Strategic Adoption of Enterprise Mobility Solutions : a Readiness - Centric Model

This article investigates the strategic decision to adopt enterprise mobility solutions. Integrating firmlevel theories from the strategic management, information technology adoption, and business transformation literature, we develop a framework that conceptualizes this decision. We identify four salient areas that drive adoptions and reduce overall implementation risk: (1) justified business value, (2) strategic alignment, (3) reasonable cost/economics, and (4) an acceptable level of enterprise readiness. We discuss the importance of each of these areas, introduce and develop a multi-dimensional model of the relatively unexplored concept of enterprise readiness for mobility, and present findings from a global expert study.