Mobile phone usage and its adoption have been growing at exponential rates. It is this exponential growth rate that has led many to predict Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce) as the next major evolution of Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce). While M-Commerce comes rich with unique features, it is currently lacking in usage when compared to traditional e-commerce. There are many challenges that must be ...

Electronic business (e-business) conducts many activities of a traditional business process by using information and communication technologies. E-business is usually done through the Internet and intranets. As a part of e-business, electronic commerce (e-commerce) handles the process of buying and selling goods and services between business and consumers (B2C e-commerce). E-commerce evolved to...

The purpose of this article is to provide a general overview on mobile commerce research with a focus on mobile commerce continuance usage intention studies. It highlights the phenomenon of mobile commerce industry as well as the conceptual definition of mobile commerce itself. It is then followed by a discussion on selected previous mobile commerce studies. In order to fill in the gap in the c...

E-commerce marketing plays an important role in the development of e-commerce. However, many e-commerce marketing types are obscure, excessive and exaggerated. If some consumers buy and use inappropriate products or services, the consumers may suffer from greater losses. As a result, these marketing types are not sustainable, and also hinder the development of e-commerce. Research on optimizing...

by the explosive growth of b2b e-commerce transactions in international supply chains and the rapid increase of business documents in iran’s cross-border trading, effective management of trade processes over borders is vital in b2b e-commerce systems. structure of the localized model in this paper is based on three major layers of a b2b e-commerce infrastructure, which are messaging layer, busi...

Consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce is a growing area of e-commerce. However, according to a meta-analysis of critical themes of e-commerce , C2C e-commerce was only represented in the area of online auctions (Wareham, Zheng, & Straub, 2005). C2C e-commerce can encompass much more than just auctions. The question then becomes, " is C2C e-commerce a different research area that deserves its ow...

Electronic commerce (e-commerce) has become an increasingly important initiative among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as both a great opportunity and as a source of competition. The factors affecting adoption decisions of e-commerce by SMEs have been well documented, but there is a paucity of empirical studies that examine the adoption of e-commerce in the Arab world. The aim of this chapt...

M-commerce uses the potential of wireless technologies to expand the reach of e-commerce applications to any time and any place. Mobile applications can be used to support transactions with customers and suppliers and to conduct e-business within and across organizational boundaries and are becoming an integral part of an organization’s strategy. M-commerce has great potential to promote global...