The Daily Stat: Just How Extensive Is Movie Piracy in China?

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile MARCH 15, 2013 Just How Extensive Is Movie Piracy in China? About three-quarters of movie consumption in China is unpaid, compared with about 5% among U.S. consumers and less than 10% among American college students, according to surveys conducted in 2009 by Jie Bai and Joel Waldfogel of The Wharton School. Although the Chinese government has initiated reforms, numerous websites and peer-to-peer file-sharing networks in China make copyrighted movies available for free. Source: Movie Piracy and Sales Displacement in Two Samples of Chinese Consumers Share Today's Stat: FEATURED PRODUCT HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across EBook Now Available ARE YOUR WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WORKING AGAINST YOU? To achieve your goals and get ahead, you need to rally people behind you and your ideas. But how do you do that when you lack formal authority? Or when you have a boss who gets in your way? Or when you're juggling others' needs at the expense of your own? By managing up, down, and across the organization. Your success depends on it, whether you're a young professional or an experienced leader. The "HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across" will help you: (1) Advance your agenda—and your career—with smarter networking, (2) Build relationships that bring targets and deadlines within reach, (3) Persuade decision makers to champion your initiatives, (4) Collaborate more effectively with colleagues, (5) Deal with new, challenging, or incompetent bosses, and (6) Navigate office politics. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Stat: BEST SELLERS HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR's 10 Must Reads Boxed Set HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations HBR Guide to Better Business Writing HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done PREVIOUS STATS Families Swell Ranks of Homeless in New York Is the Perfect Boss a "Feminized" Man? Fewer Companies Still Give Raises for Years of Service Women Are More Likely to Suffer Distress If They Have Long Commutes A Significant Part of Your Carbon Footprint Comes from Air Travel If You Lie on Your CV, Many Employers Won't Check Whew! How We Dodged the Bullet on Global Starvation To Improve Your Math-Test Score, Write About Your Emotions First Worker Engagement in China Lags Global Average A Simple Trick for Tripling People's Charitable Donations Introducing Mobile ManageMentor Powered by the proven content of Harvard ManageMentor™ iTunes >> Android >> UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "The Daily Stat" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2013 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)