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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
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as a way of going into the Airbnb business are going to get crushed. I don’t wish Airbnb any ill will. I think it’s a good, well-run business, but I think they’re going to have some significant challenges in...
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- 18 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Exploring the Tech World Through WesTrek
Director. The Companies Throughout WesTrek I visited eight companies, from fintech startup Wealthfront to the female-founded VC Aspect Ventures. I wandered through Airbnb’s office and marveled at the conference rooms, which were designed to look like replicas of...
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Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
applied to many ongoing initiatives, including a partnership Henry led with Airbnb that will provide standby housing for local residents in the event of a natural disaster. To encourage deeper community engagement, Henry has led a number...
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- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
an organization with few tangible assets under ownership and very few employees could have a higher market value than the large tech hardware and software company that employs him. Putting the question of the valuation aside, we have to ask just what impact View Details
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
Business School Case 716-405 The On-Demand Economy This note describes the emerging on-demand economy, also referred to as the sharing economy. The note highlights several companies including Uber and Airbnb that exemplify this new mode...
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Carmen Nobel
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512042-PDF-ENG Airbnb (A) Benjamin Edelman and Michael LucaHarvard Business School Case 912-019 After widely publicized complaints of destructive guests and unreliable hosts, online apartment...
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Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Paul’s Sabbatical Story: Hypothesis-testing by sabbaticals
life.” Luckily, Airbnb also had a sabbatical policy, which enabled Paul to take two breaks over 5+ year tenure at the company. Most recently, Paul completed his sixth sabbatical which looked quite different given the inability to travel...
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- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
framework for the estimation of expected returns across international markets. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54150 The Welfare Effects of Peer Entry in the Accommodation Market: The Case of Airbnb...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Vital Signs
class is better or worse than other asset classes, that will determine the future pool of capital for VCs—which then determines the pool of capital for startups. I was reading the Airbnb CEO’s letter [of May 5 regarding his company’s...
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- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
landlords on Airbnb with their rental prices and information about quality of the rentals, we show that non-black hosts charge approximately 12% more than black hosts for the equivalent rental. These effects are robust when controlling...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
the ride-hailing app). In contrast, transferable decisions can be made by either party—the type of car an Uber driver uses; the kinds of details an Airbnb host lists about an apartment offered for rent; or how a hair stylist at a salon...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
economy, wanted to see how the algorithm performed. What she found surprised her: Although Airbnb had designed the pricing tool to be race-blind, the algorithm nonetheless widened the revenue gap between white and Black hosts. The reasons...
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- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
that Airbnb was lining up to ask,” Luca says, adding that the company had denied the problem for years. “To some extent the onus is on academic and policy economists to keep asking the questions that the companies aren’t asking.” [Image:...
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- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. After all, 2007 was the year that Twitter was founded; Airbnb formed the following year. For startups jockeying for position in nascent markets, pressure is intense to...
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- 10 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
Nanda cites Airbnb. “You might think it was not going to work to put money into a firm that rents out mattress space on the floor. But then it turns out it actually does, and Airbnb becomes a super-valuable company,” he says. “Airbnb...
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Ruzwana Bashir
Innovative Companies in Travel’ by Fast Company alongside Airbnb and Google. Bashir used her experience and contacts at startups like the Gilt Groupe and Artsy to secure millions in funding from the likes of Google’s Eric Schmidt,...
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- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
regulations may be outdated in the era of Uber—not to mention other successful companies in the so-called sharing economy, such as the travel home-rental website Airbnb (currently valued at $25.5 billion). But he argues that it’s...
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- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
overly narrow goals. Consider the experience of Airbnb, which ran experiments to evaluate booking strategies but ignored the potential for discrimination. After research by Luca and colleagues found evidence of widespread discrimination on the platform and proposed a...
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Marcela Sapone
like we have. How have you addressed the insurance issue? We’ve gone to multiple insurance providers and had to construct a plan that makes sense. But we’re not the only one. Airbnb and Uber have similar liability issues. And I’m really...
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- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
their worth from their multisided platforms (MSPs), which facilitate interactions or transactions between parties. Many MSPs are more valuable than companies in the same industries that provide only products or services: For instance, View Details
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Sean Silverthorne