The firm of today differs from the firm even some twenty years ago. Shift in industrial organization is prompted by technological advances, pertaining in particular to advances in information and communication technologies, that enable previously non-existent means of intra- and inter-firm...

Today's firm is a complex nexus of interactions, which it facilitates and regulates; it supports market activity by providing the participants with basic resources. Market failures form the foundation of this phenomenon; they create business opportunities that firms address through market...

The mobile industries went through many (r)evolutions that increased their performance, triggered new usages and contributed to the vast popularity of mobile handsets. Some evolutions were pushed by the regulators, some were technological, some were marketing-related and others were business...

Stable business ecosystems at times are subjected to endogenous or exogenous gravity shocks either due to emergence of high-gravity player(s) within the ecosystem, or as a consequence of entry of high-gravity player(s), respectively. In this paper, we introduce the term gravity, i.e. the density...

The mobile gaming industry is growing at a rapid pace. Smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices are new channels to deliver games to customers. However, since the birth of Internet, users have been accustomed to getting things for free. How then are mobile game companies able to make...

The mobile gaming industry is growing at a rapid pace. Smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices are new channels to deliver games to customers. However, since the birth of Internet, users are accustomed to get things for free. How then mobile game companies are able to make billions € in...

What the economists call a market failure, the entrepreneurs call a market opportunity. Firms today are the intricate interlacing of interactions, which arise in response to market failures. Market opportunities that emerge as a result are addressed by the firms through market support strategy,...

The mobile gaming industry is growing at a rapid pace. Smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices are new channels to deliver games to customers. However, since the birth of Internet, users have been accustomed to getting things for free. How then are mobile game companies able to make...