Reconsidering Esport: Economics and Executive Ownership

• Authors: Veli-Matti Karhulahti
• Languages of publication: EN

Keywords

Esports; economics; games; theory; history; politics

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 74
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 43-53

Contributors

author

Veli-Matti Karhulahti

• University of Turku, Finland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/pcssr-2017-0010