{"product_id":"9783319892900","title":"Entertainment Science: Data Analytics and Practical Theory for Movies, Games, Books, and Music","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEntertainment Science: Data Analytics and Practical Theory for Movies, Games, Books, and Music\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eHennig-Thurau, Thorsten; Houston, Mark B.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe entertainment industry has long been dominated by legendary screenwriter William Goldman’s “Nobody-Knows-Anything” mantra, which argues that success is the result of managerial intuition and instinct. This book builds the case that combining such intuition with data analytics and rigorous scholarly knowledge provides a source of sustainable competitive advantage – the same recipe for success that is behind the rise of firms such as Netflix and Spotify, but has also fueled Disney’s recent success. Unlocking a large repertoire of scientific studies by business scholars and entertainment economists, the authors identify essential factors, mechanisms, and methods that help a new entertainment product succeed. The book thus offers a timely alternative to “Nobody-Knows” decision-making in the digital era: while coupling a good idea with smart data analytics and entertainment theory cannot guarantee a hit, it systematically and substantially increases the probability of success in theentertainment industry. Entertainment Science is poised to inspire fresh new thinking among managers, students of entertainment, and scholars alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThorsten Hennig-Thurau and Mark B. Houston – two of our finest scholars in the area of entertainment marketing – have produced a definitive research-based compendium that cuts across various branches of the arts to explain the phenomena that provide consumption experiences to capture the hearts and minds of audiences.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorris B. Holbrook, W. T. Dillard Professor Emeritus of Marketing, Columbia University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Science is a must-read for everyone working in the entertainment industry today, where the impact of digital and the use of big data can’t be ignored anymore. Hennig-Thurau and Houston are the scientific frontrunners of knowledge that the industry urgently needs.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Kölmel, media entrepreneur and Honorary Professor of Media Economics at University of Leipzig\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Science’s winning combination of creativity, theory, and data analytics offers managers in the creative industries and beyond a novel, compelling, and comprehensive approach to support their decision-making. This ground-breaking book marks the dawn of a new Golden Age of fruitful conversation between entertainment scholars, managers, and artists.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllègre Hadida, Associate Professor in Strategy, University of Cambridge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-08-21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319892900\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-89292-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 865\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46029671202956,"sku":"9783319892900","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319892900.jpg?v=1776025959","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319892900","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}