Naslov
RFID usage in European enterprises and its relation to competitiveness: Cluster analysis approach
(RFID usage in European enterprises and its relation to competitiveness: Cluster analysis)

Autori
Pejić Bach, Mirjana ; Zoroja, Jovana ; Loupis, Michalis

Izvornik
International journal of engineering business management (1847-9790) 8 (2017); 1, 11

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Radio frequency identification ; clustering ; K-means ; enterprises ; European countries ; competitiveness ; global competitiveness report

Sažetak
The radio frequency identification (RFID) is one of the most promising new technologies of modern economy, with a high potential of improving the efficiency and productivity of enterprises. The main goal of this study is to determine the extent of RFID usage in European (EU) countries [The expansion for ‘‘EU’’ has been used as ‘‘European’’ throughout the article. Hence, please check and approve the edits.]and to estimate whether there is a relation between countries’ competitiveness and their levels of RFID usage. First, the trend of RFID usage among EU enterprises is analyzed for the years 2009, 2011, and 2014. Second, a cluster analysis is applied with the goal to create homogenous groups of countries according to the RFID application across different industries. Third, countries from different clusters were compared according to their competitiveness in 2014. Results revealed that enterprises in Europe differ substantially according to their RFID usage. Also, RFID usage is not evenly distributed among countries across different industries, since some countries were leaders in RFID usage in one industry while lagging behind in RFID usage in other industries. Finally, countries from clusters with a higher RFID usage level also have a higher level of technological readiness and innovation, while smaller differences were found in business sophistication.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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