Twenty years ago, there were all but a handful of scholarly studies published about the
economics of the motion picture industry. Over the first decade of the new millennium, this …

Across the many studies of motion picture box office success, unresolved debates and
untested assumptions about the contributing factors persist. Using an accessibility …

Improving productivity in the entertainment industry is a very challenging task as it heavily
depends on generating attractive content for the consumers. The consumer-centric design …

High-achieving employees, the “stars” of an organization, are widely credited with producing
indispensable, irreplaceable, value-enhancing contributions. From the recruitment of …

Technology has disrupted the news media, and the limited intention to pay for content is still
a challenge for the industry. News media outlets currently distribute single articles through …

The success of entertainment products such as movies or books varies tremendously, and
managers strive to increase the odds by deciding on the right marketing input. Aiming to …

The present study examined the relationship between film fansL willingness to pay by film
crowdfunding (WPFC) and the incentives of film crowdfunding (FC) in China, which include …

By drawing on the two prevailing economic stardom theories, the paper investigates the
sources of superstardom in the US movie industry. For the econometric analysis, we use …

Prior research on consumers' web searches primarily examined the effect of web searches
on product sales or the characteristics of the web searchers. Differing from prior research …

Managers predict the sales of new entertainment products prior to their release using
comparables, such as similar books from the same author or movies with the same actors. In …