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 paper explores the role of critics in the arts and entertainment industries through a multi-disciplinary literature review. By synthesizing works from authors in the fields of management, economics, sociology, and information sciences, it raises three principal issues. It begins with a...

This paper analyzes the role played by the presence or the absence of companions in the individual experience of visiting an art museum. Until now, little research has focused on the visitor’s accompaniment, even though the dual nature of visiting a museum, both a social leisure activity and...

The omnipresence of professional experts in the debates and marketing strategies about movies raises the question of the proximity of their judgments with those of the ordinary consumers. Two theoretical perspectives compete on this matter: that of the divergence or convergence of tastes. Based...

Cet ouvrage présente les thèmes essentiels du marketing sous forme de fiches synthétiques. Aborde les thèmes suivants : le marketing dans l'organisation, les métiers du marketing, stratégie marketing, le marketing mix : politique de produit, politique de prix, politique de distribution,...

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...

This research explores the controversy regarding the issue of taste of consumers of cultural products: is there convergence or divergence of tastes, such as they are expressed by professional experts and ordinary consumers of films? In other words, have the ordinary consumers "good taste "?...