AB - Second Life (SL) is an immersive, 3D social interaction virtual environment developed by Linden Lab where business including monetary transactions can take place. SL is a virtual world that also provides support for virtual organisations; a group of individuals whose members and resources may be dispersed geographically, but who function as a coherent unit through the use of cyber infrastructure. In this paper, we use qualitative and quantitative methodologies to analyse and understand a range of business strategies and activities in SL. We discuss key economic elements in SL and classify firms from the Forbes Global Top 500 companies which have a presence and who operate in B-B, B-C, C-C, and G-C spaces within SL. We develop business cases for three well known firms active in SL, namely IBM, Coca Cola, and Nissan, as a means to explore correlative relationships and potential business strategies future development. AU - Liu, W AU - Williams, MA DA - 2008/12/01 JO - PACIS 2008 - 12th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Leveraging ICT for Resilient Organizations and Sustainable Growth in the Asia Pacific Region PY - 2008/12/01 TI - Strategies for business in virtual worlds: Case studies in Second Life Y1 - 2008/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -