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Warut Khern-am-nuai

McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management

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1001 Sherbrooke St. West

Montreal, Quebec H3A1G5 H3A 1G5

Canada

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Scholarly Papers (46)

1.

Extrinsic Versus Intrinsic Rewards for Contributing Reviews in an Online Platform

Information Systems Research 29(4), pp 871-892.
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2021
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Purdue University and Purdue University - Krannert School of Management
Downloads 1,433 (33,609)
Citation 55

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Online review, Economic incentive, Monetary incentive

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The Impact of an Augmented Reality Game on Local Businesses: A Study of Pokemon Go on Restaurants

Information Systems Research 32(3), pp 950-966., Indian School of Business WP Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 May 2017 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2025
Vandith Pamuru, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Karthik Natarajan Kannan
Indian School of Business, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Purdue University
Downloads 1,323 (37,962)
Citation 5

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Pokemon Go, Augmented Reality, Hedonic Utility, Natural Experiment, Economics of IS,

3.

More than the Quantity: The Value of Editorial Reviews for a UGC Platform

Management Science 68(9), pp 6355-7064.
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2022
HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong, University of Rochester, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Purdue University
Downloads 1,235 (41,847)
Citation 10

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natural language processing, editorial review, user-generated content, difference-in-differences, herding effect

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The Impact of Online Q&As on Product Sales: The Case of Amazon Answer

Information Systems Research (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 14 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2023
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Purdue University
Downloads 1,026 (54,853)

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online platform, user-generated content, questions, answers

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Generative AI and Price Discrimination in the Housing Market

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2025
Jitsama Tanlamai, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Maxime C. Cohen
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Downloads 970 (59,316)

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generative AI, housing discrimination, price discrimination, housing market

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Selecting Cover Images for Restaurant Reviews: AI vs. Wisdom of the Crowd

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 26(1), pp 330-349.
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2024
Warut Khern-am-nuai, Hyunji So, Maxime C. Cohen and Yossiri Adulyasak
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University and HEC Montréal
Downloads 866 (69,232)
Citation 5

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Online review platforms, user-generated photos, deep learning, wisdom of the crowds

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Unraveling the Impact: An Empirical Investigation of ChatGPT's Exclusion from Stack Overflow

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2024
Sameer Borwankar, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Karthik Natarajan Kannan
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Purdue University
Downloads 613 (110,314)

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generative AI, discussion platform, stackoverflow, ChatGPT, Reddit

8.

Revisiting the CEO Effect Through a Machine Learning Lens

Management Science, 0[10.1287/mnsc.2023.03625]
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 31 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2025
Hajime Shimao, Sung Joo Kim, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Maxime C. Cohen
Santa Fe Institute, American University - Kogod School of Business, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Downloads 611 (109,835)
Citation 1

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CEO effect, machine learning, predictive analytics

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Augmenting Password Strength Meter Design using the Elaboration Likelihood Model: Evidence from Randomized Experiments

Information Systems Research 34(1), pp 157-177.
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2023
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, University of Arizona, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Purdue University and Purdue University - Department of Computer Sciences
Downloads 548 (126,105)
Citation 1

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password strength meter, design science, elaboration likelihood model, randomized experiment

10.

The Overstated Cost of AI Fairness in Criminal Justice

100 Indiana Law Journal 1431 (2025)
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2025
Ignacio Cofone and Warut Khern-am-nuai
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 494 (143,016)

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AI fairness, algorithmic fairness, COMPAS, criminal justice, algorithmic accuracy, recidivism, algorithmic bias, algorithmic decision-making, disparate impact, risk assessment tools, AI regulation, machine learning discrimination, fairness-accuracy tradeoff, predictive policing

11.

Negative Peer Feedback and User Content Generation: Evidence from a Restaurant Review Platform

Production and Operations Management (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 04 May 2023
Kai Zhu, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Yinan Yu
Bocconi University, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and University of Oklahoma
Downloads 469 (152,291)

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feedback mechanism, negative feedback, user-generated content, platform operation

12.

