Call for Papers

 

• The conference will take place online via ZOOM.

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• The conference will provide a platform for exchanging innovative thoughts and creating cooperation between researchers in the fields of business & economics related to gaming and esports.

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• We are inviting proposals for paper presentations as well as complete sessions consisting out of three papers/presenters.

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• This conference provides researchers with an opportunity to present theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented research on:

 

• The ecosystem of esports

• The dark side of gaming & esports

• Sport, Esports, and gaming: Definitions and deliminations

• Esports in Europe, Asia, and the US

• Free to play versus premium

• In-game-shops

• Doping: Legalize it?

• Governance in esports

• Major events

• International esports policy

• Betting market efficiency and anomalies

• Forecasting match & league outcomes

• Uncertainty in match and league outcome: Does it matter?

• Changes of the rules of the game and its impact on the attractiveness of the sport

• Demand for tickets

• Demand for talents: esports and the labor market

• Game publisher

• Market entry strategies

• Riot, Valve, Blizzard, LoL, CSGO, Dota2, R6, Fortnite, PUBG, Starcraft, Warcraft

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