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  1. The strength of direct ties
    evidence from the electronic game industry
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München

    We analyze the economic effects of a developer's connectedness in the electronic game industry. Knowledge spillovers between developers should be of special relevance in this knowledge-based industry. We calculate measures for a developer's... more

    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
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    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
    DS 484 (2010,8)
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    We analyze the economic effects of a developer's connectedness in the electronic game industry. Knowledge spillovers between developers should be of special relevance in this knowledge-based industry. We calculate measures for a developer's connectedness to other developers at multiple points in time. In a regression with developer, developing firm, publishing firm, and time fixed effects, we find that the number of a developer's direct ties, i.e., common past experience, has a strong effect on both a game's revenues and critics' scores. The intensity of indirect ties makes no additional contribution to the game's success

     

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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Other identifier:
    hdl: 10419/104525
    Series: Array ; 2010-08
    Subjects: network analysis; game industry; knowledge spillovers
    Scope: Online-Ressource (19 S.), graph. Darst.