Uberveillance: Microchipping People and the Assault on Privacy (2009)
Uberveillance is above and beyond, an exaggerated, and omnipresent 24/7 electronic surveillance. It is a surveillance that is not only always on but always with you. It is ever-present because the...
Hamilton, D., Michael, K., Wamba, S. F.
The aim of this paper is to review the inventory control practices of a small-to-medium retailer, in order to identify common challenges these organizations experience with respect to automated data...
The privacy-value-control harmonization for RFID adoption in retail (2009)
Privacy concerns have, at least in part, impeded the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) in retail. The adoption of other automatic identification (auto-ID) applications shows that...
Uberveillance: Microchipping People and the Assault on Privacy (2009)
Uberveillance is above and beyond, an exaggerated, and omnipresent 24/7 electronic surveillance. It is a surveillance that is not only always on but always with you. It is ever-present because the...
Hamilton, D., Michael, K., Wamba, S. F.
The aim of this paper is to review the inventory control practices of a small-to-medium retailer, in order to identify common challenges these organizations experience with respect to automated data...
The privacy-value-control harmonization for RFID adoption in retail (2009)
Privacy concerns have, at least in part, impeded the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) in retail. The adoption of other automatic identification (auto-ID) applications shows that...
Hamilton, D., Michael, K., Wamba, S. F.
The aim of this paper is to review the inventory control practices of a small-to-medium retailer, in order to identify common challenges these organizations experience with respect to automated data...
Uberveillance: Microchipping People and the Assault on Privacy (2009)
Uberveillance is above and beyond, an exaggerated, and omnipresent 24/7 electronic surveillance. It is a surveillance that is not only always on but always with you. It is ever-present because the...
The privacy-value-control harmonization for RFID adoption in retail (2009)
Privacy concerns have, at least in part, impeded the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) in retail. The adoption of other automatic identification (auto-ID) applications shows that...
RFID-Enabled Warehouse Optimization: Lessons from Early Adopters in the 3PL Industry (2008)
Wamba, S. F., Coltman, T. R., Michael, K.
This paper presents the impact of RFID technology on the picking and shipping processes of one RFID-enabled warehouse in the 3PL industry. The findings from our study confirm initial results from...
An information Systems Design Theory for an RFID University-based Laboratory (2008)
RFID technology is defined as a wireless automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technology and is considered as "the next big thing" in the management and "the next revolution in supply...
RFID and Supply Chain Management: Introduction to the Special Issue (2008)
Coltman, T., Gadh, R., Michael, K.
Much of the received wisdom emanating from modern corporations indicates that business competition is being fought "supply chain versus supply chain" rather than "firm versus firm". The ability to...
RFID and Supply Chain Management: Introduction to the Special Issue (2008)
Coltman, T., Gadh, R., Michael, K.
Much of the received wisdom emanating from modern corporations indicates that business competition is being fought "supply chain versus supply chain" rather than "firm versus firm". The ability to...
RFID-Enabled Warehouse Optimization: Lessons from Early Adopters in the 3PL Industry (2008)
Wamba, S. F., Coltman, T. R., Michael, K.
This paper presents the impact of RFID technology on the picking and shipping processes of one RFID-enabled warehouse in the 3PL industry. The findings from our study confirm initial results from...
An information Systems Design Theory for an RFID University-based Laboratory (2008)
RFID technology is defined as a wireless automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technology and is considered as "the next big thing" in the management and "the next revolution in supply...
The RFID-Enabled Dairy Farm: Towards Total Farm Management (2008)
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is currently being deployed in government mandated livestock identification schemes across the world. RFID in its basic function can help authorities identify...
RFID-Enabled Warehouse Optimization: Lessons from Early Adopters in the 3PL Industry (2008)
Wamba, S. F., Coltman, T. R., Michael, K.
This paper presents the impact of RFID technology on the picking and shipping processes of one RFID-enabled warehouse in the 3PL industry. The findings from our study confirm initial results from...
