This paper examines whether an online social media presence affects box office revenues in both domestic and foreign markets using a star's Twitter account as a measure of star power. The results suggest that there is a negative social media effect on box office performance in foreign markets,...

The paper investigates the efficient extraction path in a partial equilibrium model with exhaustible resource, the usage of which is characterized by return flows, and a backstop to analyze the sequence of the resource use. It is shown that in the presence of users with different return flow...

This study examines the potential benefits of social networks through the development of high school football players into big-time collegiate football stars. Many of these young men have spent 17 or 18 years surrounded and supported by family members, friends, and religious and civic...

This paper studies empirically the determinants of foreign technology acquisition through licenses. We extend the previous literature by examining spillover effects of general licensing activity in the sector as well as in downstream sectors.

This paper studies empirically the determinants of foreign technology acquisition through licenses. We extend the previous literature by examining spillover effects of general licensing activity in the sector as well as in downstream sectors.

This paper examines the determinants of innovation amongst small and medium enterprises in the Malaysian manufacturing sector using firm-level data. For small-sized firms, younger firms are more likely to innovate compared to older firms. However, for medium-sized and large-sized firms, older...

This paper analyses the production process of three industries over three separate time periods using datasets taken form Berndt and Wood (1975, 1979), Hunt (1984a, 1986) and Norsworthy and Harper (1981). In their initial paper Berndt and Wood failed to explore the alternative options available...

This paper analyses the production process of three industries over three separate time periods using datasets taken form Berndt and Wood (1975, 1979), Hunt (1984a, 1986) and Norsworthy and Harper (1981). In their initial paper Berndt and Wood failed to explore the alternative options available...

Real investments involving irreversibility and ambiguity embed a positive quasi-option value under ambiguity (q.o.v.a.), which modifies the evaluation of an investment decision involving depletion of natural resources by increasing the value of delaying. Q.o.v.a. depends on the specific...

Real investments involving irreversibility and ambiguity embed a positive quasi-option value under ambiguity (q.o.v.a.), which modifies the evaluation of an investment decision involving depletion of natural resources by increasing the value of delaying. Q.o.v.a. depends on the specific...