Online games and e-business: Architecture for integrating business models and services into online games

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-179

  Sharp, Chris E ^a   Rowe, Martin ^a  

^a IBM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS MODELS; BUSINESS SERVICES; ELECTRONIC BUSINESS; INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY; ONLINE GAMES;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646596875     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: 00188670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.451.0161     Document Type: Article

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