Each month, RFID Journal receives numerous white paper submissions from outside experts. We read each paper carefully and select the most informative articles. Please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of facts or claims in these papers.
Investments in RFID: A Real Options Approach
Published July 2004
Milind Patil of Patni Corp. reviews the financial and business logic behind investing in RFID. The white paper argues that the dominant form of financial analysis, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Net Present Value (NPV) calculations, are too limited a basis on which to make RFID investment decisions.