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  • 27 Aug 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Guts, Gall, and Good Luck: What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur

Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million How Uber, Etsy, and Airbnb climbed from one thousand customers to one million. Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful Research at Harvard Business School takes a unique... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817031-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-013 Airbnb in Amsterdam (A) In February 2014, Amsterdam became the first city to issue new regulations specifically to allow home sharing. Airbnb's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
Keywords: by James Heskett; Service
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services; Information Technology
  • 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://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54150 The Welfare Effects of Peer Entry in the Accommodation Market: The Case of Airbnb... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: 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... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service; Technology
  • 04 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

smart, connected product to develop an entire system of products that worked together. How would Honeywell, the mature, industrial company in a basic, mechanical business, compete with the new startup bought by Google and developing its own ecosystem—notably giving... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 3

property owners and managers who supply them. The case traces HomeAway's founding and acquisition-led growth, its 2011 IPO, and the core elements of its subscription-based business model. By 2014, incumbent travel giants like TripAdvisor and high-profile startups like... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 13, 2016

protection than SOEs. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51975 December 2016 Harvard Business Review Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces By: Fisman, Ray, and Michael Luca Abstract—Online marketplaces such as eBay, Uber, and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 24

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211036-PDF-ENG Airbnb Joseph B. Lassiter III, and Evan W. RichardsonHarvard Business School Case 812-046 Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, the three founders of Airbnb, an online... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

Regulate Companies like Airbnb and Uber? By: Edelman, Benjamin G., and Damien Geradin Abstract—New software platforms use modern information technology, including full-featured web sites and mobile apps, to allow service providers and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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