Business growth, the internet and risk management in the computer games industry

Neil McGregor

doi:10.1057/9781137318411_5

Business growth, the internet and risk management in the computer games industry

Neil McGregor

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Abstract

According to Wasserman (2011) the growth of the Internet has transformed the software industry in a wide variety of ways. These include the creation of new business opportunities as well as significant impacts across software business processes such as software development, distribution and product support. This chapter examines one significant sub-sector of the software industry, the computer (or video) games industry, and focuses on the impact on games development companies of the opportunities created by developments in Internet and mobile technologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Changing the rules of the game
Subtitle of host publication	economic, management and emerging issues in the computer games industry
Editors	Sabine Hotho, Neil McGregor
Place of Publication	Basingstoke
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	65-81
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9781137318411
ISBN (Print)	9780230303539, 9781349338191
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318411_5
Publication status	Published - Oct 2013

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Computer games industry
Economic aspects
Management

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Changing the rules of the game: economic, management and emerging issues in the computer games industry
Hotho, S. (ed.) & McGregor, N. (ed.), Oct 2013, 1st ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 219 p.
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Business growth, the internet and risk management in the computer games industry

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