Manufacturer’s "1-Up" from Used Games: Insights from the Secondhand Market for Video Games

Information Systems Research 32(4), pp 1173-1191., Indian School of Business
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2025
Antino Kim, Rajib L. Saha and Warut Khern-am-nuai
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Operation & Decision Technologies, Indian School of Business and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 384 (191,899)
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secondhand market, video game, content, console, platform, durable goods, information goods, used goods

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Exploring the Impact of Platform-Incentivized Reviews on Product Sales and the Role of Review Inconsistency

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2025
Jingyuan Deng, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Dandan Qiao
National University of Singapore, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and National University of Singapore (NUS)
Downloads 381 (193,569)

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incentivized reviews, product sales, review inconsistency, disclosure, spillover, platform-incentivized-reviews

14.

When AI Sets Wages: Biases and Labor Discrimination in Generative Pricing

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Aug 2025
Maxime C. Cohen, Eddy Hage-Youssef and Warut Khern-am-nuai
Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, McGill University and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 369 (201,412)

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Generative AI, price discrimination, biases, prompt design

15.

Identifying Perverse Incentives in Buyer Profiling on Online Trading Platforms

Information Systems Research 33(2), pp 464-475., Indian School of Business
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2025
Karthik Natarajan Kannan, Rajib L. Saha and Warut Khern-am-nuai
Purdue University, Indian School of Business and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 356 (209,635)
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Trading Platforms, Advertising-Based Model, Commission-Based Model, Generalized Second Price Auctions, Consumer Profiling

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So You Think You Are Safe: Implications of Quality Uncertainty in Security Software

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2021
Santa Fe Institute, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, American University - Kogod School of Business and Purdue University
Downloads 319 (235,935)

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Economics of Information Security, Information Uncertainty, Misinformation, Risk Compensation Behavior

17.

Strategic Best-Response Fairness Framework for Fair Machine Learning

Information Systems Research, 0[10.1287/isre.2022.0055]
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2025
Santa Fe Institute, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Purdue University and Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Downloads 290 (262,373)
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machine learning, discrimination, fairness, economic model

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Motivating Runners in Real Time: A Field Experiment

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 Apr 2024
Doehun Kim, Yoonseock (Yoon) Son, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Maxime C. Cohen
Florida Atlantic University - Department of Information Technology & Operations Management, University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business - IT, Analytics, and Operations Department, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Downloads 282 (270,229)
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real-time intervention, motivation, healthcare, social facilitation, running app service, field experiment

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Status Downgrade: The Impact of Losing Status on a User-generated Content Platform

Indian School of Business WP Forthcoming, Production and Operations Management (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2024
Vandith Pamuru, Wreetabrata Kar and Warut Khern-am-nuai
Indian School of Business, University at Buffalo (SUNY) - School of Management and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 246 (310,057)
Citation 1

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user-generated content, non-financial incentive, platform policy, gamification, NLP, online reviews

20.

Helpful or Unhelpful: The Hidden Influence of Review Voters and the Wisdom of Crowds

Journal of the Association for Information Systems (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 09 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2026
Yinan Yu, Dezhi Yin, Warut Khern-am-nuai, Alain Pinsonneault and Zaiyan Wei
University of Oklahoma, University of South Florida, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Purdue University - Daniels School of Business
Downloads 241 (316,532)

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online reviews, review helpfulness, voter, cognitive consistency

21.

Key Lessons Learned for Technology Managers from CrowdStrike Global IT Outage

IEEE Engineering Management Review, 0[10.1109/EMR.2024.3452090]
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 13 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2025
Warut Khern-am-nuai
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 222 (343,660)

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engineering management, cybersecurity, user behavior, passwords

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Fewer Reviews but Better Content: When an Online Review Platform Disables Downvotes

Journal of Management Information Systems (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2026
Yinan Yu, Dezhi Yin and Warut Khern-am-nuai
University of Oklahoma, University of South Florida and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 219 (353,017)

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user-generated content, peer evaluation systems, downvote removal, review quantity, review quality, fairness perception, attention-seeking behavior

23.

