First Publication Forthcoming

Last March I presented the findings of my first actual research project at the PREBEM conference held at the prestigious Nyenrode Business Univeristy. The theme of the conference was Blurring Boundaries: Within and Between Organizations and Institutions. The topic of my research was the success rate of vertical integration in the video games industry made possible by the advent of digital distribution channels. I guess presenting went okay as I got shortlisted for publication in a book with the same theme as that of the conference.

This week the editors of the book sent me an email saying I actually made the publication! So now my publication is forthcoming as they say, to be published early 2011. I have included the reference in the Scientific Writings section. For those of you not willing to go all the way there, here is the reference:

Rietveld, G.J. (2011). Profiting From Digitally Distributed Cultural Products: The Case of Content Producers in the Video Games Industry. In W. Dolfsma, K. Mccarthy & M. Fiolet (eds)* The Nature of the New Firm *. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Quite a nice way to start my academic career, eh?!