Rides, houses, power tools: You can share almost anything today, and the number of people sharing is growing every day. If you’re a company that only sells to consumers and doesn’t help them share, ...

Do services like Uber, Sidecar, Angie’s List, and others in the Collaborative, Sharing, or On-Demand economy really create jobs? Or do they shift work within the same population? Is there benefit for ...

Learn how collaborative consumption enables resource sharing, its benefits, and challenges. Explore examples like Airbnb and ridesharing that make goods accessible.

If you’re still trying to get a handle on social business, hang on to your bootstraps. According to a new report from the Altimeter Group, the emerging next phase of social business features consumers ...

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Jeremiah Owyang, founder of Crowd Companies, an innovation council which connects big brands to leaders, startups, and communities in the Collaborative ...

Like any living thing, economies have lifecycles. With a bit of careful observation of the “collaborative economy,” it’s clear this new model of commerce has reached that awkward, in-between stage ...

Sharing and collaboration have long been a universal characteristic for cities. Centuries ago, money and other financial means of exchange didn’t exist. Thus human survival depended on cooperation, ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Sharing is big business. Big big business. There are now 17 ...

Amazon’s not the only threat to online retail and brands selling direct to consumer – the shift towards the “collaborative economy” has the potential to disrupt virtually any vertical, with ripple ...

The evidence has been steadily seeping into the edges of business thinking for years: The online world has clearly and systematically changed the rules of business, and companies must adapt or risk ...

The old model of unwieldy behemoths is giving way to a new one of collaboration. Welcome to the world of Peers. This cycle of opening up excess capacity, INCs building platforms for participation, and ...