How technological change affects power relations in global markets : remote developers in the console and mobile games industry

Parker, Rachel and Cox, Stephen and Thompson, Paul (2014) How technological change affects power relations in global markets : remote developers in the console and mobile games industry. Environment and Planning A, 46 (1). 168–185. ISSN 0308-518X (https://doi.org/10.1068/a45663)

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This paper focuses on Australian development firms in the console and mobile games industry in order to understand how small firms in a geographically remote and marginal position in the global industry are able to relate to global firms and capture revenue share. This paper shows that, while technological change in the games industry has resulted in the emergence of new industry segments based on transactional rather than relational forms of economic coordination, in which we might therefore expect less asymmetrical power relations, lead firms retain a position of power in the global games entertainment industry relative to remote developers. This has been possible because lead firms in the emerging mobile devices market have developed and sustained bottlenecks in their segment of the industry through platform competition and the development of an intensely competitive ecosystem of developers. Our research shows the critical role of platform competition and bottlenecks in influencing power asymmetries within global markets.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	50884
  Dates:	Date Event January 2014 Published
  Notes:	Rachel Parker, Stephen Cox, Paul Thompson, 2014. The definitive, peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Environment and Planning A, 46(1), 168–185, DOI: 10.1068/a45663
  Subjects:	Social Sciences > Finance Social Sciences > Commerce
  Department:	Strathclyde Business School
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	05 Jan 2015 10:37
  Last modified:	16 Dec 2024 01:34
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/50884