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...

The diffusion of ICT in small businesses remains low (Eurostat 2010) and yet among IT applications, the Internet offers opportunities for such businesses to develop their business activity (Scaglione, Schegg et Murphy, 2009). One issue is whether the Internet can be used effectively by these...

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 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...

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...