Mobile Shopping Adoption: Research Insights

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Asha Sahu ◽  
G. K. Deshmukh

Mobile shopping is the new attraction among the customers and retailers. High tech life, smart connectivity, advanced mobile phones and busy lifestyles have paved the way of mobile shopping adoption. Mobile commerce is progression of e-commerce and mobile shopping is considered as a subset of m-commerce. Mobile shopping has created opportunity for retailers as well customers and has developed new means of marketing. In a past few decades’ mobile commerce industry has seen tremendous growth and mobile shopping is most desired applications of m-commerce. Though there is huge potential of mobile shopping but yet a long way is to be travelled in the emerging economies. Mobile shopping is at infancy stage in many developing nations and hence researchers can contribute more towards the literature of mobile shopping. This paper is an attempt to throw some light on mobile shopping adoption studies.

Author(s):  
Amol Patel

This chapter discusses the opportunities and challenges of mobile commerce in emerging economies. It analyses the profound impact of a mobile device on the way products and services are bought and sold in developing nations. The chapter argues that many mobile applications can have a much larger impact on emerging economies than those of the developed world. The chapter is aimed at creating an understanding of the unique social, technological and economic drivers that can help entrepreneurs and solution providers to build and deploy compelling and revolutionary mobile commerce applications in these emerging markets.


2018 ◽  
pp. 492-516
Author(s):  
Mukta Sharma

Mobile phones have been coined by Martin Cooper with a thought of staying connected anytime anywhere. With the development of mobile phones in 1973 and its commercialization later; has proliferated not only the big business houses but also small businesses and individuals. Mobile phones have come a long way from talking on a mobile phone, texting a message to efficiently using internet. These days mobile commerce is the booming technology which has enhanced industries visibility and the way of conducting business. The customers are getting benefited by using these Apps they can shop anytime, anywhere; they get good discounts, companies are offering good return policies for better CRM and above all the customers have a provision to compare the cost before ordering and can pay COD. The study will focus on the concept of mobile phone, mobile commerce, characteristics of M-Commerce, Drivers affecting the mobile commerce, various services offered on mobile. The chapter focuses on potential of mobile commerce, how the customer is benefited from these services.


Author(s):  
Mukta Sharma

Mobile phones have been coined by Martin Cooper with a thought of staying connected anytime anywhere. With the development of mobile phones in 1973 and its commercialization later; has proliferated not only the big business houses but also small businesses and individuals. Mobile phones have come a long way from talking on a mobile phone, texting a message to efficiently using internet. These days mobile commerce is the booming technology which has enhanced industries visibility and the way of conducting business. The customers are getting benefited by using these Apps they can shop anytime, anywhere; they get good discounts, companies are offering good return policies for better CRM and above all the customers have a provision to compare the cost before ordering and can pay COD. The study will focus on the concept of mobile phone, mobile commerce, characteristics of M-Commerce, Drivers affecting the mobile commerce, various services offered on mobile. The chapter focuses on potential of mobile commerce, how the customer is benefited from these services.


2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Milind Sathye ◽  
Biman Prasad ◽  
Dharmendra Sharma ◽  
Parmendra Sharma ◽  
Suneeta Sathye

While mobile phones are making significant inroads in many developing countries, little is known about the institutional drivers, policy barriers and industry challenges that affect their use for business growth of micro- enterprises. The authors address this gap. After conducting semi-structured interviews of 74 women-owned micro entrepreneurs and ten key informants from the government and industry in Fiji, the authors found that appropriate policy framework, supporting infrastructure and appropriate ecosystem are required for rapid uptake of mobile value added services by women-owned micro entrepreneurs. They contribute by proposing a revised technology adoption framework as well as the four shackles theory of women micro entrepreneurs' empowerment and emancipation. The authors also highlight the policy initiatives necessary to accelerate the growth of women-owned micro enterprises by mobile value added services which could also guide other developing and emerging economies.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-187
Author(s):  
Poonam Dhanda ◽  
Alok Kumar Mishra

