An Empirical Study on the Factors Influencing RFID Adoption and Implementation

The purpose of this study is to investigate which factors are important for RFID adoption and implementation. This study suggests four influential factors that include nine variables – perceived benefits, perceived costs, standardization, top management support, IT knowledge capability, environmental uncertainty, competitive pressure, inter-organizational cooperation, inter-organizational trust –impacting the intent of RFID adoption and extent of RFID use. Reviewing the literature, this study is suggested a research model and develop four hypotheses to be tested. Data are collected from 171 companies related to the RFID in Korea. The results of hypothesis testing are as follows. First, perceived benefits, standardization, top management support, IT knowledge capability, environmental uncertainty, competitive pressure and inter-organizational cooperation were significantly related to intent of RFID adoption. Second, perceived benefits, standardization, top management support, competitive pressure and inter-organizational cooperation were significantly related to an extent of RFID use. In conclusion, study s limitations and implications were treated