The first complete introduction to the technology and business issues surrounding m-commerce With the number of mobile phone users fast approaching the one billion mark, it is clear that mobile e-commerce (a.k.a. "m-commerce") is the next business frontier. Authored by a recognized international authority in the field, this book describes the brave new world of m-commerce for technical and business managers alike. Readers learn about the driving forces behind m-commerce, the impact of WAP, 3G, mobile payment, and emerging location-sensitive and context-aware technologies. A comprehensive look at emerging m-commerce services and business models, as well as the changing role of mobile network operators, content providers, and other key players. The author concludes with informed predictions about the future of m-commerce.
This book provides the context, architectures, case studies, and intelligent analysis that will help you grasp this rapidly emerging subject. With keen insight into the needs of both camps, May explains the technological aspects of mobile commerce to business decision makers and the business models to the technologists who design and build these electronic systems. It is the one book all relevant p arties in a company can read to ensure common understanding. Topics include, devices, technologies, applications, standards, security, and more.
In the era of digital technology, business transactions and partnerships across borders have become easier than ever. As part of this shift in the corporate sphere, managers, executives, and strategists across industries must acclimate themselves with the challenges and opportunities for conducting business. Mobile Commerce: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications provides a comprehensive source of advanced academic examinations on the latest innovations and technologies for businesses. Including innovative studies on marketing, mobile commerce security, and wireless handheld devices, this multi-volume book is an ideal source for researchers, scholars, business executives, professionals, and graduate-level students.
Mobile commerce is rapidly changing how businesses interact and sell. This book reveals how to master m-commerce, from global markets and trends to selling and marketing through m-commerce. Plus real life case studies and advice about how to integrate m-commerce into a multichannel business strategy.
More than 60% of the U.S. population now owns smartphones. Hayden and Webster cover everything you need to know to capitalize on history's greatest shifts in human and consumer behavior, from infrastructure to culture, strategy to tactics. Packed with case studies and practical guidance from small startups to large brands, this guide offers provocative and actionable insight, and will help you make the internal changes required to fully leverage the mobile commerce opportunity.
"Based on research and practitioner-generated reports, this book focuses on the emergence and growth of mobile telecommunications and mobile commerce around the world"--Provided by publisher.
Mobile commerce transactions continue to soar, driven largely by the ever-increasing use of smartphones and tablets. This book addresses the role of industry, academia, scientists, engineers, professionals, and students in developing innovative new mobile commerce technologies. It also discusses the impact of mobile commerce on society, economics, culture, organizations, government, industry, and our daily lives. This book brings together experts from multiple disciplines in industry and academia to stimulate new thinking in the development of mobile commerce technology.
"M-commerce (mobile commerce) applications for both individuals and organizations are expected to grow considerably over the next few years. This book addresses issues pertaining to the development, deployment, and use of these applications. Provided is a single source of up-to-date information about mobile commerce, including the technology involved, research on the expected impact of this technology on businesses and consumers, and case studies describing state-of-the-art m-commerce applications and lessons learned. The role of m-commerce in the automotive industry, advertising, and the wireless classroom is addressed."
As organizations continue to move towards digital enterprise, the need for digital transformation continues to grow especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These impacts will last far into the future, as newer digital technologies continue to be accepted, used, and developed. These digital tools will forever change the face of business and management. However, on the road to digital enterprise transformation there are many successes, difficulties, challenges, and failures. Finding solutions for these issues through strategic thinking and identification of the core issues facing the enterprise is of primary concern. This means modernizing management and strategies around the digital workforce and understanding digital business at various levels. These key areas of digitalization and global challenges, such as those during or derived from the pandemic, are new and unique; They require new knowledge gained from a deep understanding of complex issues that have been examined and the solutions being discovered. Emerging Challenges, Solutions, and Best Practices for Digital Enterprise Transformation explores the key challenges being faced as businesses undergo digital transformation. It provides both solutions and best practices for not only handling and solving these key issues, but for becoming successful in digital enterprise. This includes topics such as security and privacy in technologies, data management, information and communication technologies, and digital marketing, branding, and commerce. This book is ideal for managers, business professionals, government, researchers, students, practitioners, stakeholders, academicians, and anyone else looking to learn about new developments in digital enterprise transformation of business systems from a global perspective.
