The key success factors to mobile commerce for Arab countries in Middle East

iiWAS2010 - 12th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-Based Applications and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 787-790

  Al Hosni, Noura ^a   Ali, Saqib ^a   Ashrafi, Rafi ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

ICT; Key success factors; Middle East; Mobile commerce; Mobile penetration

Indexed keywords

ICT; KEY SUCCESS FACTORS; MIDDLE EAST; MOBILE COMMERCE; MOBILE PENETRATION;

COMMERCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; USER INTERFACES; WEB SERVICES;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 79956030635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1967486.1967615     Document Type: Conference Paper

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