Open software to innovation: the critical success factors of massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG) in China and Ireland.

II TABLE OF FIGURES VII GLOSSARY 1 1 PROJECT INTRODUCTION 3 1.1 ABOUT THIS PROJECT 3 1.2 BACKGROUND 4 1.3 RESEARCH PROBLEM 6 1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 6 1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 7 1.6 RESOURCES 8 1.7 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS 8 2 MMORPG CONCEPTS & OSS 11 2.

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