How Regular Business Has Becomes Mobile Business. A Mobile Agent Approach

Stefănescu, Andy (2008): How Regular Business Has Becomes Mobile Business. A Mobile Agent Approach. Published in: Journal of Applied Economic Sciences , Vol. volume, No. Issue2_Spring2008 (15 April 2008): pp. 56-62.

Abstract

The age of static business and slow information flow, when most decision was based on day-or week-old data, has come to an end. Now new technology helps organizations provide a more agile, flexible approach to business that was not technologically available five years ago. As a result, organizations are paying more attentions to supporting business process with the ability to adapt to the dynamic environment. This paper describes how the action of mobile agent enabled decision support in conjunction with the organizational trends, enables new practice in the field of e-Business. This is done to understand the magnitude of the e-business context problem and to suggest possible ways around the problem when building mobile agents. Therefore, a mobile agent approach is proposed in this paper to offer solution for mobile business and to manage complex business activities.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: mobile agent, mobile technologies, mobility, business
• Subjects: M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M2 - Business Economics > M21 - Business Economics

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