We examine how online customer reviews for one generation of a product affect sales of another generation in the same product series. The main intriguing result is that previous generation valence has a positive impact on current generation sales; however, current generation valence has a...

We examine systematic differences between motion picture performance results based on revenue and profitability, using a measure of ROI based on box office revenue relative to the combined production and advertising budget. Special attention is given to the endogeneity of revenue, budget, and...