{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ee9ec25230d2813c150ac38/6062f7ac57ed335bef3b29c3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"E10 - Video Games: How Innovation in Technology, Strategy, Process and Artistic Production has Created a Mega-Industry.","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ee9ec25230d2813c150ac38/1619626944515-81062cb9e5722bd39020eb014b29a341.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>My guest for this episode is Joost Van Dreunen.&nbsp;Joost is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Stern School of Business at New York University.&nbsp;In this podcast we discuss the dynamics of the video games industry and his new book, <em>One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games</em>.&nbsp;In 2020, across the segments of PC, console-based, and mobile games, the industry had revenues of somewhere between $160-170 billion and an annual overall growth rate of around 25%.&nbsp;In addition to its sheer size and speed of growth, the intersection between technological, process and creative innovation makes the industry a fascinating case study for anyone interested in the future of business in a digital world.&nbsp;I can think of no better guide to this world than Joost Van Dreunen.&nbsp;I hope you enjoy our conversation!</p><p><br></p><p>Citations:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Van Dreunen (2020) <a href=\"https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/one-creativity-competition-and-global-business-video-games\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games</em>. </a>New York: Columbia University Press. </li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Sedaris, D. (2019) <a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Calypso-David-Sedaris/dp/1408707845\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Calypso</em></a>. London, Little Brown.</li></ul><p><em>&nbsp;</em></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjIb9dQgUF0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Plague Tale: Innocence</em></a> (2019) from Asobo Studio &amp; Focus Home Entertainment.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Host</strong>: Matt Mulford |&nbsp;<strong>Guest</strong>: Joost Van Dreunen |&nbsp;<strong>Editor</strong>: Théophile Letort</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"TRIUM Global EMBA"}