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Based on a survey of 294 Swiss businesses, the study describes the desolate state of the art of mobile data services in relation to forecasts and different investment strategies employed by companies. Additionally, an investment confidence indicator is presented. In a next step, using a contingency analysis, it may be concluded that in Switzerland, which may act as an indictor country for Western Europe, there exists a (set of) common factor(s) of non-technical nature, which detain(s) companies from adopting mobile data, services. A probing insight into the reasons why companies refrain from implementing mobile data services is given afterwards. Lastly, a concluding summary as well as a reference to a continuative research project is provided.
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Steinert, M., Teufel, S. (2005). The European Mobile Data Service Dilemma. In: Krogstie, J., Kautz, K., Allen, D. (eds) Mobile Information Systems II. MOBIS 2005. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 191. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-31166-1_5
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