Revolutionizing Technology Adoption for the Remanufacturing Industry

Environmental Issues within the Remanufacturing Industry

Researchers often regard remanufacturing as an environmentally beneficial end-of-life option. There have been, however, few environmental measurements performed in the area. The aim of this paper is to identify general environmental pros and cons with remanufacturing. This is done through the analysis of practical examples in remanufacturing industries. Life Cycle Assessment methodology has bee...

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...

Understanding technology adoption in the German pharmaceutical industry

At the beginning of the20th century classical biotechnology and chemical synthesis were for many purposes alternative technologies. Spite of the importance of classical bio-technology (which mainly drew on the application of enzymatic processes and microbiology for the production of good and services) at that time specially in Germany, the German drug producers made use of the organic chemical ...

Organizational-Level RFID Technology Adoption in the Hospitality Industry

Strategic Innovation and Technology Adoption in an Evolving Industry∗

We introduce a racing model with multiple product generations, product innovation, spin-outs, and licensing. Industry conditions and innovation characteristics affect who wins the race and who markets the resulting product. Small firms market their innovations when they pioneer a new generation or improve quality in a young generation and license their innovations in mature generations. If old ...