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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Startups that tap the so-called gig economy, including ride-hailing powerhouse Uber Technologies Inc., have mostly targeted consumers. But a former Salesforce.com employee has launched one aimed at ...

There's something inherently appealing about the emerging (and burgeoning) "share economy," the underlying philosophy of which is to make good use of what is sitting underused. It has been going on ...

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 ...