Examples of transaction platforms include amazon, airbnb, uber and baidu. The first of its kind, written by an author on the forefront of this new trend. Yet traditional forms of sharing have been undermined in modern cities by social. The current and future state of the sharing economy brookings. Sadly, the zipcar culture may not survive the merger. The oldest approach, with its origins dating back to the early 1960s, focuses on the rise of new sciencebased industries and their role in social and economic change. Download a chapter, see the release party and read what people are. The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharingof resources, goods and services, experiences. San shi believes that sharing book or sharing bookstore is a new business attempt in the book industry and the public should give it a chance.
New rules for the new economy lays out ten essential dynamics of this emerging. By far the most common type are transaction platforms, also known as digital matchmakers. Fashion rental business is competing with fashion retailers, but also reduces fashion retailers product returns fashion goods are illegally rented by customers, which was one of the most headache issues for the retailer. Beth buczynski is a freelance writer and editor who covers clean technology, sustainable design and environmental issues for some of the most popular green sites on the web. Growth of the sharing economy 5 the sharing economy companies that are emerging on the back of radical changes in consumer habits couchsurfing, airbnb, uber and their peers have overturned entire sectors with their socalled creative disruption in the space of only a few years. From sharing bicycle to sharing car, chinas sharing economy has now swept into the book industry. This 21st century smart digital infrastructure is giving rise to a radical new sharing economy that is transforming the way we manage, power and move economic life. The aim of the book is to enrich legal debates on the social, economic, and political meaning of these cuttingedge technologies. The sharing library is a way to bring the entire community together, all generations, to connect and learn.
A remarkable book, a sweeping view of a fascinating new economy in which peertopeer exchange will be central, written to be simultaneously very intelligent and very readable. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. When i search th e phrase sharing economy on amazon. Moreover, 70% share digital media, and 68% share physical media like books and dvds. There is a wideranging debate over the exact meaning of the term sharing economy. The sharing economy you would be excused if you thought it sounded like the spiritual home of new age digital hippies, or maybe a step up. Members of every generation are moving toward a more active and mindful approach to consumption, but millennials are leading the way in terms of embracing or at least experimenting with new formats such as crowdfunding and peertopeer transactions. The end of employment and the rise of crowdbased capitalism mit press the wideranging implications of the shift to a sharing economy, a new model of organizing economic activity that. The first chapter sets out the background to the sharing and gig economy and the role of online platforms.
It explores current status, growth, success factors for further breakthrough and mass acceptance. A growing number of customers who purchased fashion products, but now start to rent them. In this book, arun sundararajan, an expert on the sharing economy, explains the transition to what he describes as crowdbased capitalisma new way of organizing economic activity that may supplant the traditional corporatecentered model. He has a phd in theoretical chemistry, a long career in the software industry, and his book no one makes you shop at walmart is a gametheoretical investigation of individual choice that has been used in university economics, philosophy and. The rise of collaborative consumption, are good places to start. How cities can build on the sharing economy and smart technology to deliver a sharing paradigm that supports justice, solidarity, and sustainability. If youre ready for more, weve rounded up a collection of 10 new books plus three bonus selections for the hardcore sharer that delve into.
Digital economy, sharing economy, best books on entrepreneurial startups, platform businesses, and the sharing economy, and books about sharing. The broad label knowledge economy covers a wide array of activities and interpretations. The business of sharing is an excellent read for any entrepreneur. New internetbased \sharing economy markets enable consumerowners to rent out their durable goods to nonowners. True, they pioneered the creative use of technology to open up flexible new ways of renting a car. From zipcar to the sharing economy arun sundararajan.
Legal tech and the new sharing economy marcelo corrales. Pdf the crazy new world of the sharing economy researchgate. The sharing economy is a little like online shopping, which started in america 15 years ago. Sharing economy turns new page with books1 chinadaily. And who told you that you had the right to demand that a book be available in an ebook format. The seven key questions to be asked of the exciting new books documenting the principles and practices of the emerging creative economy. The sharing economy appears to be a very wellinvestigated area, even though uber, airbnb, taskrabbit, and most other peertopeer digital platforms that support it. Alex gives a great overview of the sharing economy. As the global sharing economy reaches new heights, its impact on the way we view parttime. Written by one of the business leaders of the movement, the business of sharing is an insiders guide to the sharing economy. The business of sharing making it in the new sharing economy, is one of the best books written on the topic. Such platforms are typically online matchmakers or technology frameworks. The platform economy is economic and social activity facilitated by platforms. Understanding the sharing economy weforum world economic.
