The research purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to test and verify the influences of fashion attentiveness on mobile communication in the context of China, and second, to analyze how fashion attentiveness moderate other demographical variables' influence on mobile Internet use, and...

This volume was prepared by Constantin Mang while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes a short introduction and four self-contained chapters that focus on ICT...

A mobil kommunikáció, ezen belül a mobil Internet az agrárgazdaság számá-ra a használat hely és idő függetlensége miatt fontos lehetőséget, gazdasági elő-nyöket, a vállalkozások, szervezetek számára hatékonyabb működést jelenthet. Széleskörű elterjedése, innovációs...

This paper explores the reasons millions of people use stand-alone, task-oriented software programs designed for use on mobile devices, commonly known as “apps.” This study uses a survey with a probability sample of 576 app users. Consistent with the uses and gratifications approach,...

A mobil kommunikáció, ezen belül a mobil Internet az agrárgazdaság számá-ra a használat hely és idő függetlensége miatt fontos lehetőséget, gazdasági elő-nyöket, a vállalkozások, szervezetek számára hatékonyabb működést jelenthet. Széleskörű elterjedése, innovációs...

Mobile internet access allows for flexibility with respect to working time and working place. We analyse whether employees' use of mobile internet access improves firms' labour productivity. Our data set comprises 2460 German firms and refers to the year 2010, when mobile internet started its...

This paper provides evidence that superior mobile Internet infrastructure increases take-up of location-based online services. Using data from the largest German online platform for restaurant reviews, I find that upgrading the 2G network to 3G increases the number of restaurant reviews and the...