The Development of a Research Agenda for Rfid Adoption and Effectiveness in Supply Chains

The use of newer information technologies, such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), can improve the speed, accuracy, and visibility of information exchange within supply chains, which can ultimately lead to reduced inventory costs and improved customer service [19]. In spite of all the attention being paid to RFID recently, the pace of actual or planned RFID adoption by firms in supply chains remains low to moderate [23]. In addition, given the positive hype of RFID often found in the trade press and at conferences, there is a surprisingly scarce number of conceptual and empirical research articles on RFID in the supply chain and technology literature streams. Therefore, the goal of this paper is to propose a research agenda on RFID adoption and effectiveness that is guided by previous adoption research of other technologies in business environments. This article proposes primary and secondary research designs to help managers by providing guidance on how to support RFID adoption. The primary design suggests confirming antecedents to adoption. The secondary design suggests checking for differences across different