Authors:
Tim A. Majchrzak
and
Henning Heitkötter
Affiliation:
University of Münster, Germany
Keyword(s):
App, Business App, Mobile Application, Best Practice.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
B2B, B2C and C2C
;
Communication and Software Technologies and Architectures
;
Context-Awareness
;
e-Business
;
e-Business and e-Commerce
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Mobile Information Systems
;
Social and Legal Issues
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
Within a few years, smartphones and tablet computers have spread dramatically. While their hardware has become more powerful, the versatility of devices is driven by applications for them. These so-called apps are increasingly developed for business purposes. We wanted to find out whether apps are interesting for all businesses, how they think apps can be useful for them, in which way they consider to use them, and what kinds of challenges and problems they see. Therefore, we worked with local companies and conducted interviews. By analysing the transcripts we got detailed insights of the practial relevance of using apps. We present the status quo of app development by local companies, highlight early best practices described by them, and discuss our findings. Thereby, we raise topics for future research.