M-Business Organizational Benefits and Value: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 287-324

  Picoto, Winnie Ng ^a   Bélanger, France ^b   Palma dos Reis, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

business process; business value; IT value; m business value; mobile business

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887089755     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10919392.2013.837789     Document Type: Article

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