Mobile communities: How viable are their business models? An exemplary investigation of the leisure industry

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-121

  Schubert, Petra ^a   Hampe, J Felix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leisure industry; Mobile business; Mobile commerce; Mobile communities; Mobile CRM

Indexed keywords

LEISURE INDUSTRY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; BUSINESS MODELS; COMMUNITY OF INTEREST; COMMUNITY SUPPORT; LEISURE INDUSTRIES; MOBILE BUSINESS; MOBILE COMMUNITY; MOBILE CRM; VALUE ADDED SERVICE; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

MOBILE COMMERCE;

EID: 33645472534     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-006-5990-0     Document Type: Article

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