Analysis of the Consumer Preferences toward M-Commerce Applications Based on an Empirical Study

  • Authors:
  • Yonghee Shin;Hyori Jeon;Munkee Choi

  • Affiliations:
  • IT Mangement Research Group, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea;School of IT Business, Information and Communication University, Korea;School of IT Business, Information and Communication University, Korea

  • Venue:
  • ICHIT '06 Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Hybrid Information Technology - Volume 01
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

In this paper, new concept of value proposition for m-commerce is set up based on the study on previous value propositions for m-commerce, and clustering a great number of m-commerce applications by 4 sectors. These 4-sector applications are evaluated by 17 detail propositions. Then these propositions are reorganized structurally by factor analysis, of which result can be used point for drawing perceptual map. This paper identifies the degree of importance in respective propositions through experimental analysis. These experimental analyses are able to hold up objectivity of research methods, and suggest multi-points of view. This result can be used for setting up m-commerce strategy. The implications of this paper are providing diagnostic information to design a new applications or devices. And concretizing value propositions for mcommerce make a operators clear in their decisionmaking.