Ranking consistently in a leading spot on Forbe’s ‘Best Countries for Business’ list since 2010, Ireland boasts a vibrant digital sector. Its capital city, Dublin, has become a major tech hub over the past decade – serving as the European base for many multinational IT companies (10 of the top 10 global ICT companies and… Read more
European ridesharing platform, Carpooling, announced that it is launching in the U.S., making door-to-door long-distance transportation affordable and convenient for users. Through a product integration with Uber, carpooling will be the first company to offer a door-to-door long-distance service in the U.S. Passengers can request to be picked up at home by an Uber to… Read more
Lucy Gao, Canadian Global Curator, visited various companies in three U.S. cities as part of a Sharing Economy tour sponsored by TheWashington Foreign Press Center,visiting New York, Las Vegas and San Francisco. This is part 3 of a 3-part series showcasing companies she visited in each city, featuring familiar incumbents and new startups to look out… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Lawsuits may cause business owners to rethink ‘sharing economy’ Rob Wile, Fusion.net The past few years have seen an explosion of firms built on a 1099 workforce. The contracts allow employers to avoid… Read more
In the middle of a complicated scenario for Airbnb and Uber in Catalunya, the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO) issued the study “P2P transactions and competition” (.pdf) The document is an approach to the technology innovation of marketplaces (websites or mobile applications) that turn out to be a meeting point between supply and demand, and which… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Sharing’s Not Just for Start-Ups Rachel Botsman, Harvard Business Review Marriott is just one example of an established company that’s starting to take a serious interest in the collaborative economy. Many observers associate… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Can “Instant” Become a Viable Business? Liz Gannes, Recode.net Startups square up to take on the giants of delivery such as FedEx and UPS to bring customers their packages, groceries, food and services on… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Airbnb ‘Squatter’ Nightmare: Does the Sharing Economy Need a Security Overhaul? Yahoo Finance While Airbnb has spun countless homeowners across the globe into veritable “micro-entrepreneurs” with seeming ease since its inception in 2008, the latest… Read more
We all have been witnessing how collaborative consumption had started to change consumption trends but, right now in Bogota, we are starting to see how it´s really impacting legal framework and business strategies and specifically in transportation. The controversy arose early in May when police started making checkpoints to immobilize private vehicles dedicated to deliver transportation… Read more
Sarah McVeigh discusses the issue of regulation of Uber in Australia. The private ridesharing service is operating in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and is causing a headache for the taxi industry, who argue that the service doesn’t have appropriate safeguards in place. Go to ABC Radio website http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2014/07/bst_20140703_0826.mp3