With the rise in usage of mobile phones and the advent of modern, powerful and easy to use handheld devices, the current implications of mobile commerce (m-commerce) on society, businesses and the economy are tremendous. Mobile services and applications have attracted much academic and business interest due to the indisputable advantages of mobile and ubiquitous computing.
There is a significant need for future trends on m-commerce to be explored, for innovative practices in planning and building m-commerce solutions to be investigated, and for inspiration in how to be a successful entrepreneur in the mobile context to be developed. For example, exploring the economic effects of privacy-related mobile security issues, analysing the vulnerabilities of mobile payment systems and their economic impact, and examining how mobile devices are transforming consumer behaviour and expectations are certainly fields of great interest.
This special issue aims at highlighting the most innovative applications as well as the most significant entrepreneurial aspects of m-commerce. We are particularly interested in business/managerial aspects of m-commerce issues. However, submitted papers could make references to technology-related topics, keeping in mind the business orientation of the journal.
Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
- Economic issues of m-services/applications/technologies
- Business issues of m-services/applications/technologies
- Mobile payment systems
- Mobile social networks
- Mobile consumerware applications
- Mobile security and privacy
- Trust and loyalty in m-commerce
- M-commerce strategy development
- Enterprise m-commerce strategies
- Mobile retail
- M-commerce business models
- Mobile purchasing behaviour
- Development of mobile markets
- M-commerce and regulatory issues
- Best practices and case studies in m-commerce
Submission of manuscripts: 28 May, 2014
First round of reviews: 15 August, 2014
Revisions due: 15 November, 2014
Second round reviews: 15 February, 2015
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 28 February, 2015
Final versions due from authors: 15 March, 2015
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