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One statement, bounded on purpose

The headline is a single claim that a named source supports. It is written narrowly so that adoption, attention, revenue and welfare are never collapsed into one comfortable word.

The three sections below the fold

What this does not establish is the boundary of the evidence. Counterevidence & uncertainty is what argues the other way. What would change the reading is the observation that would move it. A record missing any of the three is incomplete, not merely brief.

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MWITA-LRO-2026-001 · Evidence A · P1

Crossing a Yelp display-rating threshold implies about 5%–9% higher revenue for independent Seattle restaurants; chain-affiliated restaurants show no rating response.

D01 · Marketing, Brand & Revenue SystemsD02 · Customer Intelligence, Sales & ServiceD03 · Intelligence, Research & Decision ProductsD19 · Measurement, Experimentation & Economics

What this does not establish

A local historical restaurant RD does not establish effects for Google ratings, nonrestaurant SMBs, current algorithms, profit, footfall, or the value of buying or soliciting reviews.

Counterevidence & uncertainty

The causal-looking threshold response is concentrated in independents; chain affiliation nullifies the average rating effect, so a universal one-star revenue multiplier is contradicted by the same study.

What would change the reading

Track replication, revised records, denominators, confidence intervals, channel changes and realized behavioral or commercial outcomes.

Primary routes

  1. LRO-S001https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/12-016_a7e4a5a2-03f9-490d-b093-8f951238dba2.pdfOpen source record →

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