Nazir, Mohamed, and Lui, Carrie Siu Man (2014) Opportunities and challenges for real money trading in virtual world. In: Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Electronic Business and the First Global Conference on Internet and Information Systems. pp. 182-188. From: Fourteenth International Conference on Electronic Business and Fourteenth International Conference on Electronic Business and the First Global Conference on Internet and Information Systems, 8-12 December 2014, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Abstract

The consumption of virtual goods in social virtual world is a multibillion-dollar industry. People are willing to pay real money for manydifferent virtual goods and services, including virtual homes and virtual land. With the rapid growth of Real Money Trading (RMT) in social virtual world, it is important to understand the opportunities and challenges facedby both the consumersand the sellers within theRMT virtual world economy.By presenting some selected key events of RMT of two different types ofvirtual world environment, we highlight the opportunities and challenges emerging from RMT.

Item ID:	38155
Item Type:	Conference Item (Research - E1)
ISSN:	1683-0040
Keywords:	virtual world, RMT, second life
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2015 06:15
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