Showing posts with label airbnb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label airbnb. Show all posts
Saturday, February 23, 2019

The unbundling of hotel services--marketplaces for luggage storage

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Airbnb is remarkable for the way it has become a major competitor to hotels, by deploying properties that were designed (and may be zoned) ...
Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Airbnb in Paris

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The FT has an informative story about Airbnb's large footprint in Paris , the nuanced effects this has on the city, and French attempts...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Bar Ifrach on market design at Airbnb

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Here's a talk today at the Harvard Kennedy School that caught my eye: Bar Ifrach (Director of Data Science, Airbnb): 'Search, Pr...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

Airbnb faces regulatory headwinds in NY

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The FT has the story: Airbnb faces fight for survival in New York City Governor set to sign legislation likely to end start-up’s business...
Friday, September 9, 2016

Airbnb consider market design changes to reduce discrimination

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The NY Times has the story: Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by Its Hosts "Airbnb, based in San Francisco, sai...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Acquiring the first thousand customers in a two-sided market

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HBS Working Knowledge has a nice piece about a case study by Professor Thales Teixeira , How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Airbnb and racial discrimination by hosts

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The NY Times follows the story:  Airbnb Vows to Fight Racism, but Its Users Can’t Sue to Prompt Fairness " SAN FRANCISCO — Brian Che...
Monday, December 7, 2015

Airbnb Replies (with some data) to the Report of the NY State Attorney General

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Here's a 2014 report by the NY State Attorney General's office, Airbnb in the city Short-Term Rentals Experienced Explosive Gro...