The RFID Value Proposition (2008)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has the potential to revolutionize the retail industry, yet the linking of this automatic identification (auto-ID) technology to consumer goods has resulted in...
Advanced location-based services (2008)
Labrador, M. A., Michael, K., Kuepper, A.
This special issue of Computer Communications presents state-of-the-art research and applications in the area of location-based services (LBS). Initial location-based services entered the market...
Microchip Implants for Humans as Unique Identifiers: a Case Study on VeriChip (2008)
Michael, K., Michael, M. G., Ip, R.
Microchip implants for humans are not new. The installation of pacemakers in humans and a great number of other medical innovations for prosthesis are now considered straightforward procedures. Today...
Social and Organizational Aspects of Information Security Management (2008)
This paper aims to explore social and organizational aspects of information security management. The changing nature of security is revealed against the backdrop of globalization. It provides a...
Ip, R., Michael, K., Michael, M. G.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) chip implants for humans are no longer the tales of science fiction. Already preliminary findings have shown that the number of people willing to get chipped has...
An information Systems Design Theory for an RFID University-based Laboratory (2008)
RFID technology is defined as a wireless automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technology and is considered as "the next big thing" in the management and "the next revolution in supply...
Privacy, Value and Control Issues in Four Mobile Business Applications (2008)
Renegar, B. D., Michael, K., Michael, M. G.
This paper presents four case studies that explore the adoption and acceptance of mobile technologies and services within the context of the privacy-value-control (PVC) trichotomy. The technologies...
Ip, R., Michael, K., Michael, M. G.
This paper provides insights into the culture, values and ethics of do-it-yourself microchip implantees. Microchip implantees are people who have opted to bear a radio-frequency identification (RFID)...
RFID and Supply Chain Management: Introduction to the Special Issue (2008)
Coltman, T., Gadh, R., Michael, K.
Much of the received wisdom emanating from modern corporations indicates that business competition is being fought "supply chain versus supply chain" rather than "firm versus firm". The ability to...
A Research Note on Ethics in the Emerging Age of Uberveillance (Überveillance) (2008)
Michael, M. G., Fusco, S. J., Michael, K.
Advanced location-based services (A-LBS) for humancentric tracking and monitoring are now emerging as operators and service providers begin to leverage their existing infrastructure and invest in new...
Control, trust, privacy, and security: evaluating location-based services (2007)
Location-based services (LBS) are those applications that utilize the position of an end-user, animal, or thing based on a given device (handheld, wearable, or implanted), for a particular purpose....
In 1999 Southern Networks deployed the Open Text Livelink knowledge management system (KMS). Livelink allowed for the centralization of key corporate applications and associated content at a global,...
Barriers to RFID Adoption in the Supply Chain (2007)
Huber, N., Michael, K., McCathie, L.
This paper explores the current barriers to adoption of radio-frequency identification (RFID) for supply chain applications, and documents the perceptions of key players in the Australian RFID...
A Note on Überveillance / A Note on Uberveillance (2007)
The following note from the editors presents a summary of the term überveillance, as it was originally presented by the primary author in May 2006. Überveillance is an above and beyond, an...
Aloudat, A., Michael, K., Yan, J.
In emergencies governments have long utilised broadcasting media like radio and television to disseminate up-to-date real-time information to citizens. In the same context, however, some other...
The objective of this paper is to explore the role of human tracking technology, primarily the use of global positioning systems (GPS) in locating individuals for the purposes of mutual legal...
This paper identifies the contributing factors of product shrinkage and investigates the current state of anti-theft technology as part of the loss prevention strategy for a major Australian...
Vendor Perceptions of How RFID can Minimize Product Shrinkage in the Retail Supply Chain (2007)
The objective of this paper is to investigate product shrinkage in the retail supply chain, and to consider how radio frequency identification (RFID) could act as a partial solution toward a...
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is changing the face of livestock identification and management. Beyond satisfying the regulations of government agencies for livestock to be a part of a...
