Flipped learning is a well-recognized learning mode that reverses the traditional in-class instruction arrangement by delivering learning content outside of the classroom and engaging students in more activities in class. However, it remains a challenge for students to comprehend the learning material by themselves, particularly when learning abstract concepts such as in mathematics. In this st...

With the growing popularity of mobile commerce (m-commerce), it becomes vital for both researchers and practitioners to understand consumers’ mobile commerce adoption behavior. In this study, we empirically investigate the drivers of consumers’ mobile commerce adoption behavior based on a cost and benefit framework. Based on consumers' browsing and purchase behaviors at the e-commerce site befo...

Mobile agent technology has been proposed for various fault-sensitive application areas, including electronic commerce, systems management and active messaging. Recently proposed protocols providing the exactly-once execution of mobile agents allow the usage of mobile agents in these application areas. Based on these protocols, a mechanism for the application-initiated partial rollback of the a...

The emergence of wireless and mobile networks has made possible the introduction of electronic commerce to a new application and research subject: mobile commerce. Understanding or constructing a mobile commerce system is an arduous task because the system involves a wide variety of disciplines and technologies. To facilitate understanding and constructing such a system, this article divides a ...

In this paper, a Shopping Information Agent System (SIAS) is built based on mobile agent technology. It sends out agents to di erent hosts in an electronic marketplace. The agents collect and report information such as prices and availabilities about products speci ed by users. Snapshots of the system in use are shown. Security is a major problem of mobile agent systems, especially when money t...

Mobile Phone has been widely used in the world and adopted in different application areas involved with SMS has been evolved for downloading logo, ring-tones, advertisement, security notes, and location based system. This paper describe a service that further extends the functionality of SMS, a prototype named as “SMS Credit” is developed that allows customers to perform electronic payment usin...

In this paper, we report some experiments and observations to make browsing of images more adaptable using small devices. We highlight the usability of such an alternative in mobile e-commerce and bandwidthconstrained systems.

As the introductory chapter to the first book of “Advances in E-Services and Mobile Applications series”, this chapter provides a short overview of the e-service concept and discusses similarities and differences of the e-service concept in relation to other well established concepts such as services, goods, and self services. In addition the chapter provides a broad overview of the type of res...

Electronic Commerce (EC) enables business transactions to be conducted electronically, offering many benefits to organisations. While EC has been widely adopted across industry sectors in developed countries, its adoption in developing countries has not been widespread. At the moment, there are relatively fewer studies of EC adoption in developing countries compared to those in developed countr...