TY - JOUR
T1 - Introduction to the special issue mobile commerce
T2 - The past, present, and future of mobile commerce research
AU - Kourouthanassis, Panos
AU - Giaglis, George
PY - 2012/7/1
Y1 - 2012/7/1
N2 - Research on mobile commerce has attracted the interest of e-commerce scholars ever since mobile and portable devices became a widespread and effective means of commercial transactions and business practices. In the present editorial of this special issue of IJEC, we first revisit the past of m-commerce practice and research through an analysis of m-commerce-related publications and prevailing business models from 2000 to 2011. The analysis points to the increasingly topical and maturing status of the field, as well as to a gradual move from engineering-driven to socioeconomic-focused research. We then move to examine the field's present, by examining the submissions to this special issue and the five accepted papers that appear herein. This discussion provides a glimpse into the questions on m-commerce researchers' minds today; however, it also allows us to investigate what lies ahead in the future of m-commerce research as we move toward the more social-minded, hyperconnected world of tomorrow's social commerce (s-commerce).
AB - Research on mobile commerce has attracted the interest of e-commerce scholars ever since mobile and portable devices became a widespread and effective means of commercial transactions and business practices. In the present editorial of this special issue of IJEC, we first revisit the past of m-commerce practice and research through an analysis of m-commerce-related publications and prevailing business models from 2000 to 2011. The analysis points to the increasingly topical and maturing status of the field, as well as to a gradual move from engineering-driven to socioeconomic-focused research. We then move to examine the field's present, by examining the submissions to this special issue and the five accepted papers that appear herein. This discussion provides a glimpse into the questions on m-commerce researchers' minds today; however, it also allows us to investigate what lies ahead in the future of m-commerce research as we move toward the more social-minded, hyperconnected world of tomorrow's social commerce (s-commerce).
KW - mobile apps
KW - Mobile commerce research
KW - mobile Internet
KW - social commerce
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863094067&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2753/JEC1086-4415160401
DO - 10.2753/JEC1086-4415160401
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863094067
SN - 1086-4415
VL - 16
SP - 5
EP - 17
JO - International Journal of Electronic Commerce
JF - International Journal of Electronic Commerce
IS - 4
ER -