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Popular Mobile Solutions in the Market (Anti Virus, ERP, SAP, SCM, etc.)
Published in Jithesh Sathyan, Anoop Narayanan, Navin Narayan, K V Shibu, A Comprehensive Guide to Enterprise Mobility, 2016
Jithesh Sathyan, Anoop Narayanan, Navin Narayan, K V Shibu
Mobile commerce (m-commerce) refers to all solutions in the mobile market, which facilitate commerce using mobile devices. These solutions facilitate transactions involving the transfer of rights or the ownership of goods and services. M-commerce is one of the fastest evolving industries and provides great opportunities for business enterprises, software and telecom service providers, and application developers. Any goods or service can be sold through m-commerce. M-commerce is a broad classification, and it involves many different business areas that are as follows: Software vendorsInfrastructure equipment vendorsContent providersContent aggregatorsMobile portalsBilling and payment
Impact of Direct Interaction with Virtual Objects through Touchscreens on Enhancing Psychological Ownership and Endowment Effect
Published in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2022
In Study 1 we saw that there are no significant differences between the psychological ownership and the endowment effect felt when the products are studied on a touch interface vs. a non-touch interface. The purpose of the second study was to investigate whether touching a product on two tactile interfaces of different sizes has the same level of influence on the psychological ownership and the endowment effect. Two of the most common issues related to mobile commerce are the size of the screen and the security of transactions (Moth, 2012). Touch devices, such as smartphones and tablets, have a more direct association with the consumer’s extended self, and this association is one of the factors that trigger the psychological ownership (Pierce et al., 2003). Due to the larger screen, tablets offer more interactivity and more contact with the product, allowing the user to control better the objects studied on the screen, so we expect that participants will feel a higher level of psychological ownership when studying the products on the tablet comparing to the smartphone. Therefore, the interface, together with the type of device used for online shopping influence the purchase decision and thus we hypothesize:
A meta-analysis of M-commerce continuance intention: moderating impact of culture and user types
Published in Behaviour & Information Technology, 2022
Sumedha Chauhan, Poonam Kumar, Mahadeo Jaiswal
The world has witnessed incredible advancements in mobile and wireless technology in the last two decades. Penetration and the growing popularity of mobile devices have significantly changed the way commercial activities are performed. Many people have smartphones that can be used for executing several activities such as shopping and payment (Verkijika 2018). The act of buying and selling goods and services through mobile devices is known as mobile commerce (m-commerce) (Chong 2013). M-commerce can be characterised as ‘any transaction with a monetary value either direct or indirect that is conducted over a wireless telecommunication network’ (Barnes 2002). Thus, m-commerce is a business model that facilitates the users to carry out business transactions through a mobile device (Chong 2013). Though m-commerce is usually assumed as an augmentation of electronic-commerce (e-commerce), it has various benefits over e-commerce. For instance, through m-commerce, users may transact over the Internet irrespective of their time and location. Additionally, m-commerce provides other new opportunities such as location-based services which have become the omnipresent part of individuals (Liébana-Cabanillas, Marinković, and Kalinić 2017).
Key factors influencing the adoption of apparel mobile commerce: an empirical study of Chinese consumers
Published in The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2018
Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is defined as the applications of wireless devices and data connection to conduct transactions, which result in the transfer of value in exchange for information, services, and/or goods (Kao, 2009). Compared to traditional desktop computer-based electronic commerce (e-commerce), m-commerce highlights the mobility of its transaction devices. The unique feature of mobile devices in performing tasks at anywhere and anytime and the advancement of the fourth generation of mobile telecommunication technology have spurred the rapid proliferation of m-commerce in China (Zhang, Zhu, & Liu, 2012). China’s m-commerce market grew from $2 billion in 2011 to $334 billion in 2015 (Tong, 2016). eMarketer (2016) projects that by 2019 China’s mobile sales will reach $1.4 trillion, accounting for approximately 71 percent of its total online sales. A combination of various factors, including the booming telecom market, the supportive governmental policies and financial incentives, the economic transition from production/export-oriented to consumption driven, and an ever-growing massive middle-class consumer group, makes China one of the most attractive markets for conducting m-commerce (Tong, 2016; Zhao, 2013) . Boston Consulting Group (2013) views m-commerce as the primary driving force for the next wave of retail revolution and a new source of competitive advantage for companies.