ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8432-8860; Falck, Oliver and Grohsjean, Thorsten
(2012):
The strength of direct ties: Evidence from the electronic game industry.
In: International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 30, No. 2: pp. 223-230
Abstract
We analyze the economic effects of a developer’s connectedness in the electronic game industry. Knowledge spillovers between developers are likely to be of special relevance in this knowledge-intensive and regionally concentrated industry. We calculate social network measures for a developer’s connectedness to other developers at multiple points in time. In a regression in which we exploit within-career variation in social network measures, we find that the number of direct ties a developer has to other developers has a strong effect on both a game’s revenues and critics’ scores. The quality of indirect ties makes no additional contribution to the game’s success.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Faculties: | Munich School of Management > Institute for Strategy, Technology and Organization Economics Economics > Chairs > CESifo-Professorship for Empirical Innovation Economics |
Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 20067 |
Date Deposited: | 15. Apr 2014, 08:56 |
Last Modified: | 31. Aug 2023, 12:58 |