The Future of Shared Economy: A Case Study on Airbnb

2021 ◽  
pp. 231971452110035
Author(s):  
Aruna Polisetty ◽  
Jikku Susan Kurian
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Service Capacity ◽  
Indian Market ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Bed And Breakfast

One of the most popular IT-facilitated peer-to-peer economic model driving the world, the sharing economy attained its importance in India of late and witnessed a sudden acceptance among people. This model emphasizes the sharing of underutilized goods or service capacity, without transferring the ownership, with the aid of an intermediary, which was widely accepted by the Indian market mainly because of high mobile penetration, high millennial concentration and its aspirational population. Though there are numerous examples of shared economy prevailing in India, this case is on the initiation, hiccups, acceptance, growth, and the pandemic led to sudden blow in the business of Airbnb, the bed and breakfast startup founded by Brian Chesky, Joe Gabberia and Nathan Blecharczyk. Though the young workforce, dominated by millennials and Gen Z generations, acted as a catalyst in the growth of Airbnb, the unanticipated pandemic catapulted the business of Airbnb, invalidating its business model. The business model that provided a handful of earning opportunities to both the hosts and the business is no more in existence. However, Airbnb adopted a series of measures to protect the rights of both parties. This case discusses the possible strategies Airbnb can adopt to get its business back to track post-pandemic days.

scholarly journals Improving Capacity Development for Threatened Maritime and Marine Cultural Heritage Through the Evaluation of a Parameter Framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-427
Author(s):  
Katherine Recinos ◽  
Lucy Blue
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Development Initiatives

Abstract Maritime cultural heritage is under increasing threat around the world, facing damage, destruction, and disappearance. Despite attempts to mitigate these threats, maritime cultural heritage is often not addressed to the same extent or with equal resources. One approach that can be applied towards protecting and conserving threatened cultural heritage, and closing this gap, is capacity development. This paper addresses the question of how capacity development can be improved and adapted for the protection of maritime cultural heritage under threat. It asserts that capacity development for maritime cultural heritage can be improved by gaining a more comprehensive and structured understanding of capacity development initiatives through applying a consistent framework for evaluation and analysis. This allows for assessment and reflection on previous or ongoing initiatives, leading to the implementation of more effective initiatives in the future. In order to do this, a model for classifying initiatives by ten parameters is proposed. It is then applied to a number of case studies featuring initiatives in the Middle East and North Africa region. This is followed by a discussion of how conclusions and themes drawn from the examination and evaluation of the case study initiatives can provide a deeper understanding of capacity development efforts, and an analysis of how the parameter model as a framework can aid in improving capacity development for threatened maritime cultural heritage overall.

Artificial Intelligence as a Growth Engine for Health Care Startups: Emerging Business Models

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Garbuio ◽  
Nidthida Lin
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

The future of health care may change dramatically as entrepreneurs offer solutions that change how we prevent, diagnose, and cure health conditions, using artificial intelligence (AI). This article provides a timely and critical analysis of AI-driven health care startups and identifies emerging business model archetypes that entrepreneurs from around the world are using to bring AI solutions to the marketplace. It identifies areas of value creation for the application of AI in health care and proposes an approach to designing business models for AI health care startups.

The Business Model

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Reinhold ◽  
Sara Dolnicar
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Key Characteristics

Peer-to-peer accommodation networks in general, and Airbnb in particular, are frequently referred to as part of the sharing economy. This chapter provides an overview of key characteristics of the sharing economy, discusses how these characteristics relate to peer-to-peer accommodation, and positions peer-to-peer accommodation networks within the sharing economy.

scholarly journals Airbnb: Understanding the Concept, Recognizing the Values

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 132-169
Author(s):  
Ramesh Raj Kunwar
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Disruptive Innovation ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The World ◽  
Shed Light

Peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation into the tourism market through a model of disruptive innovation is going to be very popular in the world. This has been coined as network hospitality led by Airbnb platform which will work as a mediator between the hosts and guests. Trust plays the major role for decision making to buy the shelter. The objective of studying this new area is to understand in better way through the help of secondary sources. Academic research is generally guided by the theories. Therefore, the researcher aimed to know which kind of concepts and models were applied by previous scholars. The study is confined to the Airbnb and Couchsurfing. For this study, the researcher has followed umbrella type of review research which will shed light on the knowledge of peer-to-peer accommodation and sharing economy.

