We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week:
Defining the Sharing Economy, Dissecting its Merits
Sam Roudman, TechPresident
What is the sharing economy? Today’s PDF panel “Defining and Debating the Sharing Economy” yielded a broad spectrum of responses from its panelists.
The Rise of the “Sharing” Economy
John Burbank, Huffington Post
In the sharing economy overall, what started as a modest income boost for some has turned into a pipeline of revenue that is cutting into that market as well as adding to it: Forbes estimates the sharing economy will surpass $3.5 billion this year.
Brands that don’t think about sharing will be left behind
Saimi Jeong, Mumbrella
Brands that aren’t thinking about the sharing economy are going to get left behind, said Rachel Botsman, founder of Collaborative Lab, to an audience at the Mumbrella360 conference.
From Social Media to The Sharing Economy: The Three Drivers of Business Disruption
Sangeet Paul Choudary, Platformed.info
First we went wild about social media disrupting the world of business communications and media. Then the Sharing Economy sprang up and we talked about how the traditional ownership model was getting disrupted.
Scott Anthony, Harvard Business Review
Applying Clayton Christensen’s foundational research on disruptive innovation, Scott Anthony looks at Uber’s performance in three critical areas.
Southeast Asian consumers open to the share economy, survey shows
People in Southeast Asia are among the most receptive to the idea of share economy, according to a Nielsen survey. The survey indicated that four of the top five markets prepared to share or rent their personal assets for a fee come from the region.
Susie Cagle, Medium
Collaborative systems should empower and not exploit, as Susie puts it: “society and an economics that truly values civic engagement, the commons, and trust between people is one that invests in the protection of those people so they can really prosper, even when something goes wrong”
Floow2 Goes Business Park Sharing
Pieter van de Glind, rageandrelease.com
FLOOW2 has developed a platform where companies can share their underutilized equipment, services, facilities and personnel locally amongst each other. Last month the first local sharing marketplace was launched at a business park in Zwolle, a city in The Netherlands.
Keep it real to catalyse the sharing economy
Denise Cheng, MIT Centre for Civic Media
Some thoughts from Denise Cheng on how to catalyse the sharing economy.
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