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 is a duality of money : it is endogenous and exogenous. Therefore it is important to distinguish between monetary creation and money supply. Buying and selling means the exchange of goods and debts, which is very different from barter. In doing so the economic agents are asked to take two...

The authors argue that it is possible to break the demand for films into two types: the underlying demand accounted for by audiences’ behaviours owing to events outside the film industry (vacations, climate, etc.); and demand due to the agglomeration of supply by studios due to release dates...