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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Starting Lineup: Upturning Travel
(ThinkStock) (ThinkStock) As Airbnb has proven, the travel industry is ripe for innovation. What’s next for several alumni- run startups that are reinventing the vacation? The Company The Founder The Pitch The News NewUGo CEO Mei Zhang... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 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... View Details
- 05 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working With City Leadership To Leverage Technology
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 of... View Details
- 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
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Is the Auction House of the Future Online?
online-only model requires limited physical infrastructure, allowing Paddle8 to expedite sales and charge a commission of 8 to 15 percent, well below some auction houses’ 20 to 25 percent commissions. For Julka, it’s the sharing economy by another name. “It is similar... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Real Estate: A Local Business Goes Global
from falling dramatically—showing the global impact on local real estate. What’s next in real estate? “The demand for all property types is being profoundly impacted by technology in ways we are only beginning to understand. Airbnb models... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 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
- 13 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology
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 of initiatives that bring citizens and city hall... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
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... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
Illustrations by Dan Bejar Illustrations by Dan Bejar When she began investigating Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm several years ago, Assistant Professor Shunyuan Zhang wasn’t looking for evidence that it generated discriminatory outcomes, a problem known as... View Details
- 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... 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... 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
- Profile
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,... View Details
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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... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 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... View Details
- 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
- 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