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Vlad Krotov

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Rfid As A Disruptive Innovation, Vlad Krotov Jul 2008

Rfid As A Disruptive Innovation, Vlad Krotov

Vlad Krotov

The first part of the paper discusses Wal-Mart’s adoption of RFID through the theoretical lens of the
Resources, Processes, and Values (RPV) innovation theory. This part makes a theoretical argument that Wal-
Mart adopted RFID as a sustaining innovation – an incremental improvement in supply chain identification
technology. The second part reviews a representative sample of IS literature in order to investigate whether IS
researchers have been influenced by Wal-Mart’s perspective on RFID. The literature review suggests that many
IS researchers have also adopted Wal-Mart’s perspective on RFID. The third part argues that RFID technology
has a potential to become …