Try to answer the above question in a convincing manner. Watch the videos. Think about and make note of a number of good search keywords. This is crucial–you can use these on multiple platforms. Dig around in the library databases (ABI/Global is a good place to start). Scour 

YouTube

 for more videos on the Finnish Game Industry. Do a 

Google Scholar 

 search. Try to understand Angry Birds (that started it all, more or less. What is the Rovio strategy? Other, newer firms, e.g., startups? Role of Tekes?

Document Formatting and Submission:
1-2 page essay (This is a short length, so please craft carefully your writing).
Suggestion: Have a friend review your English writing and content and fix issues BEFORE you submit)

Submit via Turnitin.com (through iLearn, see below link).

Double spaced

1″ margins all around

12 point font

Use citations (in-text) and references (bibliography).
See also the document PDF download “Citations and referencing help (examples)” at the top of this iLearn page.

Do not write more than 2 pages total, including references and figures.

IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL written submissions MUST be in MS Word or PDF file format. NO OTHER FORMATS ARE ALLOWED. This is a set of key (and easy) tips for how we grade written material for quality of writing, and includes some of the most common (and most awful) mistakes people make.

On a “first submission,” We may give warnings only. After that for all other written submissions, I often take off 1/2 point for one occurrence, and more (-1 point) for >3 or 4 occurrences. This is a rough guide for you.

When writing any work where you want readers (for example, your professor and TAs) to take you seriously, there are some wordings to avoid (or you look like an amateur) or use cautiously (only in the right places). This are the “Pro Tips.”

Broadly, your entire written work consists of opinions the author thinks or believes are true. Don’t use the below words and phrases. Statements that this is your opinion or belief do not need to be made–ever–it’s true of everything ever written, so it’s redundant, and hence unnecessary. It’s bad form, and sends a bad message to the reader: “what else has the writer gotten wrong?”

Here are some of the most common wording errors–
Avoid them and avoid a lower grade and become a more convincing writer.

“In conclusion,” OK. Typically used in the last paragraph of a work.

“Thus,” not as good, try to avoid usage.

“In my opinion,” should never be used

“I believe,” or “I think,” should also never be used.

“Clearly,” or “Obviously,” should never be used. If it’s obvious you do not have to state it.

Proper In-Text Citations and References
By Bruce Heiman and Linda Lam

Fall 2003-13
SFSU

CITATIONS-how to cite information within the main body of text

One author:

Hall (2003) indicates similar patterns for investing occur.
US firms account for most of the FDI in the world economy (Hall, 2003).

Three or more authors-one article:

Holland, Holt, Levi, and Beckett (1983) indicate that…
OR (after the first citation)

Holland et al. (1983) also found that….

Several articles, single + multi-authors:

After the Civil Rights movement a growing number of racial/ethnic scholars such
as Almaguer (1975), Barrera (1978), and Takaki (1979) found,…

• The subject of this study seemed to perform their duties as
determined by the institutional arrangements within which they worked (Watson,
Kumar, & Michaelsen, 1993; Cox, Lobel, & McLoed, 1991; Fitzgerald, 1993).

(Note: semicolons [;] separate different sources inside one citation)

Exact Quotation of Sources:

Charles W. Hall (2003) offers some interesting causes and reflections about
“crucial-to-measure-the-impact-of import quotas and voluntary export restraints”
(p.176).
He stated, “An import quota is a direct restriction on the quantity of some good
that may be imported into another country” (Hall, 2003, p.176).

Citing two or more works by the same author in one in-text cite:

According to Charles W. Hall (1994; 2003), “low-cost transportation has made it
more economical to ship products around the world.”

REFERENCES (end of document bibliography)

Rule: If you cite it, you must put the detailed bibliographical information on the source in
the References section.

Rule: If you put it into the References section, you MUST have cited it in the main text or
a footnote.

Sometimes you have to improvise: the goal of ALL references is to offer information that
allows the reader to easily find the full content of your source.

This is a rather simple “author-date” format. Use any format (MLA or APA or other) but
apply consistently.

Book, 1 author:

Arrow, K. J. (1974). The limits of organization. New York, Norton & Co.

Book, 2 authors:

Cooper, W. E. and Emory, L. (1995). Business research methods. Chicago: Irwin.

Journal, 1 author:

Conner, K. R. (1991). “A historical comparison of resource-based theory and five
schools of thought within industrial organization economics: Do we have a new
theory of the firm?” Journal of Management 17 (1): 121-154.

*Note on above example: 17 (1): 121-154. is the formatted way to indicate where

one’s journal is from. In other words, it reads out to mean Volume 17, first
issue/issue 1, pages 121-154.

Journal, 2 authors:

Conner K. R. and C. K. Prahalad (1996). “A resource-based theory of the firm:
Knowledge versus opportunism.” Organization Science 7(5): 477-501.

*Note on indenting—you could and should format all multi-line references as
follows:

Conner K. R. and C. K. Prahalad (1996). “A resource-based theory of the firm:

Knowledge versus opportunism.” Organization Science 7(5): 477-501.
[This aids in readability of the first author’s name]

_______________________________________________________________________

*References for magazine and newspaper articles can be placed in a footnote or at an
end of the essay, in References, but not both.

Magazine Article:

Corliss, R. (1993, September 13). “Pacific overtures.” Time, 142, 68-70.

Newspaper Article:

“For job seekers, a toll free gift of expert advice.” (1993, December 12) New
York Times, p. D1.

Examples of References for Internet-based Sources
[Try to stay focused on the Author(s), even if it is aninstitution, firm, or website, though
tht last is not most-preferred, as it may not be a permanent address—permanent web-links
are preferred].

Individual works:

Pi, M. (No date). “Psychology with style.” [Online]. Available:
http://www.uwsp.edu/acad/psych/apa4.htm [1998, July 7]

Journals:

Malmstrom, V. H. (1995, Jan.). “Geographical origins of the Tarascans.”
Geographical Review [Online], 85, 31 (10 pages). Available: CALIFORNIA
DIGITAL LIBRARY (CDL)® (MAGS). [1997, August 10].

*When citing a printout of the text in your document instead of the original journal
article use [n.p.] (no pagination) since no page numbers exist.

Full-text internet articles:

Carranza, L.E. (1994). “Le Corbusier and the problems of representation.” Journal
of Architectural Education [Online], 48(2). Available:
http://www.mitpress.mit.edu/jrnls-catalog/File:jae48-2.html. [1997, September
22].

Newspapers:

Ferriss, S. (1995, July 16). “Latino rock – hot like a ‘volcano’: Mission District
label 1st to focus on trend.” San Francisco Examiner [Online], p. C1. Available:
http://www.examiner.com. [1997, September 23].

Encyclopedias (e.g., wikis, others):

“Bosnia and Herzegovina.” (1997). In Britannica Online [Online]. Available:
http://www.eb.com: 180/cgi-bin/g?DocF=micro/79/88.html. [1997, September
23].