This volume provides a critical examination of the evolution of platform economies in India. Contributions from leading media and communications scholars present case studies that illustrate the social and economic ambitions at the heart of Digital India. Across interdisciplinary domains of...

Die Otto Group hat 2012 die Rechte an der Internetmarke Neckermann.de und deren Eigenmarken in Deutschland übernommen, um ehemalige Neckermann-Kunden für sich zu gewinnen. Auf der Plattform, die am 30. Januar 2013 zunächst als Shopping-Suchmaschine gestartet war, finden sich inzwischen...

Computer and video games is a young industry with rapid growth underpinned by technological development. The global market in 2003 was over USD 21 billion compared with USD 32 billion for the recorded music industry. The main segments are off-line consoles and PCs; online and wireless games are...

Virtual worlds are increasingly evolving into Internet-mediated “spaces”, where large groups of people meet and interact in real-time while experiencing a shared sensation of being there together. This enables richer and more dynamic social interaction and collaboration across national and...