The study is absolutely an observational study used to measure empowerment of persons with disabilities through the improvement of entrepreneurial quality, development and imagination. Further research is expected to create, assess, evaluate, the significance of present study in other developing nations. India is frequently depicted as a developing yet a youthful nation. As the nation enters its 65th year of autonomous presence the depiction of youth does not appear to be excessively suitable. It can now be termed youthful by reason of the way that half of its billion or more populace comprises of persons underneath 25 years old and 65% of the populace is beneath 35 years. Every single differently abled individual has a leftover potential force than their non-disabled companions. Six to seven rate of populace in India is individuals with inability almost 8 to 9 crore individuals the number is expanding with mishaps and maturing. About 33% of aggregate number of individuals in India is influenced with some kind of incapacity.


2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimmy W. Martin

Zar, Inc., a high-tech company, has recently experienced turnover in its CEO and CFO positions. Zar, like other firms in its industry, is undergoing a down year due to the declining economy. Thomas Brown, who has recently been hired as the CFO, quickly realizes that there is little he can do to avoid the firm's first loss in many years. However, Thomas also understands that there are things that he can do to pave the way toward greater profits in the future. You are invited to listen in on three separate conversations that the CFO has with the CEO, the firm's audit committee, and finally with Zar's independent auditor. After hearing each conversation, you will be asked to evaluate the CFO's ideas as well as those of other parties to the dialogue. Some of the questions are rather straightforward and can be answered by recalling or researching specific accounting standards. Other questions are more open-ended and will require your best judgment based on the facts given in the case. Some questions may require you to provide additional information before making a definite decision. All of the scenarios focus on earnings quality and should enhance your understanding of this critical and controversial issue that pervades financial reporting today.


Author(s):  
Benard Magara Maake ◽  
Naftal Nyarangi Oino ◽  
Fredrick Mzee Awuor

A mobile government affords, for instance, a powerful and transformational capacity to extend access to existing services, to expand the delivery of new services, to increase active citizen participation in government operations, and to change the way of working within the public sector. With the advancement of wireless and mobile technology, more people have been enabled to connect to local and regional resources that might have been unreachable in the absence of these telecommunication networks. The ability to perform both private and government transactions using mobile phones has enhanced and promoted the awareness of a digital government, reducing the level of digital divide in marginalized, poor, and developing nations. M-PESA is a mobile money service in Kenya transforming the citizens' lives and the government's operations. This chapter shows how Mobile Money transfers (M-Pesa) transactions have been a driver to realize an e-Government in Kenya through the monetary controls.


Author(s):  
Seung-Hyun Lee

From being a simple communication technology to a key social tool, the mobile phone has become such an important aspect of people's everyday life. Mobile phones have altered the way people live, communicate, interact, and connect with others. Mobile phones are also transforming how people access and use information and media. Given the rapid pervasiveness of mobile phones in society across the world, it is important to explore how mobile phones have affected the way people communicate and interact with others, access the information, and use media, and their daily lifestyle. This article aims to explore the social and cultural implications that have come with the ubiquity, unprecedented connectivity, and advances of mobile phones. This article also focuses on the discussion about people's dependence on, attachment and addiction to mobile phones, social problems that mobile phones generate, and how people value mobile phone use.


Author(s):  
B. S. Famuyiwa ◽  
O. A. Olaniyi ◽  
S. A. Adesoji

Over two-thirds of the world's poorest people are located in rural areas and engaged primarily in agriculture and agricultural-related activities for their livelihood. Therefore, the future of most underdeveloped and developing nations depends on agriculture. Most African Countries have agricultural dependent economies that are hinged to rain-fed agriculture and based on smallholdings. These countries are referred to as countries with emerging economies and characterized as having low to middle per capita income and represent 20% of the world's economies. This chapter discusses; concepts of agricultural extension methodologies assessed from past to present, appropriating extension methodologies to encourage agricultural development, identifying roles of agricultural extension activities in agricultural development and factors influencing the choice of appropriate extension methodologies in emerging economies. It concludes with the constraints to sustainable agricultural development and extension methodologies which if removed will have the potential for progression towards economy development. Developing countries should fashion a sustainable extension system that will be socially acceptable and culturally compatible, economically viable and environmentally friendly.


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