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Chapter 26: Q. 2 - Critical Thinking Questions (page 594)

Why do you suppose that a handful of large firms have become predominant in the market for multiplayer electronic games, in which network effects are particularly important?

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Theprisoner's dilemma is a situationwhere decisions are made in anticipation of otherplayers' decisions.

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Pre-dominant in the market for multiplayer electronic qames .

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Theprisoner's dilemma is a situationwhere decisions are made in anticipation of otherplayers' decisions. This is inefficient because thedecisions of others orplayers are unknown andtherefore efficiency cannot be achieved. This is thedifference between professionaladministrative communication andnon-communication assumptions.

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