This article decomposes the observed gaps in educational attainment and school-to-work transitions between grandchildren of natives and immigrants in Belgium into (i) differences in observed family endowments and (ii) a residual “pure ethnic gap”. It innovates by explicitly taking delays in...

Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to present an overview of the papers in this special issue. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on papers in this special issue. Findings – There is a multi-disciplinarily approach of the papers in this issue in connecting fields of...

Media critics are generally said to be an integral part of the cinema industry, as they influence both the supply (distribution and communication strategies) and demand (consumer's decision process) sides of the market (Debenedetti, 2006). Which lessons can be drawn from past research about...

This article examines the dynamic impact of online word-of-mouth (WOM) on US television show viewership. With WOM data collected from the Internet Movie Database website, we find that the cumulative volume of online WOM has significant explanatory power for viewership over time. Consistent with...

In this conceptual study we first categorize, from existing literature, different conceptions of culture rooted in Anthropology and Sociology. We argue that these conceptions build up the logical structure of specific theoretical and empirical tools which address human/IS interactions in a...

This article presents findings from an ethnographic study aimed at developing a typology of IT users based upon their Individual IT Culture. Social Identity Theory and the existence of a Technological Cultural vayev in6eac~ anvividual are the two main underpinnings of this typology, which is...

This paper highlights the potential for joint OECD (or non-OPEC) carbon taxes to reduce OPEC’s monopoly rent and provide benefit to non-OPEC countries provided jointly agreed trigger strategies are adhered to. In traditional economic theory, the primary purpose of a carbon tax is to...

Rarely studied in marketing, leisure companions represent a significant aspect of the leisure servicescapes experience. In leisure places, companions can be defined in terms of their presence (v. absence), number, and identity (spouse/friend/family members). This article reviews previous...

There are many calls for further investigation of the underlying processes, practices and specificities of governance when economic exchanges are organized within networks. Through an examination of what governance involves and how it occurs in two clusters specialized in digital and video game...