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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456496703321

Autore

Jong H. Wi

Titolo

Innovation and strategy of online games [[electronic resource] /] / Jong H. Wi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific, c2009

ISBN

1-282-44133-7

9786612441332

1-84816-357-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Series on technology management ; ; v. 14

Disciplina

338.4/77948

Soggetti

Electronic games industry

Technological innovations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-214)  and index.

Nota di contenuto

Innovations in the game industry : online games versus offline games -- Business models and corporate strategy -- Virtual societies and economics of online games -- The formation process of the Korean online game industry -- Factors promoting growth of the online game industry -- Global development and marketing strategies of Korean online games -- International comparison of online game users.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first study to survey, over a ten-year period, innovations and the industrial formation process of online game business, and global strategies of major Korean online game companies. It focuses on the innovative factors which made the Korean online game industry grow tremendously and successfully to gain competitiveness in the global game industry. These include: the main factors stimulating online game business; virtual business created by online games as well as an examination of the role of the Korean government at the beginning and developmental period of the online gaming