Timing movie release on the internet in the context of piracy

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-332

  Das, Sanjukta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

DVD; Intellectual property; Internet; Mathematical models; Motion picture industry; Movie releases; Movies; Online entertainment; Piracy; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049092796     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10919390802421283     Document Type: Article

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