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Bibliography

China Taxes Real Profits from Virtual World Transactions

Author(s): 
Zhang, Bill; Tang, David; Tiano, Joseph R. Jr.; Gatto, James G.; Duranske, Benjamin T.; Esplin, D. Benjamin
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
Advisory, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
URL: 
http://www.pillsburylaw.com/bv/bvisapi.dll/portal/ep/paPubDetail.do/pub/20081117123759562/channelId/-8595/tabId/5/pageTypeId/9208

Revenue model innovations in the Chinese online game market

Author(s): 
Qun Ren, Jessie. and Hardwick Philip
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
MindTrek '08: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Entertainment and media in the ubiquitous era. Tampere, Finland. pp. 44--48
URL: 
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1457209

Reciprocity and status in a virtual field experiment

Author(s): 
Nicklisch, Andreas and Salz, Tobias
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Bonn, Germany, 2008/37
URL: 
http://www.coll.mpg.de/pdf_dat/2008_37online.pdf

Virtual World Affordances: Enhancing Brand Value

Author(s): 
Park, So Ra; Nah, Fiona Fui-Hoon; DeWester, David; Eschenbrenner, Brenda; and Jeon, Sunran
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
Journal of Virtual Worlds Research 1(2)
URL: 
https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/350/267

Consuming Code: Use-Value, Exchange-Value, and the Role of Virtual Goods in Second Life

Author(s): 
Martin, Jennifer
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
Journal of Virtual Worlds Research 1(2)
URL: 
https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/300/262

Avatar Business Value Analysis: A Method for the Evaluation of Business Value Creation in Virtual Commerce

Author(s): 
Arakji, Reina Yahya and Lang, Karl Reiner
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
Journal of Electronic Commerce Research 9(3), pp. 207-218
URL: 
http://www.csulb.edu/web/journals/jecr/issues/20083/paper3.pdf

Brand Value in Virtual Worlds: An Axiological Approach

Author(s): 
Barnes, Stuart and Mattsson, Jan
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
Journal of Electronic Commerce Research 9(3), pp. 195-206
URL: 
http://www.csulb.edu/web/journals/jecr/issues/20083/paper2.pdf

Settlers of the New Virtual Worlds

Author(s): 
Bethke, Erik and Hoffman, Erin (eds.)
Year: 
2008
Publication information: 
BookSurge Publishing
URL: 
http://www.bettereula.com/wp/settlers/

Virtual World Business Brands: Entrepreneurship and Identity in Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming Environments

Author(s): 
Book, Betsy
Year: 
2005
Publication information: 
Unpublished manuscript
URL: 
http://ssrn.com/abstract=736823