- Clarify differences and similarities between the development of mobile vs. more traditional information system.

- Investigate the organizational impact of mobile information systems.

- Investigate mCommerce relative to eCommerce.

- Investigate mobile commerce applications combined with the advantages of mobile communications technologies, the drivers of which have been identified as ubiquity, reachability, security, convenience, localization, instant connectivity and personalization.

- Evaluate existing and newly developed approaches for analysis, design, implementation, and evolution of mobile information systems.

- Investigate technical issues and the constraints they pose on mobile information systems functionalities and design.