Parking at the Right Spot: Repositioning-Based Promotions for E-Scooters

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 19 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2025
Doehun Kim, Yoonseock (Yoon) Son, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Maxime C. Cohen
Florida Atlantic University - Department of Information Technology & Operations Management, University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business - IT, Analytics, and Operations Department, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Downloads 187 (405,402)

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electric scooter, sharing platforms, promotion, asset utilization, operational efficiency

24.

Review Writing: The Social Influence of "Exemplar" Reviews

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2022
Purdue University, University at Buffalo (SUNY) - School of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Purdue University
Downloads 170 (442,467)

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Online review, NLP, social influence, review-generating behavior, platform policy

25.

The Implications of Generic Response in Online Customer Service Operations

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 31 Oct 2023
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, University at Buffalo (SUNY) - School of Management and HEC Montréal
Downloads 168 (447,215)

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customer service, social media, generic responses, service operations management

26.

Adversarial Attacks on Machine Learning-Driven High-Frequency Trading Models

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 26 Jul 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Department of Banking and Finance, Chulalongkorn Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 159 (474,889)

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high-frequency trading, adversarial machine learning, limit order book, market stability, financial cybersecurity, Trustworthy AI

27.

When Moderators are Moderated: Evidence from an Online Community

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 21 Jun 2024 Last Revised: 10 May 2025
Purdue University, University at Buffalo (SUNY) - School of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Purdue University - Krannert School of Management
Downloads 144 (511,933)

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online community, discussion forum, user participation, content moderation, user suspensions

28.

The Impact of Text Sentiment-Rating Inconsistency on Consumers' Purchase Decisions

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 Oct 2025
Heui Jae Choi, Hyunji So, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Kunsoo Han
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and McGill University
Downloads 111 (640,165)

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User-Generated Content, E-Commerce, User-Generated Images, Text Sentiment-Rating Inconsistency, Expectation-Confirmation Theory

29.

A framework for affinity-based personalized review recommendation

Accepted for publication in Electronic Commerce Research
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 20 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 04 May 2026
University of Greenwich - Business School, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, HEC Montréal and HEC Montreal
Downloads 110 (640,165)

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review recommendation, user affinity, online platform, service operations

30.

Do Fair Algorithms Improve Welfare? Evidence from the Insurance Market

UNSW Business School Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2026
Fei Huang, Hajime Shimao and Warut Khern-am-nuai
UNSW Australia Business School, School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, Santa Fe Institute and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 84 (783,685)

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Algorithmic governance, Fairness, Insurance markets, Consumer welfare, Machine learning, Accountability, Algorithmic transparency

31.

Manager's Practical Toolkit to Improve Password Security in Organizations

IEEE Engineering Management Review, 0[10.1109/EMR.2024.3423360]
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 13 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2025
Danuvasin Charoen and Warut Khern-am-nuai
National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) - NIDA Business School and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 64 (924,743)

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engineering management, cybersecurity, user behavior, passwords

32.

From Fear to Fury: The Behavioral Trade-offs of Removing Negative Feedback Option in Online Discussion Platforms

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 22 Apr 2026
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Yeshiva University - Sy Syms School of Business, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and HEC Montréal
Downloads 29 (1,345,526)

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Peer Evaluation, Negative Evaluation, Platform Design

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Preparing Technology Managers for the Post-Consumer Reviews Era

IEEE Engineering Management Review (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 24 Oct 2025
Danuvasin Charoen, Guangrui (Kayla) Li and Warut Khern-am-nuai
National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) - NIDA Business School, York University - Schulich School of Business and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 27 (1,359,097)

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Online Reviews, User-Generated Content, AI-Generated Content

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Following the Scent: How Attention-grabbing Verbal Cues in Headlines Shape Fake News Believability

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Apr 2026
Heui Jae Choi, Elizabeth Han and Warut Khern-am-nuai
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 24 (1,411,822)

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Misinformation, Fake News, Information Foraging Theory, Influence of Presumed Influence, Social Media

35.

