Developers Dilemma

Author : Casey O'Donnell
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262028190
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developer's Dilemma written by Casey O'Donnell and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of work—including the organization of work and the market forces that surround it—through the lens of the collaborative practice of game development. Rank-and-file game developers bring videogames from concept to product, and yet their work is almost invisible, hidden behind the famous names of publishers, executives, or console manufacturers. In this book, Casey O’Donnell examines the creative collaborative practice of typical game developers. His investigation of why game developers work the way they do sheds light on our understanding of work, the organization of work, and the market forces that shape (and are shaped by) media industries. O’Donnell shows that the ability to play with the underlying systems—technical, conceptual, and social—is at the core of creative and collaborative practice, which is central to the New Economy. When access to underlying systems is undermined, so too is creative collaborative process. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in game studios in the United States and India, O’Donnell stakes out new territory empirically, conceptually, and methodologically. Mimicking the structure of videogames, the book is divided into worlds, within which are levels; and each world ends with a boss fight, a “rant” about lessons learned and tools mastered. O’Donnell describes the process of videogame development from pre-production through production, considering such aspects as experimental systems, “socially mandatory” overtime, and the perpetual startup machine that exhausts young, initially enthusiastic workers. He links work practice to broader systems of publishing, manufacturing, and distribution; introduces the concept of a privileged “actor-intra-internetwork”; and describes patent and copyright enforcement by industry and the state.

Author : Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192667564
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Developer's Dilemma written by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Developing countries seek economic development which is broad-based or inclusive in the sense that it raises the income of all, especially the poor. Yet this is at odds with Simon Kuznets' hypothesis that economic development tends to put upward pressure on income inequality, at least initially and in the absence of countervailing policies. The Developer's Dilemma explores this 'Kuznetsian tension' between structural transformation and income inequality. The book asks: what are the varieties of structural transformation that have been experienced in developing countries? What inequality dynamics are associated with each variety of structural transformation? And what policies have been utilized to manage trade-offs between structural transformation, income inequality, and inclusive growth? Across nine country cases written by academics across the Global South, this book answers these questions using a comparative case study approach with a common analytical framework and a set of common datasets. The intended intellectual contribution of the book is to provide a comparative analysis of the relationship between structural transformation, income inequality, and inclusive growth; to do so empirically at a regional and national level, and to draw conclusions about the varieties of structural transformation, their inequality dynamics, and the policies that have been employed to mediate the developer's dilemma.

Author : Katherine A. Graham
Publisher : Institute of Public Administration of Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780919400726
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Development Dilemma : the Case of the Quinpool Road : Player's Manual written by Katherine A. Graham and published by Institute of Public Administration of Canada. This book was released on 1980 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert H. Bates
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691167354
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Development Dilemma written by Robert H. Bates and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- The fundamental tension -- Taming the hierarchy -- Forging the political terrain -- The developing world: two examples -- The use of power -- Conclusion

Author : Andy Sumner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192510762
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Development and Distribution written by Andy Sumner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Second World War, surprisingly few developing countries have experienced a truly sustained episode of economic and social convergence towards the structural characteristics of the advanced nations. East Asia has exceeded most regions in its achievement of convergence, and much has been written on comparative industrialization and development in North East Asia. Less discussed is South East Asia and the surprising and inclusive transformation several of its countries has undergone. Development and Distribution focuses on South East Asia and, more specifically, on Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. These three nations have all undergone a major transformation - in a way never anticipated - from being poor, agrarian countries to middle-income countries with developed industrial and manufacturing bases. How did Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand achieve such a transformation, and how did they achieve the transformation with a form of economic growth that was driven by structural transformation, but that was 'inclusive'? Given that historically it has been thought that structural transformation tends to push up inequality, whilst inclusive growth necessitates static or even falling inequality, this last point is particularly salient to developing countries. Understanding how the transformation was possible in a relatively small space of time, the extent to which it was inclusive, and the caveats and prospects for South East Asia is thus an area of enquiry significant to all developing countries as they seek economic and social transformation.

Author : Pekka Abrahamsson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331949094X
Total Pages : 777 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Product-Focused Software Process Improvement written by Pekka Abrahamsson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2016, held in Trondheim, Norway, in November 2016. The 24 revised full papers presented together with 21 short papers, 1 keynote, 3 invited papers, 5 workshop papers. 2 doctoral symposium papers, and 6 tutorials were carefully reviewed and selected from 82 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Early Phases in Software Engineering; Organizational Models; Architecture; Methods and Tools; Verification and Validation; Process Improvement; Speed and Agility in System Engineering; Requirements and Quality; Process and Repository Mining; Business Value and Benefits; Emerging Research Topics; and Future of Computing.

Author : M. C. Behera
Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170999522
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalisation and Development Dilemma written by M. C. Behera and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North Eastern Region Of India Is Economically Backward In Comparison To Other States. Papers In The Volume Deal With The Problem From Different Angles. The Book Has 6 Sections And More Than 25 Contributions And A Large Number Of Tables And Figures.

Author : Samuel M. Muriithi
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780761805472
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Development Dilemma written by Samuel M. Muriithi and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1997 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores development issues in Africa from the human, social, economic, geographical and political perspectives. It presents arguments as to why Africa remains less developed compared to other continents and provides recommendations to achieve effective development. The author discusses such specific questions as: Are Africans capable of developing Africa? How has nature contributed to problems in Africa? and Did slavery contribute to underdevelopment?

Author : S. Parasuraman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349272485
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Development Dilemma written by S. Parasuraman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social, economic and political contexts in which development projects in India are implemented, and consequences to people displaced by such projects, are analyzed in this book. Development, displacement, resettlement and rehabilitation processes related to three major reservoir bases' irrigation and power projects, and three major industrial projects are studied. The role of the State, international agencies and the private industrial sector in promoting development and managing rehabilitation of the displaced people is assessed, and the author proposes a framework for a comprehensive policy on development, displacement and rehabilitation.

Author : F. Waswa
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137497416
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Community Development: Dilemma of Options in Kenya written by F. Waswa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community development has lately gained much prominence, but the emphasis has remained on the economic and social welfare of communities, rather than the environment. By focusing on 'sustainable' development in Kenya, this study shows the importance of integrating ecological concerns in socio-economic and cultural development processes.