Title :
A Study on Service Quality Assurance in Mobile Commerce
Author :
Peng, Lifang ; Lai, Lingling
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China
Abstract :
With the advanced mobile technologies, mobile commerce has developed rapidly. However, mobile commerce users may not gain satisfactory services. It is necessary to study how to evaluate and assure the service quality in mobile commerce, so as to promote mobile commerce develop better. This paper put forward the service system of mobile commerce, and then summarizes the methodology of service quality evaluation, utilizes a conceptual model of service quality to depict the service gaps in mobile commerce. In the next, it proposes a framework based on QFD concepts, including the House of Quality model, mobile users´ needs, some important technical requirements and QFD calculation of compositors for the technologies in mobile commerce, in order to assure the service quality in mobile commerce. At last, we give a summary of this paper. The objective of this study is to improve the service quality by maximally satisfying customers´ needs on mobile commerce.
Keywords :
customer services; electronic commerce; mobile computing; quality assurance; quality function deployment; quality of service; QFD calculation; QFD concepts; customer needs; mobile commerce; mobile technology; satisfactory services; service quality assurance; service quality evaluation; Business; Collaborative software; Internet; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Mobile handsets; Personal digital assistants; Quality assurance; Quality function deployment; Quality management; QFD; mobile commerce; service quality; the House of Quality;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and Engineering, 2009. WCSE '09. Second International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Qingdao
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3881-5
DOI :
10.1109/WCSE.2009.797