- Clarify differences and similarities between the development of mobile vs. more traditional information system. - Investigate the organizational impact of mobile information systems. - Investigate mCommerce relative to eCommerce. - Investigate mobile commerce applications combined with the advantages of mobile communications technologies, the drivers of which have been identified as ubiquity, reachability, security, convenience, localization, instant connectivity and personalization. - Evaluate existing and newly developed approaches for analysis, design, implementation, and evolution of mobile information systems. - Investigate technical issues and the constraints they pose on mobile information systems functionalities and design.