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Technological regimes in m-commerce: Convergence as a barrier to diffusion and entrepreneurship?

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  • Godoe, Helge
  • Hansen, Tor Borgar

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During the dotcom-period, a commonly shared belief was that m-commerce and m-payment would become just as successful as GSM and SMS. Although the ICT industry has successfully recovered from the dotcom crisis, m-commerce has still not had much success: why has the diffusion of m-commerce and m-payment been so slow, almost absent in Europe and USA? The article suggests that the obstacles accounting for this are plausibly systemic and related to factors that hinder the establishment of a new technological regime for m-commerce. Diffusion of m-commerce will require convergence of numerous disparate and competing elements and systems that at present belong to, or are controlled by, different sectors. The article presents a case study of a dotcom firm fictitiously entitled PinkFish in order to demonstrate these factors. By embracing a strategy of convergence based on symbiosis and co-operation, m-commerce may enter a rapid diffusion process in the future.

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  • Godoe, Helge & Hansen, Tor Borgar, 0. "Technological regimes in m-commerce: Convergence as a barrier to diffusion and entrepreneurship?," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 33(1-2), pages 19-28, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:33:y::i:1-2:p:19-28
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    1. Yamakawa, Peter & Rees, Gareth H. & Manuel Salas, José & Alva, Nikolai, 2013. "The diffusion of mobile telephones: An empirical analysis for Peru," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(6), pages 594-606.
    2. Sumeet Gupta & Haejung Yun & Heng Xu & Hee-Woong Kim, 2017. "An exploratory study on mobile banking adoption in Indian metropolitan and urban areas: a scenario-based experiment," Information Technology for Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(1), pages 127-152, January.

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