Corporate Management Games

Corporate management games place the player in the position of a Chief Executive Officer or other high-ranking company leader in their quest for profits, profits and more profits. These types of games are sometimes referred to as "tycoon" games, after hits like"Railroad Tycoon" and the more lighthearted"Rollercoaster Tycoon."
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Capitalism 2
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This classic business game may be a few years old, but it mimics the decisionsand pressures of a CEO's life so well that it is sometimes used by professors and lecturers atHarvard Business School to allow students to simulate running their own company. Scenarios involve everything from running an upstart IT company from the groundup, where long research-and-development campaigns are your bread and butter, to running established companies selling heavily branded consumer goods like soft drinks and snack food. A free demo can be downloaded from its publisher's website.
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Railroad Tycoon 3
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"Railroad Tycoon 3" jumps back in time a few hundred years to the age of the railroad robber barons like Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay Gould.Starting in the 19th century, the player builds a modest New England railroad company into a transcontinental transportation giant. Along the way, he won't just have to deal with the competition. New technology, political strife and obscure stock market manipulations could all serve to devastate his company at any time. To withstand these forces, players will not just lay track, but also purchase strategic industries like coal mines and canneries, and keep a watchful eye on the stock market to fend off hostile takeovers.
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Hollywood Mogul
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"Hollywood Mogul" is an independent game that puts you in charge of yourown movie company. Youdecide which scripts to buy, which novels to adapt and which celebritiesto staff. You can take the bold and risky route of working with unknown talent, hoping to discover the next big star, or you can work with established celebrities. However, doingso can be tricky, as the prima donnas will all drivea hard bargain. Besides simply a salary and a cut of the profits, many stars will demand to work with specific actors and directors, who will come to the studio with their own demands. At the end of each year, you have to decide which movie to push at the Academy Awards. Winning an Oscarwill be a great honor for your talent, but it will alsoserve as a way to milk more money out of the box office for movies that are getting old.