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weevers, hidde (2019)

Video game success in Japan and the United States

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

There is quite a difference in corporate culture between Japan and the US. Despite this, both countries have many companies that thrive in many sectors worldwide, the video game industry being one of them. This seems to imply that there are multiple paths to success when it comes to running a company, or are there perhaps other factors playing? This analysis will focus mainly on Nintendo and Valve, from Japan and the US respectively, as both exemplify the differences in corporate culture between the 2 countries and both have found great success as a company. Analyzing them will hopefully give a better understanding of the differences between the corporate culture of the 2 countries, as well as finding out whether their respective corporate cultures have contributed to their success.

Japan

US

Videogames

Corporate Culture

Author

weevers, hidde

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

East-Asia

Supervisors

Hoogerbrug, J.E.

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en