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

International Journal of Engineering Business Management

Mirjana PejićBach¹ 

关键词: Radio frequency identification;    clustering;    K-means;    enterprises;    European countries;    competitiveness;    global competitiveness report;   

DOI  :  10.1177/1847979016685093

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY