Real Products in Imaginary Worlds

Author
Castronova, Edward

Year
2005

Publication information
Harvard Business Review, pp. 20-22, May 2005

Suggested citation
Castronova, Edward (2005). Real Products in Imaginary Worlds . Harvard Business Review, pp. 20-22, May 2005

Available online at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=759924

abstract from this paper

Synthetic worlds offer marketers an attractive new hunting ground. This very brief essay discusses the prospects and pitfalls of in-world advertising.

Keywords: Synthetic worlds, marketing, advertising, internet