RFID–Fromtechnologyeconomicstobusinesspolicy.pptVIP

RFID Yale Braunstein Patrick Riley RFID – From technology economics to business policy Yale Braunstein School of Information Updated April 2010 Motivation Opportunity to have policy informed by economics technology Opportunity for policy and technology to develop in logical, coordinated manner Economic Background Costs features One approach is to look at prior technology for analogs (e.g., barcodes) Technical hierarchy Where does RFID fit in with other technologies in terms of use, complexity, etc. The next three slides portray these relationships in different ways Costs features