Despite the widespread popularity of online opinion forums among consumers, the business value that such systems bring to organizations has, so far, remained an unanswered question. This paper addresses this question by studying the value of online movie ratings in forecasting motion picture...

The growth of Internet-based piracy has led to a wide-ranging debate over how copyright policy should be enforced in the digital era. In this paper we analyze the impact of the US government's shutdown of a major piracy site — Megaupload.com — on digital sales and rentals of...

Movie studios’ film distribution practices have undergone radical changes over the past decade with the rise of digital channels including Electronic-Sell-Through (EST) and Video-on-demand (VOD). However, one aspect of the release schedule has been remarkably stable. Most Hollywood movies are...