Impact of Mobile Access to the Internet on Sales Completion Time in e-Commerce: Recent Advances and Development

Abstract

With the support of a new generation of mobile devices, e-commerce is being transformed into m-commerce. While traditional fixed PC Internet access remains crucial, mobile Internet connection looks to be attracting more consumers due to its flexibility. The goal of this study is to develop and assess a mathematical model that captures how mobile Access to the internet affects e-commerce performance. The original paper by Sumita and Yoshii [1] is enhanced for better reality. Traditional e-commerce, which requires a fixed PC, is contrasted with m-commerce, which allows for both fixed and mobile access. The explicit distributions of the number of items purchased by time t and the time required to sell K products are derived. The behavioural contrasts between m-commerce and regular e-commerce users are illustrated with numerical examples.