This paper aims to explore consumer engagement with online retailers through gamification, the use of game mechanics, and co-creation. A qualitative methodology was used through an exploratory case study approach. The interviews were conducted with 30 Portuguese consumers. It was found that the...

This report reviews existing knowledge on the convergence between jihad and gaming, and identifies areas that need further attention from academics and practitioners concerned with the spread of transnational jihadism. As video gaming becomes ubiquitous, its growing influence also has an impact...

Mobile gaming applications (apps) are increasingly engineered to encourage the sending and receiving information between players in hopes of generating word-of-mouth and stimulating purchases. This research utilizes a social influence perspective to examine the trait antecedents (identification...

Video games are an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback for a player. The typologies range from action games to adventure, role-playing, strategy, or sport games. Digitalization and web channels of fruition are embedded in most business...

This article addresses application of copyright protection to sports video games, discusses relevant important issues, and is aimed at disclosing intellectual property approaches applicable to the various elements of that entertainment and sports technology. The main focus is put on issues such...

Signs of the gender gap are ubiquitous in society. Psychological theory suggests that when gender stereotypes are associated with competition, men exert greater effort against women (dominance effect) and women exert less effort against men (submissive effect), which implies that women are at a...

The video game industry is one of the new engines of economic growth, and esports industry, as an essential subindustry, plays a pivotal role in driving economic growth. To investigate the mechanism and the quantitative relationship among them, we propose a two-stage transmission path “Esports...

We contribute to the literature on recommendation systems by proposing the Dynamic Nonparametric (DNP) model that incorporates a fully Bayesian approach into the traditional dynamic collaborative filtering and hence captures the change of customer preferences in the mobile game industry with...

Research Aims: The Freemium business model is becoming increasingly prominent in the current digital economy. In the mobile game market, total revenue from free-to-download apps is overtaking those from paid apps. The purpose of this article is to propose a taxonomy that examines and categorizes...

In 2020, the video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons was listed among the top ten in terms of revenue. We analyze the game by relying on an interdisciplinary framework of border studies. Borders can be interpreted not only in a geographical sense but also in terms of a temporal dimension as...

Manuscript type: Research Paper. Research Aims: The Freemium business model is becoming increasingly prominent in the current digital economy. In the mobile game market, total revenue from free to download apps is overtaking those from paid apps. The purpose of this article is to propose a...

With the rapid development of mobile technology and consumers’ increasing demand for portability, the mobile gaming market has experienced huge growth. To ensure the success of mobile games, game publishers need to keep their players engaged and, at the same time, seek monetization strategies...

In this paper we discuss the diffusion of serious games and present reasons for why Rogers’ traditional approach is limited in this context. We present an alternative overview through the characteristics of relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability, that...

On 4 September 2020, the Tribunal Judiciaire of Paris ruled that the mobile game Woodturning 3D was not original enough to enjoy copyright protection, but nonetheless granted an injunction and other remedies against a "clone" of the game on unfair competition grounds. This paper comments the...

We examine the drivers of venture capital financing raised by eSports companies, using the CrunchBase database containing information on private and public companies receiving any type of venture capital funding worldwide. We find that companies located in Asia-Pacific and Americas attract more...

Psychological studies find that video game play is associated with markers for violent and antisocial attitudes. It is plausible that these markers indicate either whetted or sated preferences for antisocial behavior. I investigate whether a proxy for video gaming is associated with the...

Video games are an increasingly popular leisure activity. As many of best-selling games contain hyper-realistic violence, many researchers and policymakers have concluded that violent games cause violent behaviors. Evidence on a causal effect of violent games on violence is usually based on...

This work focuses on the challenges orchestrated by piracy in the Nigerian movie industry, taking into cognizance the mode of operation of the pirates, impacts on the movie industry, and while also exploring the advantages embedded in the adoption of technological measures and political...

Gamification as the use of game mechanisms for motivation in non-game contexts has been gaining popularity and is considered one of the hottest topics in management. However, there is little research on gamification in remuneration systems, especially with regard to the sales force. The article...

We examine the extent to which the network effects that lead to the adoption of an online social platform are local. Focusing on the fantasy sports market in the US, we find that the size of a county's existing user base on the platform significantly impacts the number of new users who join the...

Several million people currently have accounts in massively multi-player online games, places in cyberspace that are effectively large-scale shared virtual reality environments. The population of these virtual worlds has grown rapidly since their inception in 1996; significantly, each world also...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had unexpected consequences for many industries. One of these industries is the video game industry. People increased their time at home, and they turned to play games to socialize and get away from stress. In this study, we aim to examine the effects of COVID-19 on the...

This paper explores a unique new source of social valuation: a market for bodies. The internet hosts a number of large synthetic worlds which users can visit by piloting a computer-generated body, known as an avatar. Avatars can have an asset value, in that users can spend time to increase their...