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Sustainably bridging the industry--academia research gap is an ongoing concern within the wider effort to successfully unlock the full potential of both sectors. In this context, the authors present a research perspective on and an explicit articulation of the manner in which academic research could focus on theorization. They discuss how this focus could be instrumental in developing industry-based academic research projects. 'Theorization', in this context, refers to the contribution to existing theories and/or the development of a new theory, aiming to nurture the theorization process, in a way that could substantially contribute to industry's needs and help to bridge the industry--academia research gap.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate the video game ecosystem development in the context of socioeconomic and technological progress while analyzing the role of stakeholders in the video game industry for regional markets' growth. Design/methodology/approach: The paper exploits technological and socioeconomic data in 25 countries grouped into the regions, as a methodological approach that allows identifying and evaluating the determinants of the video game industry's ecosystem development. The authors applied econometric modeling to understand technological, economic and social determinants forming video gaming industry growth in regional markets. Findings: Different types of stakeholders are involved in the video game industry performing particular functions. Using econometric modeling for advanced and developing economies countries, we have found that different stakeholder groups and their engagement dynamics in the video gaming industry directly depend on socioeconomic and technological effects in certain regions of the world. Originality/value: This study contributes to the knowledge within forming creative clusters around video gaming industry in developed and developing economies countries. The findings bridge the gap between quantitative and qualitative research in stakeholder-related characteristics, and key factors affecting the development of the video gaming market. The analyzed database of industry revenues within specific global regions shed the light on the future functionality of the ecosystem development in the new normal world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Across the typological and industry spectrum of organizations, multi-culturalism, market integration and rising new forms of consumer behaviour are incessantly and emphatically changing the critical factors of business success ([39]). However, extant literature on the organization-stakeholder relationships "does not provide much insight into organizational factors that lead organizations to attend to the different stakeholder or to implement stakeholder practices (cf. [8]). In line with this, and with reference to both the individual company and to companies operating along a sustainable supply chain, a central aspect that can condition the process to have a good result is represented by cultural differences between stakeholders and the level of trust among stakeholders ([57]). Authors propose an initial conceptual framework of knowledge management for TNE marketing is proposed, and develop practical insights from different TNE markets in support of this novel knowledge management capacity building framework of TNE. [Extracted from the article]