes in logistics and manufacturing. Despite its promising potential in the automotive industry, RFID has not yet made a decisive step from pilots to real-life implementa...

Learning, Upgrading, and Innovation in the South African Automotive Industry

This paper addresses innovation activities of automotive component manufacturers in South Africa. It looks at the technological trajectory of a handful of firms that stand out from the crowd and analyses the results of their endeavours in the context of their interaction with foreign capital, their internal agenda in terms of upgrading and R&D, and South Africa’s national innovation system (NIS...

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