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- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
500,000 listings and counting. (By way of comparison, hotel industry giant Marriott offers around 530,000 rooms worldwide.) Airbnb, which has been valued at roughly $2.5 billion, recently closed a $200 million round of financing,... View Details
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
the industry. The case also follows Nino's development of an online platform to crowdsource design for his crowdfunded buildings, maximizing shared value throughout the development process. Nino faces many challenges as he attempts to crowdfund an extended stay View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?
products. The points awarded by airline frequent flyer and hotel frequent guest programs, if redeemed, amount to discounts of 1 percent to 5 percent over the prices paid by non-subscribers. They also lose out on a variety of non-monetary... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
Airbnb on travelers, hosts, and hotels. The welfare gains from Airbnb are concentrated in locations (New York) and times (New Year’s Eve) when hotels are capacity constrained. This occurs because peer hosts are responsive to market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
Shanghai plant starts production in 2008, will its almost $50 million investment pay off? Is 10 years of experience in China enough to know how China works? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308051 Shangri-La View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
bookseller might only recommend books that are similar to previous purchases. Or if someone “likes” a fancy Manhattan hotel on Facebook, her Facebook friends might not invite her on an overnight hike in the woods. Or, more seriously, a... View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
Survival usually required some degree of “restructuring the organization.” A real estate CEO provided an example: “We had the option to shut down our hotel business but decided to keep it open and offer it as housing to international... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
supply. "It's a very cyclical business," he said. "But even a down cycle can provide opportunity for people with their eyes wide open." Constantini said he favors the hotel and assisted-living businesses. "I would... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
Exploration of Luxury Hotels in Tanzania Authors:Diego A. Comin Abstract Tourism is a tradable service activity that could allow some African countries to generate significant growth. Tanzania, given its unique natural assets, is an ideal... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
attention to the importance of Chanel’s networks among the cultural elite and European high society. It explores how she embraced the rise of Anti-Semitism among many members of the upper class at that time. During World War II, Chanel lived in the Ritz View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
locations (even if on a sofa) going for as little as $25 per night. Nightly rentals are beginning to exceed the volumes of the largest hotel chains. What happens if the chains, with much higher marginal costs, are forced to cut back on... View Details
- 18 Nov 2009
- HBS Case
Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu
of an elBulli hotel and a chain of reasonably priced restaurants called Fast Good. But what is the balance between leveraging the Adrià/elBulli brand and breaking its core meaning? In a classroom discussion of first-year Marketing... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
Partners and Great Wolf Resorts: Buying from a Highly Regarded Competitor The case examines the March 2015 Centerbridge Partners investment decision regarding whether to acquire Great Wolf Resorts, a North American family-oriented indoor water parks and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
evaluate Patron's alternatives: IPO the platform, seek a strategic investor, or sell the platform outright. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/213069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 212-003 The Paris Opera Hotel Real estate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
Good and bad service experiences die hard. Who can forget the hotel receptionist who went above and beyond the call of duty to accommodate a last-minute change in travel plans in contrast to the sulky server at an expensive restaurant who... View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
is: job ownership: nature or nurture? What do you think? Original Column There’s an age-old question: “Does anyone ever take a rental car to the car wash?” For years, Bill Marriott instinctively has picked up trash as he walks through View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
Let's say you build an invitation-only social network for high net-worth individuals. American Express could probably do it for their platinum card members. If I'm a platinum card member, the kind of hotels and travel experiences I look... View Details
- 11 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Price Tag Confusion
box, and the remote. Your breakfast-included hotel bill still features separate prices for bed and for breakfast. Partitioning should only be used by those sellers who want to sensitize people to a secondary benefit that might otherwise... View Details
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
I use to describe this leadership model: leading from behind . I think it captures the type of leader I'm talking about. I got the idea from reading Nelson Mandela. Several years ago-jet-lagged in my hotel room in Cape Town, overlooking... View Details
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
and development of its employees. Historically, this training had taken place at hotels and conference centers not affiliated with Deloitte. The idea for the construction of a special-purpose, Deloitte-owned learning facility had been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne