The Metaverse Flywheel: Creating Value across Physical and Virtual Worlds

Опубликовано: 13 Март 2026
на канале: California Management Review
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An introduction to the article: "The Metaverse Flywheel: Creating Value across Physical and Virtual Worlds" by Paavo Ritala, Mika Ruokonen, and Angelos Kostis

https://cmr.berkeley.edu/2024/08/66-4...

California Management Review
Volume 66, Issue 4
https://cmr.berkeley.edu/browse/issue...

This study presents a metaverse flywheel model providing insights into how the emerging layered modular architecture of the metaverse can enable new types of value-creation opportunities for organizations. Based on interviews with early metaverse adopters and innovators, this article identifies three key metaverse affordances: prospection of future conditions, persistence of editable and evolving virtual spaces, and integration between virtual and physical worlds. The findings enhance the nascent metaverse literature by highlighting that new organizing logics are required for metaverse-specific value creation, which goes beyond the previous generation’s isolated 3D models and other interfaces.

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