Classic titles of the sharing economy, including the mesh and whats mine is yours. The new stuff of sharing not surprisingly, 3 out of 4 participants currently share personal or informational content through social networking platforms. Think of the principles outlined in this book as rules of thumb. Airbnb has expanded this to a new mass market by persuading people to rent out their own. Tom slee writes about technology, politics, and economics and in the last two years has become a leading critic of the sharing economy.
The sharing economy oxford martin school university of oxford. Alipay, an online payment platform under alibaba, has launched express delivery of. New economy is a buzzword describing new, highgrowth industries that are on the cutting edge of technology and are the driving force of economic growth. Some commentators argue that the word sharing is a misnomer employed to mask the essentially commercial nature of the activity on these platforms. Community libraries emerged in the 18th century, allowing people to. Get this link to readdownload book the sharing economy.
Share economy 2017 the new business model this report analyzes the size and the acceptance of the share economy in the six european countries austria, belgium, germany, the netherlands, switzerland and turkey. The sharing economy ebook by arun sundararajan rakuten kobo. Making it in the new sharing economy palgrave macmillan. The first sharing economy organisations allowed members to timeshare things such as cars or power tools, rather than owning one each and leaving it idle most of the time. I recount many of these in the book, and am particularly happy that.
Renting fashion with strategic customers in the sharing. At the same time, competition from new sharing economy businesses can create considerable social benefits. It considers the different ways that tax administrations can best engage with platform sellers, sharing and gig economy platforms, and each other to enable more effective tax compliance. The coauthor of two popular ebooks on coworking, beth believes that building a new economy based on sharing and community is key to ending our dangerous obsession with consumer culture and creating. The currency in the sharing economy is not just the payment but. In wecommerce, visionary marketing strategist billee howard lays out her plan for a new vision of success and longterm, purposeful profitability in the new global, sharing economy. By unlocking the sharing economy today, can companies transform todays threat into tomorrows. But in the world of new sharing economy models that generate efficiency gains, theirs is just the tip of the iceberg. Giving someone a ride, having a guest in your spare room, running errands for someone, participating in a supper club. The top 10 new books about the sharing economy shareable. Read the sharing economy the end of employment and the rise of crowdbased capitalism by arun sundararajan available from rakuten kobo.
Pdf the purpose of this chapter is to explore the new ideas promoted. These rules are fundamental principles that are hardwired into this new territory, and that apply to all businesses and industries, not just hightech ones. The wideranging implications of the shift to a sharing economy, a new model of organizing economic activity that may su. This collection of contributions by scholars in the new fields of sharing economy and legaltech enriches legal debates on the social, economic, and political meaning of cuttingedge technologies. But in the last few years a fundamentally different model has taken rootone in which consumers have more choices, more tools, more information, and more peertopeer power. Of those who share information and media online, approximately 2 in 3. This book collects a series of contributions by leading scholars in the newly emerging fields of sharing economy and legal tech. At the annual meeting of the new champions 2016 in.
At least three lines of research fall under this umbrella. Giving someone a ride, having a guest in your spare room, running errands for someone, participating in a supper clubthese are not revolutionary concepts. Prime members enjoy free twoday delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, tv shows, original audio series, and kindle books. These include cloud computing, big data, the internet of things, and related autonomous systems. Alex stephany is a rare author, combining the experiential insight of a successful entrepreneur with the longerrange vision of a deep thinker. The wideranging implications of the shift to a sharing economy, a new model of organizing economic activity that may supplant traditional corporations. We model such markets, and explore their equilibria both in the shortrun, in which ownership decisions are xed, and in the longrun, in which ownership decisions can be changed. Alex shares some incredible insights, discusses the challenges and opportunities along with some.