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What the Sharing Economy Means for Business
Image via Shutterstock With digital peer-to-peer platforms emerging in dozens of vertical markets, the sharing economy appears to be in its own Cambrian explosion of diversity. Participants share cars,...
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A Big Victory for the Sharing Economy
One of the many New York apartments available to rent on Airbnb A New York City Airbnb host has won an appeal with the New York City Environmental Control Board after being fined for renting out a room...
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NYC Startup Offers Software for Airbnb Hosts
When Randy Engler and his wife started renting out their two homes using Airbnb, they soon realized it was hard to provide a high level of hospitality to their guests, especially while away. Engler,...
View ArticleOne Step Back for the Sharing Economy
In a setback for the sharing economy, the Office of the New York Attorney General has issued a subpoena demanding data about all Airbnb hosts in New York, The Wall Street Journal reports. Airbnb...
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Airbnb Rallies its Community to Fight Back
Airbnb hosts in New York are fighting back against policymakers who are trying to rein in the sharing economy. Last week the New York Attorney General subpoenaed the records of all New York Airbnb...
View ArticleIn Chicago, It’s Hot to Study How People Interact Online
People who build technology want you to have the most simple—and emotionally satisfying—experience possible. That’s why more and more students are studying UX, or user experience, design. There are...
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People, Companies, and Trends: Techonomy’s 2013 Top Ten
As 2013 winds down, Techonomy takes a moment to look back on highlights from the year, especially those that portend—we think—the future. Our Top Ten list recognizes the people, companies, and ideas...
View ArticleBrookings’s Bradley: A Sharing Economy That Serves All
We know the sharing economy as an efficient and convenient resource, and launchpad for trendy startups like Uber, Airbnb, and TaskRabbit. But the sharing economy could help address needs for a much...
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Educating Executives to Disrupt, Not Be Disrupted
The Forum Academy adapts the MOOC model to expand access to discussions held at WEF annual meetings. Much has been written about how technology is transforming education. Still more has been written...
View ArticleeBay’s Devin Wenig on Retail in a Post-Mobile Age
With mobile connectivity more and more ubiquitous, could we be entering a post-mobile age? eBay’s Devin Wenig thinks so, and says it will increasingly define the global marketplace. “The physical and...
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Airbnb Will Give New York Home-Sharers’ Addresses to State
(Photo: Airbnb) Airbnb has agreed to hand over information about its New York hosts in order to comply with a subpoena it received last week from the New York Attorney General. The NYAG’s office had...
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Internet Grocery Shopping Meets the Sharing Economy
(Image via Shutterstock) San Francisco-based startup Instacart is hoping to trump services like AmazonFresh, Peapod, and FreshDirect in the battle to deliver fresh food to your door. But unlike those...
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Writing the Rules of the Sharing Economy
NYU Professor Arun Sundararajan kicks off the Collaborative, Peer, and Sharing Economy Summit at NYU’s Stern School of Business. (Photo: Annabelle Ladao/PFNYC) The sharing economy has been called the...
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Sharing Economy in Cities: Moving Towards a More Inclusive Urban Future
The 2008 economic crisis hit Greece hard, and the country is still struggling. The sharing economy could offer some solutions. (Image via Shutterstock) The sharing economy makes headlines daily: from...
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The End of Industries
(Image via Shutterstock) In my field of business journalism, writers have traditionally had “beats” that corresponded to specific industries. One might cover energy, autos, airlines, financial...
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Governments and Sharing: Lessons from the UK’s Beyond Jobs Project
(Image via Shutterstock) What can governments do to boost the sharing economy? What would be their incentive to do so? Where are the commercial opportunities if public policy were to fully embrace...
View ArticleThe Economics of Sharing
Airbnb, DogVacay, Uber, Lyft and TaskRabbit. A host of new platforms are transforming the economics of sharing. But what does their rapid spread mean for a city and its citizens? Is the sharing economy...
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Running Scared? Big Companies Increase Innovation Spending
Established companies increasingly fund startups and take numerous measures as they seek to create innovative new businesses. Just based on the numbers, you wouldn’t think established companies would...
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Google’s Six Values for Business Leadership in an Age of Reimagination
(Image via Shutterstock) It’s no secret that technology is reshaping the world around us. The evidence is right in front of our eyes. Teenagers are living lives today that would have seemed like...
View ArticleApril Rinne of WEF on Regulating the Sharing Economy
The sharing economy has taken off with the dramatic rise of companies like Uber and Airbnb, but the measures to regulate it are lagging far behind. April Rinne of the World Economic Forum says the...
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