Strategic thinking in virtual worlds: Studying World of Warcraft

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Highlights：

• We investigate development of strategic thinking in MMORPGs.

• We develop a mechanism of the process of strategic thinking.

• We demonstrate our findings in the form of six hermeneutic themes.

• We provide insights regarding the social nature of strategic thinking.

摘要

•We investigate development of strategic thinking in MMORPGs.•We develop a mechanism of the process of strategic thinking.•We demonstrate our findings in the form of six hermeneutic themes.•We provide insights regarding the social nature of strategic thinking.

论文关键词：Strategy,Strategic thinking,Strategic information systems planning,Virtual worlds,Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG),World of Warcraft

论文评审过程：Available online 29 January 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.12.047