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This research in progress paper adapts a theoretical framework from Internet Banking domain and test it in a new domain, conducts empirical study to test the theoretical framework in the US, and identifies common mobile banking features in low-income countries and tests their adaption in the US. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is used to test student behavior in Mobile Banking use. We test eight...
Despite the good variety of different acceptance and adoption models, there clearly is lack of specific models focusing on adoption and user acceptance in industrial mobile solutions. There can be seen similarity in technology acceptance models' factors and in fact some of the models are based on some other acceptance model in some level. The problem with using same models for industrial mobile solutions...
The mobile Internet business is entering a new era in Japan with the emergence of revenue being generated from mobile social games. Users using high-speed mobile Internet with flat-rate data services have acceptance of micro-payment and increased payment acceptance in mobile social games. This has been impacting mobile business and the game business in Japan for the last 12 months. Given the hype...
Managing a conference can be a frustrating process for both organizers and attendees. However, technological advances have made possible the development of mobile applications that can effectively support both parties, mobile applications are easily accessible through a smart phone and the user can effortlessly upload or retrieve any pertinent information. In this paper we present CoMMA, an innovative...
This paper refers to a survey conducted to picture the current situation of the mobile services market in Greece. Data are collected by means of a questionnaire, while descriptive statistics, ANOVAs and t-tests are used for their analysis. The results so far show that individuals give emphasis to communication services, and there is a lot of room for improvement in functionalities, charging, and applications...
Rapid technological advancements and widespread adoption of smartphones in recent years provide companies with new opportunities for integrating customers in innovation processes. In this paper we present a prototype of a smartphone application that can be used by marketing researchers to conduct mobile conjoint studies. Compared to traditional approaches, our prototype allows conjoint studies to...
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between mobile consumers' attitude and their demographic characteristics. New variables such as Personal Technological Innovativeness and Mobile Phone Design are constructed and their association with some demographic attributes is examined. Further, the research explores to what degree mobile Internet users have exploited the potential of...
Today, digital technology, epitomized by the Internet, is rapidly developing and spreading to various fields, while also creating new technological fields. With this trend, all systems in our society including daily living, industry, and public institutions, are undergoing change to systems that add value to information with the aid of information technology enabled by digitalization. Although information...
The development of wireless communities has accelerated with the emergence of firms that incorporate this concept into a commercial business model. This hybrid community approach, where a company supports a community of individuals sharing their access points with each other, shows great promise to reach a global status as shown by the example of FON and the millions of members it has attracted. The...
Little research has been done to explore the adoption of mobile information services from a cultural perspective. This research is designed to study mobile information services adoption from a cultural perspective. Based on the three cultural dimensions (individualism/collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and power distance), three research hypotheses are presented. To examine these hypotheses, an...
The mobile payment represents an extremely interesting paradox in the world of mobile telecommunications, still not showing success in China. It is showed that there is a certain link between the national culture and the use of mobile payment. But mobile payment studies related to national culture are limited. Our research specifically focuses on the effects of the national cultural on the acceptance...
Across multiple sectors firms are developing a variety of mobile applications for smart phones. Well-developed mobile applications have the potential to help companies build and maintain deeper relationships with consumers. We conducted content analysis of the mobile applications provided by some of the top 100 global brands to examine the overall current trend of mobile applications in terms of content...
Consumers can increasingly use mobile phones to carry out similar tasks as they do on the fixed Internet. Literature on reinforcement and displacement states that the use of new media depends on whether users are inclined to replace or reinforce their existing media use on a new device. This paper analyzes whether the importance that users attribute to using similar services on their mobile phone...
This paper discusses the structure of the new mobile money ecosystem and the roles of its key players. Mobile money is an evolving sector both in volume and in economic impact especially in the developing world. The paper is an exploratory study that investigates the structure of the ecosystem, providing a foundation for future strategic analysis of the system. We adopt a theoretical insight from...
Internet usage is growing around the world including in developing countries like Thailand. This study attempts to provide guidance to the National Regulatory Agency (NRA) by addressing the following question: What are the key determinant factors to explain the probability that an individual consumer uses the Internet? The multinomial logit model is employed to examine empirically whether the price...
Substantial growth in mobile technologies has revolutionised how individuals within industries conduct their work. However, after significant investments in Information Systems innovations existing evidence strongly suggests that Information Systems are often under-utilised following implementation. Therefore, it is important to understand post adoption behaviour at an infusion phase. Offering real-time...
The deployment of broadband mobile networks and the surging sales of Smart phones, tablets and 3G data keys are boosting mobile Internet usage among much wider audiences. Obtaining reliable information on mobile Internet traffic, online user behavior and mobile advertising exposure has become critical for the industry, notably the telecom and media sectors. The Network Intelligence Solution (NIS)...
Based on reviewing the extensive research on the task-technology fit (TTF) theory, we suggest a more natural perspective which focuses on the relations between task attributes and technology characteristics, instead of human perception about the abstract concept of "fit". Our study is then aimed at identifying the characteristics of emerging mobile technologies and applications as well as...
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