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alternatives for mobile payment actors given the current collaboration situation. Background to the Study: During recent years there has been a rapid increase of new payment solutions. So-called mobile payment solutions are a category of payment solutions that utilize the rapid adoption of cell phones, especially smart phones. Since the mobile payment industry is rapidly expanding, it is an interesting industry to study. Moreover, the industry is to a large extent knowledge-based – the actors are seldom producers of physical products – and we believe that a successful mobile payment solution is often not only built on good technology, but also dependent on collaborations with several different actors in the mobile payment value network. Since the collaborations are of major importance we decided to further investigate the subject of collaborations in relation to the mobile payment industry. Further, when evaluating the collaboration structures we hope to develop an understanding of what the current collaboration structures imply for the different kind of actors in the Swedish mobile payment industry. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to create an understanding for the use of, and the approach towards, collaborations, including collaboration strategies, among the differen