Kushchu, I. (2007). Mobile government: An emerging direction in E-government. IGI Publishing.
PART I: THE CONCEPTUAL CONTEXT FOR MOBILE GOVERNMENT
Chapter 1: Introducing Mobile Government
  M. Halid Kuscu,Mobile Government Consortium International, UK
Ibrahim Kushchu, Director, Mobile Government Consortium, UK
Betty Yu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
   
 Chapter 2: mCity:User Focused Development of Mobile Services
  Anette Hallin, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
Kristina Lundevall, The City of Stockholm, Sweden
   
 Chapter 3: Usability Driven Open Platform for Mobile Government (USE-ME.GOV)
  Paul Moore Olmstead, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Gertraud Peinel, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Dirk Tilsner, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Witold Abramowicz, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Andrzej Bassara, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Agata Filipowska, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Marek Wisniewski, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Pawel Zebrowski, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland
   
 Chapter 4: "It's the mobility, stupid": Designing Mobile Government
  Klas Roggenkamp, Dipl. Designer Electronic Business, Germany
   
 Chapter 5: Business models for mGovernment services
  Gertraud Peinel, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany
Thomas Rose, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany
   
 Chapter 6: Soft success factors for mGovernment
  Eugenio Capra, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Chiara Francalanci, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Clementina Marinoni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
   
 Chapter 7: The Impact of mGovernment on Organisations: A Mobility Response Model
  Ibrahim Kuschu, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK
Seda Arat, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK
Chet Borucki, Temple University of Japan
   
PART II: MOBILE HEALTH
Chapter 8: Mobile eHealth: Making the Case
  Norm Archer, DeGroote School of Business, Canada
   
 Chapter 9: Adoption of Mobile Communication Technologies in the municipal open care service sector
  Sell, Anna, Turku Center for Computer Science (TUCS), Finland
Erkki Patokorpi, Abo Akademi University, Finland
Pirkko Walden, Abo Akademi University, Finland
Bill Anckar, Abo Akademi University, Finland
   
 Chapter 10: Mobile Supported Patient Care: The Dichotomy of National and Local Needs
  C.J. Fitch, University of Portsmouth, UK
C. Adams, University of Portsmouth, UK
   
PART III: MOBILE GOVERNMENT CASES
Chapter 11: M-government in South Africa: Transforming Vision into Reality
  Blessing M. Maumbe, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Repulic of South Africa
Vesper Owei, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Repulic of South Africa
W. Taylor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Repulic of South Africa
   
 Chapter 12: mGovernment Initiatives at the Local Level: the case of Zaragosa
  Luis V. Casaló, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Flavi n, Carlos, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Miguel Guinalíu, University of Zaragoza, Spain
   
 Chapter 13: The State of Mobile Government in Turkey: Overview, Policy Issues and Future Prospects

Mete YILDIZ, Hacettepe University, Turkey
   
 Chapter 14: From Electronic to Mobile Government: Readiness of Jordanian Citizens and Organisations to embrace Mobile Government
 

Ala M. Abu-Samaha, Amman University, Jordan
Yara Abdel Samad, Ministry of Information & Communication Technology, Jordan
   
PART IV TECHNOLOGY AND TRENDS FOR MOBILE GOVERNMENT
Chapter 15: Multi-channel Delivery of eServices in the Light of mGovernment Challenge
  Panagiotis Germanakos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
George Samaras, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Eleni Christodoulou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
   
 Chapter 16: A Secure Wireless Data Access Service for the Government of Canada
  Howie Macumber, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), Canada
Bing Cheung, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), Canada
   
 Chapter 17: Anonymous code lists for secure electronic voting over insecure mobile channels
  Nico Voutsis, Hewlett-Packard, Switzerland
Frank Zimmermann, Hewlett-Packard, Switzerland
   
 Chapter 18: An Evaluation of U.S. City Government Wireless Networks for Mobile Internet Access
  Ben Coaker, Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, USA
Candace Deans, University of Richmond, USA
   
 Chapter 19: Technical and Functional Quality in the Development of T-Government Services
  Margherita Pagani, Management Department, Bocconi University, Italy
Chiara Pasinetti, Bocconi University, Italy
   
  About the authors
   
  Index
 

Product Description
Mobility is no longer a technological revolution. It is more about how businesses and governments can provide a better social infrastructure through mobile applications and services. While e-government was an important step taken by many governments, provision of services through mobile technologies is now inevitable. Public demand for mobility, the efficiency and productivity gains of the public sector through mobility, lead to a natural move from e-Government to m-Government. Mobile Government: An Emerging Direction in e-Government provides selected examples of current developments from various countries in terms of technology, applications and services, and various real world m-government examples, their evaluations, challenges and opportunities. Mobile Government: An Emerging Direction in e-Government applies to various groups, including m-Government practitioners and researchers, government officials, policy makers and mobile IT solution providers in the areas of e-government, mobile business, mobile internet and public administration. This innovative publication contains introductory knowledge on m-Government, and then moves on to a relatively deeper examination of various applications, that are significant in terms of current and future developments in m-Government.

About the Author
Professor I. Kushchu is an expert on management systems and artificial intelligence. He holds a first degree (BSc.) in Management and an MBA. He also has a Master`s degree (MSc.) in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He was awarded a PhD degree in Evolutionary Artificial Intelligence from the University of Sussex, UK. Combining his Management studies and his expertise in artificial intelligence, Prof. Kushchu has been working for Business Schools both in the UK and in Japan and teaching various Information Communication Technology courses especially related to electronic business and mobile business. Prof. Kushchu is an internationally recognized and pioneering researcher indeveloping Mobile Government field by bringing into the light the issues related to the use of mobile technologies in electronic government. He has edited and co-authored three books and has more than 35 publications in various international journals and in the proceedings of reputable conferences.

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