Regionalisation of steep restitution slopes and ventricular tachycardia circuits (2006)
Sunni, N., Yue, A., Michael, K., Allen, S., Roberts, P., Morgan, J.
Introduction: Electrical instability and arrhythmogenesis have been linked to the steepness of the action potential duration restitution curve slope in experimental and animal models. Inducibility of...
Realized Applications of Positioning Technologies in Defense Intelligence (2006)
Spurred by the recent escalation of terrorist attacks and their increasingly devastating outcomes, defense intelligence in the context of homeland security has been drawn into the spotlight. The...
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been applied successfully to numerous remote Indigenous communities around the world. The greatest gains have been made when requirements have been...
Location-Based Services and the Privacy-Security Dichotomy (2006)
Michael, K., Perusco, L., Michael, M. G.
Location-based services (LBS) rely on knowledge of a user's location to provide tailored services or information by means of a wireless device. LBS applications have wide-ranging implications for...
The advancement of positioning technologies in defense intelligence (2006)
The adoption of positioning technologies to supplement, complement and function as defense intelligence applications has become widely accepted within homeland security and military circles. At the...
Towards Chipification: The Multifunctional Body Art of the Net Generation (2006)
This paper considers the trajectory of the microchip within the context of converging disciplines to predict the realm of likely possibilities in the shortterm future of the technology. After...
Michael, K., Michael, M. G., Tootell, H., Baker, V.
The number and type of automatic identification technologies in the market have grown since the bar code was introduced in the retail sector in the late 1960s. This paper studies the selection...
Lend me your arms: the use and implications of humancentric RFID (2006)
Recent developments in the area of RFID have seen the technology expand from its role in industrial and animal tagging applications, to being implantable in humans. With a gap in literature...
Location-Based Intelligence – Modeling Behavior in Humans using GPS (2006)
Michael, K., McNamee, A., Michael, M. G., Tootell, H.
This paper introduces the notion of location-based intelligence by tracking the spatial properties and behavior of a single civilian participant over a two-week study period using a global...
The AVIAN Flu Tracker - a Location Service Proof of Concept (2006)
Michael, K., Stroh, B., Berry, O., Muhlbauer, A., Nicholls, T.
The bird infecting viral strain H5N1, commonly known as the Avian Flu, is a highly infectious and resilient virus that can be fatal if contracted by humans. Authorities and health services have a...
The proliferation of identification techniques for citizens throughout the ages (2006)
Manual identification techniques date back to ancient times, however the need to identify individuals has heightened particularly since the Industrial Revolution. This paper traces the use of...
The Emerging Ethics of Humancentric GPS Tracking and Monitoring (2006)
Michael, K., McNamee, A., Michael, M. G.
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is increasingly being adopted by private and public enterprise to track and monitor humans for location-based services (LBS). Some of these applications include...
In 1999 Southern Networks deployed the Open Text Livelink knowledge management system (KMS). Livelink allowed for the centralization of key corporate applications and associated content at a global,...
Historical lessons on ID technology and the consequences of an unchecked trajectory (2006)
This paper traces the use of identification techniques throughout the ages and focuses on the growing importance of citizen identification by governments. The paper uses a historical approach...
National Security: The Social Implications of the Politics of Transparency (2006)
This special issue of Prometheus is dedicated to the theme of the Social Implications of National Security Measures on Citizens and Business. National security measures can be defined as those...
Location-based services (LBS) are those applications that utilize the position of an end-user, animal or thing based on a given device (handheld, wearable, interwoven into fabric or implanted),...
Homo Electricus and the Continued Speciation of Humans (2006)
The Electrophorus belongs to the new species of Homo Electricus. In its current state the Electrophorus relies on a device being triggered wirelessly when it enters an electromagnetic field.
This paper describes how location-based services (LBS) was introduced into the information technology curriculum at the University of Wollongong in 2004. The inquiry is based on two academic...
Is it the End of Barcodes in Supply Chain Management? (2005)
Barcode is a mature automatic identification (auto-ID) technology that has been used in supply chain management (SCM) for several decades. Such has been the domination of the auto-ID technique that...
