IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/simgam/v32y2001i4p492-506.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Ecology of International Business Simulation Games

Author

Listed:
  • Hans B. Thorelli

    (Indiana University)

Abstract

Human ecology deals with the interaction of human organizations as open systems and their activities in the environments that surround them. The purpose of this article is to apply an ecologic approach by emphasizing the market as the dominant business environment, excluding such broader ideas of ecological space as our natural environment and sustainable development. It is a case study describing the development of the International Operations Simulations (INTOP and INTOPIA) to illustrate the practice of management games in the past 40 years. It is not a review of the development of and experience with comparative general management games. Special attention is given to relating the design process to such environmental influences as the globalization of business, international economic relations, computer technology, and education. Integrative use of the game in multimedia pedagogy and their potential application in research on the behavioral theory of the firm are subjects briefly discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Hans B. Thorelli, 2001. "Ecology of International Business Simulation Games," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 32(4), pages 492-506, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:simgam:v:32:y:2001:i:4:p:492-506
    DOI: 10.1177/104687810103200406
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/104687810103200406
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/104687810103200406?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:simgam:v:32:y:2001:i:4:p:492-506. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.