DISRUPTIVE AND PARADOXICAL ROLES IN THE SHARING ECONOMIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 2150045
Author(s):  
CHRISTINA ÖBERG
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Risk Sharing ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Informed Decisions ◽  
The Creation

The sharing economy could be said to disrupt who does what in exchanges. This paper categorises the roles played by users, providers, and platforms in different interpretations of the sharing economy. It asks: What different roles do the users, providers, and platforms play in the sharing economy? And: How do the roles differ in various interpretations of the sharing economy? The paper classifies the different interpretations based on their market/non-market logic and concludes that roles are more extensive for users and providers in non-market logic interpretations, while market logic suggests that the platform acts more roles. The user is, despite the peer-to-peer connotation of the sharing economy, often quite passive. Contributions are made to the emerging literature on the sharing economy through highlighting its many different interpretations, where roles help to systematise these. The paper furthermore contributes to the literature on roles through highlighting them as transitory and expanding beyond expectations related to digitalisation. Practically, the systematisation of roles helps to navigate among various business model designs and makes informed decisions when launching platforms in the sharing economy. Additionally, the focus on roles raises important questions on risk sharing, resource provisions, and the creation of value for each participating party.

scholarly journals Dynamic Capabilities and Business Model Innovation of Platform Enterprise: A Case Study of DiDi Taxi

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ping Lin ◽  
Xiaosan Zhang ◽  
Shuming Yan ◽  
Qingquan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Theory Model ◽  
Business Model Innovation ◽  
Profit Model ◽  
Sustainability Problems ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantages

Internet has revolutionized business model and given birth to sharing economy. A large number of platform enterprises are growing rapidly but with sustainability problems. Platform enterprises have to continue innovating business models in order to obtain sustainable competitive advantages. In complex and varying environment, dynamic capabilities help enterprises overcome core rigidity and promote business model innovation. This article analyzes the elements of business model innovation of platform enterprises and also the relationship between dynamic capabilities and business model innovation. It concludes that the elements of business model innovation are value proposition, product, partnership, and profit model innovation. Dynamic capabilities promote business model innovation which has different guiding effects on the cultivation of dynamic capabilities. An exploratory case study was conducted, using DiDi taxi as an example, and verified the theory model.

Bringing e-Business to the World's Largest Flower Auction

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-38
Author(s):  
Tim van Dantzig ◽  
Albert Boonstra
Keyword(s):  
Case History ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Dominant Position ◽  
Electronic Auctions ◽  
Electronic Networks ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Leading Position

This case history takes place at the biggest flower auction of the world, the Aalsmeer Flower Auction. Directors of the Aalsmeer Flower Auction felt that the Internet might play an important role in the future of their business. They believed that an active and leading position in applying electronic networks could secure and even strengthen their dominant position and that a policy of restraint could be a threat if other parties should enter this market with electronic auctions. At the end of the 1990s, they started various e-Business initiatives. The case study describes the different e-Business initiatives and the responses from suppliers, customers, managers and other stakeholders on each of these initiatives. Readers will be challenged to analyze this material and offer advice to the management of the auction about future directions with respect to e-business.

Access to Scholarly Information across Disciplines, Languages, and Alphabets

2014 ◽  
pp. 243-261
Author(s):  
YooJin Ha
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Machine Translation ◽  
Electronic Materials ◽  
End Users ◽  
National Library ◽  
Collective Case Study ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Access Issue

The global conglomerate enterprise called libraries has spent over a century providing access to specialized trans-language and trans-alphabet information by converting non-Latin alphabets to Latin through transliteration. This endeavor has recently been challenged by efficiencies of scale provided by machine translation. A collective case study of United States national library practices shows that transliteration is still a priority for access to monographic materials at a bibliographic level, although the intended end-users are often confused by such practices and rely more on access through translation. It appears that well-established systems can co-exist in isolation from preferred systems even when both are needed. The result of such a case study shows that separate silos exist in the world of bibliographic access systems for monographic materials with the possibility that the future morphing of electronic materials including books and serials may clarify and possibly resolve this core access issue.

scholarly journals Islamic Education in Singapore: Case Study Madrasah Al-Juneid Al-Islamiyah

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-26
Author(s):  
Naimah Radzi ◽  
Avid Leonardo Sari ◽  
Irwandi
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Learning Study ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Study Materials ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Diverse Society ◽  
Quality Programs

This article explains the development of Islamic education in Singapore, specifically Madrasah al-Juneid al-Islamiyah. The problem: how is curriculum development at Madrasah al-Juneid? And what are the challenges of the future of this madrasa? To answer this problem, the amount of data collected through the method of observation, interviews, and documentation. Data collected were analyzed descriptively-qualitatively. The results show: first, the curriculum at Madrasah al-Juneid initially did not contain pure religion then was expanded by adding general lessons. In learning, study materials are commonly used to approach integration with Islamic teachings. Second, madrassas in Singapore face challenges in the future that are not easy, namely the demands of the world of work, demands for quality, challenges of Western lifestyles, and accusations against Islam as a terrorist religion. Creative madrassas must address all these challenges in developing quality programs so that graduates can compete with graduate schools, can fortify modern secular lifestyles, and can coexist peacefully during Singapore's diverse society.

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