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Snapper Future Tech: Land Records and Registration Using Blockchain
Poonam Garg; Rashmi Kumar Aggarwal; Shashank Raj; Ashish GargCase IVEY-9B19E001-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyOn October 10, 2017, the co-founders of Snapper Future Tech Private Limited (Snapper) were discussing the solutions they had proposed at a recent blockchain business conference. Snapper’s initiative envisaged digital solutions for smooth land registration, adding transparency, accountability, and good governance at every stage of the process. Snapper had developed a proof of concept for land records on a private blockchain in a cloud-based enviro...Starting at €8.20
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Aibnb (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Edelman, Benjamin; Luca, MichaelTeaching Note HBS-912021-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching Note for 912019 and 912020.Starting at €0.00
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Snapper Future Tech: Land Records and Registration Using Blockchain - Teaching Note
Poonam Garg; Rashmi Kumar Aggarwal; Shashank Raj; Ashish GargTeaching Note IVEY-8B19E001-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyTeaching note for product 9B19E001.Starting at €0.00
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Airbnb (A) (Spanish version)
Edelman, Benjamin; Luca, MichaelCase HBS-914S09Information TechnologiesAfter widely-publicized complaints of destructive guests and unreliable hosts, online apartment rental site Airbnb explores mechanisms to facilitate trust between guests and hosts. Flexible online reputation systems can collect and share information with ease, but Airbnb must decide which information guests and hosts should have to provide and how much flexibility each should have in selecting whom to do business with. A full-featured system coul...Starting at €8.20
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Airbnb (A)
Edelman, Benjamin; Luca, MichaelCase HBS-912019-EInformation TechnologiesAfter widely-publicized complaints of destructive guests and unreliable hosts, online apartment rental site Airbnb explores mechanisms to facilitate trust between guests and hosts. Flexible online reputation systems can collect and share information with ease, but Airbnb must decide which information guests and hosts should have to provide and how much flexibility each should have in selecting whom to do business with. A full-featured system coul...Starting at €8.20
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Airbnb (B) (Spanish version)
Edelman, Benjamin; Luca, MichaelCase HBS-914S14Information TechnologiesSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Algorithms Need Managers, Too
Luca, Michael; Kleinberg, Jon; Mullainathan, SendhilArticle HBS-R1601H-EInformation TechnologiesAlgorithms tend to be myopic. They focus on the data at hand--which often pertains just to short-term outcomes. Algorithms are powerful predictive tools, but they can run amok when not applied properly. Consider what often happens with social media sites. Today many use algorithms to decide which ads and links to show users. But when these algorithms focus too narrowly on maximizing click-throughs, sites quickly become choked with low-quality con...Starting at €8.20
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Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces
Fisman, Ray; Luca, MichaelArticle HBS-R1612G-EInformation TechnologiesOnline marketplaces such as eBay, Uber, and Airbnb have the potential to reduce racial, gender, and other forms of bias that affect the off-line world. And in the early days of internet commerce, the relative anonymity of transactions did make it harder for participants to discriminate. But as listings began to include photos, names, and other means of identification, bias emerged in areas ranging from labor markets to credit applications to hous...Starting at €8.20
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Airbnb (B)
Edelman, Benjamin; Luca, MichaelCase HBS-912020-EInformation TechnologiesSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74