Ranking consistently in a leading spot on Forbe’s ‘Best Countries for Business’ list since 2010, Ireland boasts a vibrant digital sector. Its capital city, Dublin, has become a major tech hub over the past decade – serving as the European base for many multinational IT companies (10 of the top 10 global ICT companies and… Read more
Keycafe is a simple way to exchange keys, allowing homeowners to remotely manage access to their home. The idea came to Co-Founder Clayton Brown while he was renting out his house as an Airbnb host in Vancouver. He found the process of exchanging keys difficult and time-consuming, having to go out of his way to… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: The new ‘New Deal’? Sharing responsibility in the sharing economy Arun Sundararajan, Policy Network New peer-to-peer ‘sharing’ platforms have the potential to boost living standards across the many countries which they span…. Read more
Lucy Gao, Canadian Global Curator, visited various companies in three U.S. cities as part of a Sharing Economy tour sponsored by TheWashington Foreign Press Center,visiting New York, Las Vegas and San Francisco. This is part 3 of a 3-part series showcasing companies she visited in each city, featuring familiar incumbents and new startups to look out… Read more
A new report, The Emerging Collaborative Economy in Australia, produced by Vision Critical in partnership with Collaborative Lab and Nine! Rewards, reveals promising uptake of and enthusiasm for collaborative economy platforms that use technology to enable people to connect to share and exchange a variety of goods and services. There is already high penetration of many… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: UK Gov’s “Independent” Review Of Sharing Economy To Be Led By Sharing Economy Startup CEO Steve O’Hear, TechCrunch Blog Today the UK government threw its weight behind the so-called sharing economy, epitomised by… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Report: Making Sense of the UK Collaborative Economy 25% of the UK population took part in the collaborative economy over the last year according to a report by Nesta UK and Collaborative… Read more
In the middle of a complicated scenario for Airbnb and Uber in Catalunya, the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO) issued the study “P2P transactions and competition” (.pdf) The document is an approach to the technology innovation of marketplaces (websites or mobile applications) that turn out to be a meeting point between supply and demand, and which… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Sharing’s Not Just for Start-Ups Rachel Botsman, Harvard Business Review Marriott is just one example of an established company that’s starting to take a serious interest in the collaborative economy. Many observers associate… Read more
Gustavo Palacios, our Global Curator based in Bogota, Colombia, shares with us a collaborative lifestyle guide for his country. Colombia, known as a great cultural centre in South America by travellers, now also has a growing entrepreneurship ecosystem. The country has signed trade agreements with more than 40 countries and is now becoming very attractive… Read more