<s>
Intopia	B-Application
(	O
or	O
INTOPIA	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
strategic	O
management	O
simulation	O
tool	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
business	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
undergraduate	O
and	O
graduate	O
university	O
courses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intopia	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
in	O
teaching	O
business	O
strategy	O
in	O
universities	O
in	O
over	O
55	O
countries	O
,	O
including	O
18	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
A	O
positive	O
1995	O
review	O
by	O
Peter	O
Palij	O
of	O
Columbia	O
University	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
tool	O
is	O
"	O
a	O
benchmark	O
for	O
measuring	O
other	O
competitive	O
simulations	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
modern	O
tool	O
INTOPIA	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
after	O
a	O
development	O
by	O
an	O
international	O
team	O
over	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
approximately	O
seven	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
Intopia	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
registered	O
in	O
the	O
State	O
of	O
Indiana	O
,	O
USA	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
mid-90s	O
to	O
further	O
develop	O
and	O
manage	O
the	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
present	O
version	O
of	O
INTOPIA	B-Application
B2B	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Thorelli	O
,	O
Graves	O
and	O
Scott	O
McDaniel	O
of	O
Personix	O
(	O
Indianapolis	O
,	O
Indiana	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intopia	B-Application
is	O
an	O
imaginary	O
world	O
of	O
four	O
regions	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
four	O
currencies	O
.	O
</s>