The need for a digital aid framework in humanitarian relief (2005)
Humanitarian relief organizations are increasingly becoming reliant upon the use of Information Technology & Telecommunications (IT&T) for the distribution of aid to refugees and Internally...
The Structure and Components of E-mall Business Models (2005)
This paper is concerned with e-mall business models. The investigation defines what constitutes an e-mall, the different types of implementations, and surveys a number of established e-malls. The...
The aim of this research is to assess the role of digital music distribution services in the downturn and restructuring of the music industry. The research was bound by the systems of innovation...
The pros and cons of RFID in supply chain management (2005)
This paper presents the pros and cons of using radio-frequency identification (RFID) in supply chain management (SCM). While RFID has a greater number of benefits than its predecessor, the bar code,...
Humancentric Applications of Precise Location Based Services (2005)
This paper focuses on the growing need to consider the implications of humancentric applications of precise location based services (LBS). As newer positioning technologies are introduced into the...
Recent developments in the area of RFID have seen the technology expand from its role in industrial and animal tagging applications, to being implantable in humans. With a gap in literature...
Microchipping people: the rise of the electrophorus (2005)
Automatic identification (auto-ID) is the process of identifying a living or nonliving thing without direct human intervention. Before auto-ID only manual identification techniques existed, such as...
Applications of Human Transponder Implants in Mobile Commerce (2005)
When the ENIAC was launched in 1946, no one could ever have imagined that the giant thinking machine would one day find itself inside the anthropos. However the continuing quest for miniaturisation...
The Social, Cultural, Religious and Ethical Implications of Automatic Identification (2004)
The number of automatic identification (auto-ID) technologies being utilized in eBusiness applications is growing rapidly. With an increasing trend toward miniaturization and wireless capabilities,...
Location-Based Services: a vehicle for IT&T convergence (2004)
Location-based services (LBS), more than any other mobile commerce application area has served to bring together information technology and telecommunications (IT&T) industries. While much has...
In February of 2003 Kiama Council launched a preliminary survey to gather community attitudes on the future growth of Werri Beach and Gerringong, NSW (Nelson). The survey focused primarily on what...
The Rise of the Wireless Internet (2003)
The introduction of the mobile phone revolutionised the way people traditionally communicated with one another. People suddenly became accessible independent of their location, at any time of the day...
The Rise of the Wireless Internet (2003)
The introduction of the mobile phone revolutionised the way people traditionally communicated with one another. People suddenly became accessible independent of their location, at any time of the day...
Since the 1970s, automatic identification (auto-ID) technologies have been evolving to revolutionise the way people live and work. Previous research has not addressed auto-ID technological innovation...
The Rise of the Wireless Internet (2003)
The introduction of the mobile phone revolutionised the way people traditionally communicated with one another. People suddenly became accessible independent of their location, at any time of the day...
The Adoption of E-Commerce by Microbusinesses (2003)
In Australia, about 89 per cent of businesses have less than five employees. This equates to 1035 000 microbusinesses. What is important to note is that 637300 of these are non-employing businesses...
The Automatic Identification Trajectory (2003)
The top-secret ENIAC project, at the Moore School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, was first made known to the public in February 1946. Reporters used 'anthropomorphic' and 'awesome...
Integrating Islands of Information Through CRM (2003)
It was not so long ago that one would pull up into a service station and be greeted by an attendant who would customarily ask whether or not to fill up the car with petrol. Of course, today things...
The Online Privacy Frontier (2003)
Many web sites pride themselves on offering personalised customer service, but that really depends on the amount of information the online shopper is willing to give the online merchant. In most...
The Battle Against Security Attacks (2003)
Medium-to-large-sized companies are increasingly using their intranets to broadcast company-wide messages and store valuable information. Employees can choose to view multimedia- based messages from...
Barunga Music is a fictitious company, used for the sole purpose of creating this case study: Barunga Music is an organisation that records, markets and sells Aboriginal compositions. Barunga is a...