CHANGING THE GAME: HOW VIDEO GAMES ARE TRANSFORMING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS

David Edery, Ethan Mollick

Use Video Games to Drive Innovation, Customer Engagement, Productivity, and Profit!

Companies of all shapes and sizes have begun to use games to revolutionize the way they interact with customers and employees, becoming more competitive and more profitable as a result. Microsoft has used games to painlessly and cost-effectively quadruple voluntary employee participation in important tasks. Medical schools have used game-like simulators to train surgeons, reducing their error rate in practice by a factor of six. A recruiting game developed by the U.S. Army, for just 0.25% of the Army’s total advertising budget, has had more impact on new recruits than all other forms of Army advertising combined. And Google is using video games to turn its visitors into a giant, voluntary labor force--encouraging them to manually label the millions of images found on the Web that Google’s computers cannot identify on their own.

Changing the Game reveals how leading-edge organizations are using video games to reach new customers more cost-effectively; to build brands; to recruit, develop, and retain great employees; to drive more effective experimentation and innovation; to supercharge productivity…in short, to make it fun to do business. This book is packed with case studies, best practices, and pitfalls to avoid. It is essential reading for any forward-thinking executive, marketer, strategist, and entrepreneur, as well as anyone interested in video games in general.

In-game advertising, advergames, adverworlds, and beyond
- Choose your best marketing opportunities--and avoid the pitfalls
Use gaming to recruit and develop better employees
- Learn practical lessons from America’s Army and other innovative case studies
Channel the passion of your user communities
- Help your customers improve your products and services--and have fun doing it
What gamers do better than computers, scientists, or governments
- Use games to solve problems that can’t be solved any other way

PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE	BINDING	EDITION	ISBN	YEAR	PAGES
English	Hardcover		9780132357814	2008	240
English	Paperback		9780132171472	2008	240
English	eBook		N/A	2008	240