过去、现在和未来的移动支付研究（外文翻译）.docVIP

外文翻译 Mobile Payment Market and Research - Past, Present and Future Material Source: Helsinki School of Economics , Electronic Commerce Research aid Applications Author: Tomi Dahlberg, Niina Mallat The mobile payment market is currently under transition with a history of numerous tried and failed solutions and a future of promising but yet uncertain possibilities with contactless RFID and other new potential technologies. At this point of the development we take a look at the current state of the mobile payment market, review prior literature on mobile payment services, analyze the different factors that impact the market, and give directions for future research on this still emerging field. To facilitate the analysis, we propose a framework of four contingency and five competitive factors, and organize the contemporary mobile payment research under the proposed framework. Introduction Mobile phones have transformed telephony during the past 15 years. As devices, mobile phones have for a long time been equipped with functionalities which far exceed the needs of telephony, and have inspired the development of value added mobile services, the use of mobile phones as access devices, and mobile commerce in general. These developments open very lucrative opportunities to merchants and service providers. There are more mobile phones than any other device that can be used to market, sell, produce or provide products and services. Purchased products and services have to be paid for. Initially, fixed line telephony billing systems were modified to charge mobile telephony and other mobile services as such services emerged. The deployment of (mobile) telecom billing systems is still the most typical way to charge for mobile commerce transactions. However, payment services based on billing systems have several limitations. These include high payment transaction fees, merchant and service provider complaints about unfair revenue sharing, and necessity to provision services to bil