by Dara Lee Luca and Michael Luca - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Strategy - Doctoral

2020 INSEAD Advisors: Dennis A. Yao (Chair), Rebecca M. Henderson , Michael Luca , and Amanda Pallais Innessa Colaiacovo, 2024 University of Oregon, Charles H. Lundquist... View Details

24 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

Yoshimi Anzai, Marta E. Heilbrun, Derek Haas, Luca Boi, Kirk Moshre, Satoshi Minoshima, and Vivian S. Lee Abstract—The lack of understanding the true costs (not charges) of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 17

Government Inspections: Evidence from Restaurant Hygiene Inspections and Online Reviews By: Kang, Jun Seok, Polina Kuznetsova, Yejin Choi, and Michael View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2015 (Revised January 2020)
Case

The Behavioural Insights Team case introduces students to the concept of choice architecture and the value of experimental methods (sometimes called A/B testing) within organizational contexts. The exercise provides an opportunity for students to apply these principles... View Details

Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Experiments; Choice Architecture; Public Entrepreneurship; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Taxation; Economics; Public Administration Industry; United Kingdom

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Purchase

14 Jun 2016
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After Mass Shootings, It’s Often Easier to Buy a Gun

23 Sep 2013
News

Give Yourself 5 Stars? Online, It Might Cost You

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Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

Hire Talent Connect with Clubs Hire Talent Connect with Clubs Partner with a HBS Student Club Reach targeted groups of students by connecting with over 50 career-related student clubs. Work with club leaders to sponsor events, advertise... View Details

02 Jun 2016
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Some Airbnb Users Claim Hosts Rejected Them Over Race

16 Feb 2015
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Yelp suggests its open data project could help end food poisoning

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

and Company, 1913–1947 Robert O. Anderson Atlantic Richfield Company, 1965–1982 Paul R. Andrews Prentice-Hall, 1965–1970 Walter H. Annenberg Triangle Publications, 1942–1968 Elizabeth Arden Elizabeth Arden Company, 1910–1966 J. Ogden... View Details

September 2018
Article

Aggregation of Consumer Ratings: An Application to Yelp.com

By: Weijia Dai, Ginger Jin, Jungmin Lee and Michael Luca

Because consumer reviews leverage the wisdom of the crowd, the way in which they are aggregated is a central decision faced by platforms. We explore this "rating aggregation problem" and offer a structural approach to solving it, allowing for (1) reviewers to vary in... View Details

Keywords: User Generated Content; Crowdsourcing; Yelp; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information; Internet and the Web; Learning; Mathematical Methods; E-commerce

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17 Dec 2015
News

New Research: Big Data Offers New Possibilities for City Planners

01 May 2015
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Startup’s goal: Stop food safety violations before they happen

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Latin America - Global

Catena, a graduate of Harvard University. Laura serves as the managing director of Bodega Catena Zapata, a world-renowned family-owned winery started by her great-grandfather. She also owns Luca Wines,... View Details

03 Jun 2016
News

Airbnb says it plans to take action to crack down on racial discrimination on its site

2018
Working Paper

Measuring Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change

By: Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca

We demonstrate that data from digital platforms such as Yelp have the potential to improve our understanding of gentrification, both by providing data in close to real time (i.e., nowcasting and forecasting) and by providing additional context about how the local... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Local Range; Transition; Analytics and Data Science; Measurement and Metrics; Forecasting and Prediction

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