Dynamic impacts of online reviews and other information sources on sales in panel data environment: Evidence from movie industry

2008 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering 15th Annual Conference Proceedings, ICMSE

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 493-500

  Hao, Yuan Yuan ^a   Li, Yi Jun ^a   Ye, Qiang ^a   Zou, Peng ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Box offices; Critic reviews; Online reviews; Panel data; Production budgets; Valence; Volume; Word of mouth

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLARIFICATION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PURCHASING; SALES; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOX OFFICES; CRITIC REVIEWS; ONLINE REVIEWS; PANEL DATA; VALENCE; VOLUME; WORD OF MOUTH;

MOTION PICTURES;

EID: 57649236030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMSE.2008.4668961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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