An Analysis of ICMB 2006

This paper analyzes the 44 papers included in the proceedings of the 5th ICMB conference in Copenhagen 2006. The purpose of the paper was to investigate to what extent the conference fulfilled its objectives which was to compare previous expectations with present realities along the following four areas: (1) business models, (2) the influence of m-business on private and work life, (3) the impact of regulation, and (4) the re-composition of the value network. In the analysis we apply the well-known framework by Lyytinen and Yoo for studying nomadic computing. In addition to this we also classify the papers in relation to type of artifact investigated, application area, and research methodology. The analysis show that the main focus lay on the use and adoption of mobile services – over 60% of the papers address. Few papers address the impact of service on any level of analysis. Business model is a recurring topic in 17 of the papers. There is lack in theorizing of the artifact, e.g. many just study mobile devices, but do not describe what type they study

Exploring factors that hinder the adoption of Mobile Services in China A qualitative user analysis with special focus on mobile financial services

The object of this thesis is twofold: 1) to find out the adoption status of advanced mobile service with a special interest for mobile financial service in China and 2)to investigate enablers and inhibitors for Chinese users in accepting mobile financial service. A qualitative user study was conducted to investigate Chinese users’ attitude towards a set of attributes that may have impact on their decision making to adopt mobile financial service. The result indicates that the overall adoption rate for advanced mobile service is not as satisfactory as industry predicted, but users have a strong will to adopt such service in the future. They value queue avoidance, being an alternative payment method as comparative advantage of mobile financial service and security assurance and lack of awareness and need as primary hinder factors when they consider adopting mobile financial service. The result should provide implication on how service providers could improve their product and service to shape strategy in alliance with users’ preference. It also points out possible future research area