The Strength of Direct Ties: Evidence from the Electronic Game Industry

Jörg Claussen, Oliver Falck and Thorsten Grohsjean

Discussion Papers in Business Administration from University of Munich, Munich School of Management

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: network analysis; game industry; knowledge spillovers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 L14 L86 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-08-18
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-com, nep-ind and nep-soc
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