Sharing economy

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

Airbnb may have won the latest round in its legal battle this week, but it’s clear the backlash against the sharing economy is just beginning. It’s not surprising. Google the term and you’ll find headlines mentioning the sharing economy in nearly every major publication and news site — just in [...]

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…

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.…

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.

A new global ranking of the world's largest banks shows China's domination.

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.

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…

The plight of Barcelona shows the damage Airbnb can do, exacerbating urban inequality and freezing out young locals, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Online room renting service Airbnb Inc said on Thursday it had raised $1 billion in its latest round of funding, valuing the company at $31 billion.

For most of human history, there was no such thing as property.

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 [...]

Online businesses promoting a ‘sharing economy’ face a regulatory backlash

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

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