Abstract
Individually, the penetration of distributed networks and mobile telecommunications in the developed world has evoked considerable change in our daily lives - how we work, live and learn. Combined, the potential impact of the wireless networks and related applications is immense. Although the literature on wireless applications has predominantly focused on business-to-consumer markets, following the patterns in the media and e-commerce research, it is now becoming clear that mobile networking will provide a tremendous impetus to the development of other strategic applications for businesses. This paper explores this emerging area of wireless applications in the business. It provides a background to conceptual ideas of mobile distributed work (MDW), and a framework for understanding the development of MDW in organizations. The paper also begins to apply these conceptual ideas in a number of case studies. The paper rounds off with a summary and some conclusions regarding the future of MDW.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | DTMCC03 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1241-1250 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
| Volume | 37 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Event | Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Big Island, United States Duration: 5 Jan 2004 → 8 Jan 2004 |
Keywords
- Automation
- Celluar telephone systems
- Computational methods
- Data communication systems
- Electronic commerce
- Electronic mail
- Internet
- Mobile telecommunication systems
- Personal computers
- Personal digital assistants
- Speech recognition
- Business-to-consumer markets
- Mobile distributed network (MDW)
- Mobile networking
- Wireless networks
- Telecommunication networks