An exploratory study of killer applications and critical success factors in m-commerce

Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 63-79

  Xu, Gordon ^a   Gutiérrez, Jairo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Delphi technique; Killer applications; m commerce; Mobile commerce; Wireless applications

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SURVEYING;

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; KILLER APPLICATIONS; MOBILE COMMERCE (M-COMMERCE); WIRELESS APPLICATIONS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33749394722     PISSN: 15392937     EISSN: 15392929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jeco.2006070104     Document Type: Article

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