We investigate the long-term impact of competing against superstars in crowdsourcing contests. Using a unique 50-month longitudinal panel data set on 1677 software design crowdsourcing contests, we illustrate a learning effect where participants are able to improve their skills (learn) more when...

We develop and estimate a dynamic structural framework to analyze social-media content creation and consumption behavior of employees within an enterprise. We focus, in particular, on employees' blogging behavior. The model incorporates two key features that are ubiquitous in blogging forums:...

Digital advertisers often harness technology-enabled advertising-scheduling strategies, such as ad repetition at the individual consumer level, in order to improve advertising effectiveness. However, such strategies might elicit annoyance in consumers, as indicated by anecdotal evidence such as...