Introduction to the special issue: Mobile business: Technological pluralism, social assimilation, and growth

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-22

  Mylonopoulos, Nikolaos A ^a,b   Doukidis, Georgios I ^c  

^a Athens Laboratory of Business Administration   (Greece)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Mobile business; Scenario planning; Social assimilation of technology; Technological frame

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 0742305250     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10864415.2003.11044288     Document Type: Article

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