Understanding the lead-lag relationship between distribution and demand is an important and challenging issue for all marketers. It is particularly challenging in the movie industry, where the very short lifespan and decaying revenue and exhibition patterns of motion pictures means that the...

The motion picture industry features challenging management problems and appealing research opportunities. Based on research findings, three challenges for managers are the need to (1) view movies as just one part of the product line, (2) consider the evolution of the first-run exhibition...

Competitive behavior in commercial television broadcasting is modeled to examine program choice and the effects of more channels being available on firm strategy. Specifically, broadcasters compete by selecting both the "type" and quality level of a program to offer, but do not compete on price....

Liu et al. [Liu, Y., D. S. Putler, C. B. Weinberg. 2004. Is having more channels really better? A model of competition among commercial television broadcasters. (1) 120–133] examine the television broadcast industry using a model in which profit-maximizing broadcasters seek to gain viewers by...

The notion that individuals have an internal reference price against which they compare observed prices is well supported by several psychological theories. Empirically, several papers in the marketing literature, employing scanner panel data, have modeled the impact of reference prices on brand...

This paper discusses the evolutionary development of an implemented, regression-based forecasting system used in planning and managing a schedule of performing arts events. In particular, the changing usage and refinement of this system is examined over a five-year period. One issue addressed is...

Managing the allocation of shelf space for new products is a problem of significant importance for retailers. The problem is particularly complex for exhibitors—the retailers in the motion picture supply chain—because they face dynamic challenges, given the short life cycles of movies, the...

Empirical research (as well as theoretical reasoning) has led to contradictory findings with regard to whether increases in brand advertising activities lead to increases or decreases in consumer price sensitivity. Lack of data to measure the exposure of individual households to advertisements...

In a well-known article, Blattberg and Jeuland (Blattberg, R. C., A. P. Jeuland. 1981. A micromodeling approach to investigate the advertising-sales relationship. (September) 988–1005.) apply nonlinear estimation to a market level model based on aggregation of an individual level model of...

In this paper, the one-dimensional vertical differentiation model (Shaked and Sutton [Shaked, A., J. Sutton. 1982. Relaxing price competition through product differentiation. 3–13.], Moorthy [Moorthy, K. S. 1988. Product and price competition in a Duopoly. (Spring) 141–168.]) is extended to...