Simulating the cinema market: How cross-cultural differences in social influence explain box office distributions

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-217

  Broekhuizen, Thijs L J ^a   Delre, Sebastiano A ^b   Torres, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; BEFORE AND AFTER; BOX OFFICE; CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; CROSS-NATIONAL; FIELD STUDIES; MARKET SHARE; MIXED METHOD; NETHERLANDS; SIMULATION RESULT; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; U-SHAPED;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; MOTION PICTURES; SURVEYS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 79951806737     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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