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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -This paper aims to assess the business value realised from radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled healthcare transformation projects as compared with other industries. The paper starts with a review of RFID technology in the healthcare industry and further extends to an in-depth analysis of mini-case studies collected from RFID Journal, a leading professional journal dedicated to RFID technology, in order to identify the major benefits of the implementation of RFID systems as well as its business value achieved. In addition, there is further analysis that is being carried out on other industries to have an overview of the benefits of RFID implementation. Design/methodology/approach -Key findings on RFID systems are being obtained from a thorough review of case studies collected from the RFID Journal's database -which for this purpose, provided 20 cases from the healthcare industry and 49 cases from other industries -so as to assess the business value of RFID-enabled healthcare transformation projects. Findings -Implementation of RFID systems in healthcare resulted in enhanced automational, informational and transformational effects that helped to eliminate paper-based processes, manual processes and low visibility of patients, staff, equipments and data, etc. Such a transformation definitely gave rise to high financial performances, patient satisfaction and better decision quality on their treatments, which in turn provided a high control, co-ordination and planning of the healthcare organisation. Further, the results showcase the business value of RFID technology and the benefits gained within the healthcare sector, in comparison with other industries. Overall, this case analysis has indicated that implementation of RFID clearly produced evident effects at the process level of an organisation, thus leading to substantial gains at the organisational level. Originality/value -This paper delivers a review of case studies on RFID-enabled transformation projects and process innovations, mainly in the healthcare industry, albeit it extends to other industries. For this reason, a review on RFID technology is being discussed while 69 cases are being scrutinised. The re...

Business process management (BPM), business process reengineering (BPR), and business process innovation (BPI) have been the primary strategies adopted by several organizations to manage their business successfully along with IT. In the last few years, the concept of BPM, BPR, and BPI has been a hot topic among the IS community, which is evident in the degree of literatures devoted to it. Due to the dynamic nature of this research area, this paper aims to add knowledge to the existing ones by answering (1) what is the current level of development on BPM, BPR, and BPI within AIS basket of top journals and Science Direct database? and (2) what are the potential future research directions on BPM, BPR, and BPI?. A total of 55 articles from the AIS basket of top journals and 61 articles from the Science Direct database are analyzed based on the year of publications, AIS geographical regions, approaches adopted by the author/s, components of BPM areas and industrial application covered, and potential future research directions are discussed. Abstract. Business process management (BPM), business process reengineering (BPR), and business process innovation (BPI) have been the primary strategies adopted by several organizations to manage their business successfully along with IT.In the last few years, the concept of BPM, BPR, and BPI has been a hot topic among the IS community, which is evident in the degree of literatures devoted to it. Due to the dynamic nature of this research area, this paper aims to add knowledge to the existing ones by answering (1) what is the current level of development on BPM, BPR, and BPI within AIS basket of top journals and Science Direct database? and (2) what are the potential future research directions on BPM, BPR, and BPI?. A total of 55 articles from the AIS basket of top journals and 61 articles from the Science Direct database are analyzed based on the year of publications, AIS geographical regions, approaches adopted by the author/s, components of BPM areas and industrial application covered, and potential future research directions are discussed.

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