We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Google Enters the Collaborative Economy in a Big Way Jeremiah Owyang, Huffington Post Google enters the market with a series of five market moves injecting the company as a central player for the… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Australian workers in mass freelance shift David Swan, The Australian The Airtasker Future of Work Research Monitor January 2015, based on a representative survey by Pureprofile of 1,004 employed Australians nationwide, found 84.8… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Relax rules for Airbnb and other ‘sharing economy’ firms, says report Stuart Dredge, The Guardian The Unlocking the Sharing Economy review was commissioned in late September by the Department for Business, Innovation… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Lawsuits may cause business owners to rethink ‘sharing economy’ Rob Wile, Fusion.net The past few years have seen an explosion of firms built on a 1099 workforce. The contracts allow employers to avoid… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: NSW govt test drives car sharing Adam Bender, Computer World Seeking to put the brakes on big spending on its car fleets, the NSW government is test driving a car-sharing scheme for state… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Independent contractor ruling on FedEx drivers could affect “Sharing Economy” Patrick Hoge, BizJournals A federal court panel ruling this week holding that FedEx drivers were misclassified as independent contractors could have major implications for “sharing… 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
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Disrupting Retail: Sharing Economy And Collaborative Consumption George Zack, Bidnessetc.com Sharing economy is a system that reflects a shift towards a more sustainable consumption pattern. Collaborative consumption is a key feature of a… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Uber Is A Sign of Epic Technology Battles To Come Matt Asay, ReadWrite The best technologies and companies don’t commoditize existing markets. They create entirely new markets. ‘Sharing economy’ booming in Australia Jonathan Pearlman,… Read more