 Obsolescence risk in advanced technologies for retailing: A management perspectiveEleonora Pantano, Gianpaolo Iazzolino and Giuseppe Migliano Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2013, vol. 20, issue 2, 225-233 Abstract: In recent years, a great deal of research focused on the introduction of advanced technologies for making traditional stores more appealing and attractive, with several benefits for the retail process. Since the introduction of these innovative systems involves several risks that can have a negative impact on business profitability, this paper aims at investigating to what extent it is possible to reduce these risks by proposing an explorative framework for a successful risk management strategies in retail context. Key results of this research concern the importance of the risk management also for retail sector, with emphasis on the introduction/adoption decision of innovative technologies in the points of sale, with consequences for retail-oriented industries. To achieve this task, the current study synthesizes findings from several fields such as management, marketing, and computer science. Keywords: Risk management; Retailing; Technology management; Technology obsolescence risk; Innovation management (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:joreco:v:20:y:2013:i:2:p:225-233 DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2013.01.002 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services is currently edited by Harry Timmermans More articles in Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services from Elsevier |
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