Market Conduct and Endogenous Lobbying: Evidence from the U.S. Mobile Telecommunications Industry* by Tomaso Duso and Astrid Jung This paper empirically explores the relationship between firms’ market behavior and their lobbying activities in a regulated market. In particular, we investigate whether the amount of contributions offered by cellular service providers to fund the campaigns of polit...

Mobile commerce is a very promising emerging industry. Similar to other emerging industries, it is characterized by a large number of technological, demand and strategic uncertainties. This paper focuses on the strategic uncertainties, where a large number of participating actors are trying to position themselves in the most favourable position in the value system. As a consequence, they are ex...

The proliferation of network enabled mobile devices is creating an extraordinary opportunity for designing of new applications. This paper describes the development and evaluation of a mobile facsimile application (ClikiFax) for the construction industry. Construction is an information intensive industry in which the accuracy and timeliness of information is vital. From similar studies conducte...

Nowadays, MVNOs are entering the market with the aim of providing new services in the mobile telecommunications industry. Current studies show that having an active and sizable mobile communications market, owning the necessary technological infrastructure, and developing the imperative regulations are critically important factors for MVNO market development. In this respect, this study aims to...

This study explores the relationship between mobile technologies and economic and social development in four countries, two developed (USA and Kuwait) and two developing countries (Ethiopia and India) using SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis. Mobile technologies are a significant part of ICT investment around the world and they play an increasing role in sectors s...

We discuss the questions posed for the workshop in light of our experience gained over the past seven years developing a succession of implemented mobile robots for application in industry, most notably in manufacturing. We also discuss mobile robot projects that seem realistic over the next five to ten years.

The purpose of this study was to identify best practices in design for mobile web browsing user experiences, analyzing the newest strategies for optimizing efficient and pleasurable interfaces in a mobile device context. This involved understanding the history of mobile device communications, basic web design principles, and modeling how businesses project their mobile web experiences to end us...