What Makes Online Promotional Games Go Viral? Comparing the Impact of Player Skills versus Incentive Rewards on Game Recommendation
Damien Renard
Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Denis Darpy
Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris, France
MANAGEMENT SLANT
- Viral promotional games differ from sweepstakes, because they provide a sense of control by demanding that players make an effort, whether by inviting friends or by demonstrating skills.
- Managers seeking to use social networks should provide entertaining content, and viral games appear particularly well matched with consumers’ expectations.
- Calling on players’ skills seems to play an important role in the decision to...