# Professor Arun Sundararajan discusses the WeWork short-term rental business

1 Faculty News November 2, 2017 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-02/what-life-is-like-inside-wework-s-communal-housing-project) -- "WeWork started testing a program last month to let Airbnb guests in six cities save spots at co-working offices nearby. If WeWork pursues more short-term rentals, the company could benefit from how Airbnb legitimized unconventional travel accommodations, says [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), a professor at New York University who wrote a book about the sharing economy."

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