368 IntJ Mobile Communications, Vol 2 No. 4. 2004 A framework for mobile business applications Lei-da chen*and ravi nath College of Business Administration, laha. Ne 68178. USA E-mail: lchen @creighton. edu E-mail: math@@creighton. ed Corresponding author Abstract: Many predict that mobile business(m-business) will revolutionise modern corporations as e-commerce did in the last decade. However, many resolved technical, application, and global issues relevant to m-business are preventing companies from adopting m-business as a prudent business model Furthermore little academic research in this area has been attempted to provide ictitioners with guidance to more effective utilisation of wireless technologies. To partially fill this void, this paper presents a framework for m-business applications that is designed to give managers a systematic approach to discovering m-business opportunities in their organisations Keywords: mobile business application; impact/value framework. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Chen, L and Nath, R (2004)'A framework for mobile business applications,, Int. J. Mobile Communications, Vol 2, No 4, pp. 368-381 Biographical notes: Lei-Da Chen is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Technology in the College of Business Administration of Creighton University. Dr Chen holds an MBA from The University of Central Arkansas and a PhD in Management Information Systems from The University of Memphis. His research and consulting interests include electronic commerce, nobile e-commerce, Web-based systems development, data warehousing and ning, and diffusion of information technology in organisations. Dr. Chen has ublished over 40 professional papers in refereed journals and national and nternational conference proceedings. His research has appeared in Information management, Communications of AlS, Journal of Management Systems formation Systems Management, Logistics Information Management, Information Resources Management Journal, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Electronic Markets, and Journal of Education for MisS. Ravi Nath is the jack and Joan McGraw Endowed Professor of Information Technology Management, the founding Director of the Joe Ricketts Center in Electronic Commerce and Database Marketing. and Chairman of the Department of Information Systems and Technology in the College of Business Administration at Creighton University. In 2001, Dr. Nath was named Technology Professor of the Year'in the state of Nebraska by the Applied Information Management(AIM)Institute. He has published over 80 research apers in the area of Electronic Commerce and Information Systems in various State University and a PhD from Texas Tech Universil ducts research ational and international publications. Dr. Nath teaches and cor in Information Systems, Electronic Commerce, and Data Mining. He is Frequent Speaker at local and national business events. the boards of several organisations. He holds a master opyright o 2004 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd368 Int. J. Mobile Communications, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2004 Copyright © 2004 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. A framework for mobile business applications Lei-da Chen* and Ravi Nath College of Business Administration, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA E-mail: lchen@creighton.edu E-mail: rnath@creighton.edu *Corresponding author Abstract: Many predict that mobile business (m-business) will revolutionise modern corporations as e-commerce did in the last decade. However, many unresolved technical, application, and global issues relevant to m-business are preventing companies from adopting m-business as a prudent business model. Furthermore, little academic research in this area has been attempted to provide practitioners with guidance to more effective utilisation of wireless technologies. To partially fill this void, this paper presents a framework for m-business applications that is designed to give managers a systematic approach to discovering m-business opportunities in their organisations. Keywords: mobile business application; impact/value framework. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Chen, L. and Nath, R. (2004) ‘A framework for mobile business applications’, Int. J. Mobile Communications, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp.368–381. Biographical notes: Lei-Da Chen is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Technology in the College of Business Administration of Creighton University. Dr. Chen holds an MBA from The University of Central Arkansas and a PhD in Management Information Systems from The University of Memphis. His research and consulting interests include electronic commerce, mobile e-commerce, Web-based systems development, data warehousing and mining, and diffusion of information technology in organisations. Dr. Chen has published over 40 professional papers in refereed journals and national and international conference proceedings. His research has appeared in Information & Management, Communications of AIS, Journal of Management Systems, Information Systems Management, Logistics Information Management, Information Resources Management Journal, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Electronic Markets, and Journal of Education for MIS. Ravi Nath is the Jack and Joan McGraw Endowed Professor of Information Technology Management, the founding Director of the Joe Ricketts Center in Electronic Commerce and Database Marketing, and Chairman of the Department of Information Systems and Technology in the College of Business Administration at Creighton University. In 2001, Dr. Nath was named ‘Technology Professor of the Year’ in the state of Nebraska by the Applied Information Management (AIM) Institute. He has published over 80 research papers in the area of Electronic Commerce and Information Systems in various national and international publications. Dr. Nath teaches and conducts research in Information Systems, Electronic Commerce, and Data Mining. He is a Frequent Speaker at local and national business events. Dr. Nath also serves on the boards of several organisations. He holds a Masters degree from Wichita State University and a PhD from Texas Tech University