Factors affecting users' mobile technology usage intentions: an example of QR code scanning for mobile commerce

The agriculture sector is reeling under the pressures of population, land and water scarcity, diseases, disasters and the most challenging of them all, climate change. Although climate change is yet to be charged with affecting agriculture, but in recent years trends of change have been witnessed in various crop production, with a hint of climate's role in it. With the advent of technology, these trends have become easier to analyse and in certain cases predict too. Information Technology (ICT) tools like Geoinformatics are playing a profound role in the agriculture sector and is helping to understand and assess the various factors affecting the growth of crops along with finding out the alternative suitability parameters for better production and distribution. The main aim of this chapter on agro-geoinformatics is to look into this linkage between technology usage and better potato production during adverse conditions.

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Promoting Voluntariness on Technology Usage in Organisations

International Journal of ICT Research in Africa and the Middle East ◽

10.4018/ijictrame.2016070104 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 38-48

Author(s):

Renatus Mushi ◽

Said Jafari

Keyword(s):

Technology Adoption ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Mobile Technology ◽

Technology Diffusion ◽

Technology Usage ◽

Desktop Computer ◽

Mobile Phone Technology ◽

Thin Client ◽

The Impact

Voluntariness in technology adoption and use is vital in promoting technology diffusion and use in organisations. Various technology adoption models have been proposed to explain the adoption of technologies in different settings, such as organizational and individual, as well as in the voluntary and mandatory contexts. Recently, uptake of mobile phones in achieving organisational targets has been increased in developing countries and Tanzania in particular. This is due to the notable improvements in both hardware performance and sophistications. In organisation context, not all users are willing to use technology as required. In such circumstances, they are mandated to use it in order to fulfil their working duties. This leads to poor uptake of technology and results to unclear understanding regarding to their attitudes towards using it. While some studies have discussed the impact of voluntariness in using traditional desktop computer systems and thin client computing, mobile phone technology has not received the deserved attention. Discussing voluntariness in using mobile phone technology in organisations in relation to other technologies is essential especially due to its usage in both working and private purposes. This paper describes the voluntary aspects of using mobile phones in performing activities of the firms in Tanzania and compares it with desktop and thin client technologies. Also, it proposes possible ways of handling such situation in order to improve its use. Among others, the paper has analysed mandotoriness on usage of mobile technology. Further, it highlights key areas which should be addressed in order to improve the usage of mobiletechnology in organisations and eventually cover the gap caused by such mandatory situations.

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Evolution of Mobile Commerce Applications

Mobile Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-054-7.ch006 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 47-55

Author(s):

George K. Lalopoulos ◽

Ioannis P. Chochliouros ◽

Anastasia S. Spiliopoulou-Chochliourou

Keyword(s):

Mobile Technology ◽

Mobile Communications ◽

Personal Digital Assistant ◽

Mobile Commerce ◽

Short Message ◽

Demand Chain ◽

Phone Calls ◽

Message Service ◽

A Cell ◽

Wireless Device

The tremendous growth in mobile communications has affected our lives significantly. The mobile phone is now pervasive and used in virtually every sector of human activity—private, business, and government. Its usage is not restricted to making basic phone calls; instead, digital content, products, and services are offered. Among them, mobile commerce (m-commerce) holds a very important and promising position. M-commerce can be defined as: using mobile technology to access the Internet through a wireless device such as a cell phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), in order to sell or buy items (products or services), conduct a transaction, and perform supply-chain or demand-chain functions (Adams, 2001). Within the context of the present study, we shall examine widespread used and emerging m-commerce services, from early ones (i.e., SMS [Short Message Service]) to innovative (i.e., mobile banking and specific products offered by known suppliers). We shall also investigate some important factors for the development of m-commerce, as well as some existing risks. Particular emphasis is given to the issue of collaboration among the key-players for developing standardization, interoperability, and security, and for obtaining market penetration.

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Factors Affecting Mobile Commerce and Level of Involvement

Encyclopedia of Mobile Computing and Commerce ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-002-8.ch048 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 283-290

Author(s):

F. Yim ◽

A. Tse ◽

K. Wong

Keyword(s):

Consumer Behavior ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Online Shopping ◽

Mobile Commerce ◽

The Internet ◽

Level Of Involvement ◽

Factors Affecting

In the following, we would briefly summarize what the literature says about important factors that affect online shopping, which forms the basis for us to speculate on factors that may be important for consumers shopping via their mobile phones, the latter being one kind of online shopping, which should resemble to some degree other forms of shopping on the Internet as far as important factors affecting consumer behavior is concerned. Hypotheses are then formulated, which is followed by the methodology. After presenting the results, we discussed the implications and conclusions of this study.

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