Investigating the dynamics of the m-commerce value system: A comparative viewpoint

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 532-557

  Turel, Ofir ^a   Yuan, Yufei ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Business Innovation ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Industry dynamics; Mobile business (m business); Mobile commerce (m commerce); Value chain; Value system

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

INDUSTRY DYNAMICS; MOBILE BUSINESS (M-BUSINESS); MOBILE COMMERCE (M-COMMERCE); VALUE CHAIN; VALUE SYSTEM;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 33645966851     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2006.009258     Document Type: Article

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