In mid-2010, France will open market competition to online gambling and casinos. The market is opening as European law evolves and reacts to the growing number of illegal Internet sites. The ensuing new legal scope targets quality-based competition versus price-oriented competition, especially...

The aim of this article is to enlight the relevancy of the concept of place attachment in order to qualify the affective relationship between consumers and service areas, particularly leisure places. This paper reviews the overall results obtained so far by researchers and highlights the...

Research in sociology of tourism indicate that people increasingly engage in cultural activities. They look for enjoyment and authentic experiences. This raises a number of opportunities for cultural places such as museums, which increasigly rely on Information Technologies (IT) to support the...

This paper investigates the dynamic capabilities of firms in the video game industry, where these firms are at the intersections of different markets, each with its own degree of dynamism which varies also in time, and its imperatives and pace of change. In this industry, firms are required not...

The present paper examines the nature of dynamic capabilities, how they unfold, and their origins at multiple levels of analysis through a qualitative investigation of twenty one case studies of firms operating in the video game industry. Our results show that the origins of dynamic capabilities...