This website uses technical, customisation and analytical cookies, both first-party and third-party, to anonymously facilitate browsing and analyse statistics on use of the website. Learn more
Search results
-
Amul's IT-Enabled Service Delivery to Dairy Farmers - Teaching Note
Harekrishna Misra; S. R. AsokanTeaching Note IVEY-8B16E020-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching Note for product 9B16E020.Starting at €0.00
-
Aibnb (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Edelman, Benjamin; Luca, MichaelTeaching Note HBS-912021-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching Note for 912019 and 912020.Starting at €0.00
-
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
-
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
-
Amul's IT-Enabled Service Delivery to Dairy Farmers
Harekrishna Misra; S. R. AsokanCase IVEY-9B16E020-EInformation Technologies, StrategyKaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited (Kaira Union), a member union of the popular dairy brand Amul, was using information technology (IT)-enabled services to benefit individual dairy farmers with very small herd sizes in India. The technical inputs, such as veterinary services, were provided through veterinary centres located near clusters of villages. To improve service delivery, better manage inventory, deploy veterinarians...Starting at €8.20
-
Airbnb (B) (Spanish version)
Edelman, Benjamin; Luca, MichaelCase HBS-914S14Information TechnologiesSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
-
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
-
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
-
Airbnb (B)
Edelman, Benjamin; Luca, MichaelCase HBS-912020-EInformation TechnologiesSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74