Examining the Efficacy of Peer Punishment in Online Content Moderation

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Apr 2026
Wreetabrata Kar, Jitsama Tanlamai and Warut Khern-am-nuai
University at Buffalo (SUNY) - School of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 20 (1,459,862)

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Platforms, Moderation, User-generated Content, Inequity Theory

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The Impact of Re-election After Demotion on Block Validations in Committee-based Consensus Blockchain Platform

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Apr 2026
Sejun Park, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Alain Pinsonneault
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 18 (1,470,786)

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Consensus Protocol, Selection Rules, Committee-Based Consensus Protocol, Voting Mechanism, Delegated Proof-Of-Stake Blockchains

37.

Retail Analytics in the New Normal

IEEE Engineering Management Review 52(1), pp 268-280 under the title "Retail Analytics in the New Normal: The Influence of Artificial Intelligence and the Covid-19 Pandemic."
Posted: 10 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2024
HEC Montréal, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Retail analytics, COVID-19, AI in management

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The Use of AI in Legal Systems: Determining Independent Contractor vs. Employee Status

Queen's University Legal Research Paper Forthcoming; Artificial Intelligence and Law (Forthcoming).
Posted: 28 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2023
Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Queen's University - Faculty of Law, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Santa Fe Institute and Brandeis University

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Employment Law, Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Models, Decision-Support Legal Systems

39.

Haters Gonna Hate? How Removing Downvote Option Impacts Discussions on Online Forum

Posted: 05 May 2021 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2026
Yeshiva University - Sy Syms School of Business, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and HEC Montréal

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Online platform, peer evaluation, negative evaluation, user-generated content

40.

Review Helpfulness Score vs. Review Unhelpfulness Score: Two Sides of the Same Coin or Different Coins?

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 8031-8044.
Posted: 10 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2024
Yinan Yu, Dominik Gutt and Warut Khern-am-nuai
University of Oklahoma, RWTH Aachen University and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management

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review helpfulness score, review unhelpfulness score, review evaluation, online review, unhelpfulness voting behavior

41.

Identifying Arbitrage Opportunities in Retail Markets using Predictive Analytics

AI&Society (Forthcoming) under the title "Identifying Arbitrage Opportunities in Retail Markets with Artificial Intelligence."
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2023
Jitsama Tanlamai, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Yossiri Adulyasak
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and HEC Montréal

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arbitrage, field experiment, predictive analytics, random forest, user-generated content

42.

Data Analytics to Detect Panic Buying and Improve Products Distribution Amid Pandemic

((Forthcoming), AI&Society, under the title 'Using AI to Detect Panic Buying and Improve Products Distribution Amid Pandemic'
Posted: 07 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2023
HEC Montréal, IVADO Labs, IVADO Labs, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management

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Anomaly Detection, Retail Operations, Machine Learning, COVID-19

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Addressing Fairness in Machine Learning Predictions: Strategic Best-Response Fair Discriminant Removed Algorithm

Posted: 13 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2024
Santa Fe Institute, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Purdue University and Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University

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machine learning, discrimination, fairness, prediction

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Impacts of Social Interactions and Peer Evaluations on Online Review Platforms

Journal of Management Information Systems 40(4), pp 1271-1300.
Posted: 09 May 2019 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2024
Yinan Yu, Warut Khern-am-nuai, Alain Pinsonneault and Zaiyan Wei
University of Oklahoma, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Purdue University - Daniels School of Business

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social interactions, social relationship, online reviews, peer evaluation, user-generated content

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The Cost of Fairness: Evaluating Economic Implications of Fairness-Aware Machine Learning

Posted: 14 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2023
Hajime Shimao, Junpei Komiyama and Warut Khern-am-nuai
Santa Fe Institute, New York University and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management

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fairness-aware machine learning, fair machine learning, machine learning discrimination

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When Paying for Reviews Pays Off: The Case of Performance-Contingent Monetary Rewards

MIS Quarterly 46(1), pp 609-626.
Posted: 01 May 2018 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2022
Yinan Yu, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Alain Pinsonneault
University of Oklahoma, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management

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performance-contingent monetary incentives, online reviews, review quality, review quantity, review valence, quasi experiment