A Three-Dimension Analysis of Driving Factors for Mobile Application Stores: Implications of Open Mobile Business Engineering

Author

Yamakami, Toshihiko

Author_Institution

CTO Office, ACCESS, Chiba, Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

22-25 March 2011

Firstpage

885

Lastpage

889

Abstract

The mobile industry is witnessing a turning point in terms of the increased penetration of PC Internet players such as Apple and Google. The business models of Apple and Google in the mobile industry are very different, however, they are shaking up the legacy mobile software industry by representing a departure from the legacy closed business models. The AppStore represents a great success in the mobile industry. It is a single device with a closed market, however, it has provided the successful vertical integration business model for enclosing end users with iPhone-style services. The App Store has created a market bandwagon that everyone is eager to jump onto. The author provides business model analysis of the AppStore, as compared to the i-mode and Android. Then, the author presents implications for the today´s mobile software industry.

Keywords

mobile computing; software houses; Android; Apple; Google; PC Internet players; driving factors; legacy mobile software industry; mobile application stores; open mobile business engineering; three-dimension analysis; Biological system modeling; Business; Ecosystems; Google; Industries; Mobile communication; Software; application store; business model analysis; mobile business;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Information Networking and Applications (WAINA), 2011 IEEE Workshops of International Conference on

Conference_Location

Biopolis

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-829-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4338-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WAINA.2011.127

Filename

5763617