Indian Journal of Economics and Development
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 2a

Gamification: The next growth story

School of Business Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004

*Corresponding author's email: bajwa.arshjeet@yahoo.com

JELCodes: L81, M31, M37

Abstract

Gamification is used by brands to motivate employees, create healthy competition among teams, generate buzz or social proof, and encourage customer loyalty, among other benefits. With a variety of techniques-some easy to implement, some requiring advanced planning, coding, or technical expertise-any business can use gamification to get better results, no matter what your goals. By harnessing the entertaining aspects of games, gamification technology offers organizations a solution to their engagement problems. In many of its initial applications, gamification has had impressive results, leading global organizations. It is one of the leading concept which is growing at a fast pace.

Keywords

Big data, game mechanics, gamification