Sharing economy

As the sharing economy gains market share, it needs more support and structure to grow in the right directions. A new book sketches out the future of work.

Infographic: The Sharing Economy While the sharing economy has been widely used in the past two years, it’s an economic term that has existed since 2010. Many scholars and thinkers have tried to define it in different ways, from a socio-economic ecosystem to collaborative consumption, we found the most recurring ones to be: the recirculation of goods (e.g. eBay or Craigslist), the exchange of services (think TaskRabbit, the sharing of productive assets), and finally the utilization of…

Some call it the gig economy. Others call it the peer economy. Others, the collaborative economy, or "collaborative consumption." Still others, the sharing

Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are the groups of people around us that help us develop skills and knowledge. They can be: Work colleagues. Teachers in other schools. People who you network with.…

Tool libraries! Coworking spaces! Car sharing! The “collaborative consumption” revolution is upon us. Here’s what you need to know to take part.

This post was co-written by Eric Severson, an Appointee at the National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the former co-CHRO and senior vice president at Gap Inc. Imagine a world where there are no employees. Instead everyone is an independent worker that moves around from company to company, project to project, and task [...]

The share prices of companies in the so-called gig economy have been performing abysmally.

While the gig economy promises to free workers from the traditional, drab 9-to-5 work environment, the reality is quite different. Many contractors employed in gig economy–type jobs lack health care…

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Circular Economy

What do you call an entrepreneur that’s also a micro-entrepreneur, and leveraging sharing economy websites to generate income needed to support their startup ventures? A new classification is needed to describe this growing population being empowered to take increased professional risk by peer-to-peer marketplaces such as Airbnb, TaskRabbit, and Lyft, to name a few.

Moms, save time and money, ease your ecological footprint, and perhaps even restore a bit of your sanity, too with these 3 sharing economy ideas.

In this article, we explore the definition and fundamentals of Sharing Economy, as well as major players and the future of shareconomy.

Individuals and businesses in the EU can only thrive if the economy works for them. The EU’s unique social market economy allows economies to grow and to reduce poverty and inequality. With Europe on a stable footing, the economy can fully respond to the needs of the EU’s citizens.

Circular economy, access Economy, or a new blockchain-driven sharing economy? The Circular Economy and the Access Economy are fairly recent concepts,

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Illustration by Nick Edwards