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A sharing economy can take a variety of forms, including using
information technology to provide individuals, corporations,
non-profits and governments with information that enables the
optimization of resources through the redistribution, sharing
and reuse of excess capacity in goods and services. A common
premise is that when information about goods is shared (typically
via an online marketplace), the value of those goods may increase
for the business, for individuals, for the community and for
society in general.

Collaborative consumption as a phenomenon is a class of economic
arrangements in which participants share access to products or
services, rather than having individual ownership.


Benefits of a sharing economy


By sharing transportation and assets the benefits of a sharing
economy are said to include the following:

Reducing negative environmental impact (such as reducing the carbon
footprint and consumption of resources)

Stronger communities

Saving costs by borrowing and recycling items

Providing people with access to goods who can't afford buying them
or have no interest in long-term usage

Increased independence, flexibility and self-reliance by decentralization,
the abolition of certain entry-barriers and self-organization

Increased participatory democracy

Accelerating sustainable consumption and production patterns in cities
around the globe

Researcher Christopher Koopman, an author of a study by George Mason
University economists, said the sharing economy "allows people to take
idle capital and turn them into revenue sources". "People are taking
spare bedroom, cars, tools they are not using and becoming their own
entrepreneurs." Arun Sundararajan, a New York University economist who
studies the sharing economy, told a January congressional hearing that
"this transition will have a positive impact on economic growth and
welfare, by stimulating new consumption, by raising productivity, and
by catalyzing individual innovation and entrepreneurship".


Sharing economy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharing_economy



Category:Collaboration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Collaboration



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All eyes on the sharing economy
http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21572914-collaborative-consumption-technology-makes-it-easier-people-rent-items

Benefits of the Sharing Economy
http://growthfinancial.net/2014/11/14/benefits-of-the-sharing-economy/

Community and Economy
http://www.sustainabletable.org/860/community-and-economy

Eight of the best sharing economy companies
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/eight-best-sharing-economy-companies

A Growing Segment Of Sharing Economy Users? Entrepreneurs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahmckinney/2013/11/09/a-growing-segment-of-sharing-economy-users-entrepreneurs/

How Everyone Gets the ‘Sharing’ Economy Wrong
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-everyone-gets-the-sharing-economy-wrong-1432495921

Lessons From The Sharing Economy
http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/30/critical-lessons-from-the-sharing-economy/

The New Sharing Economy
http://www.shareable.net/blog/the-new-sharing-economy

The rise of the sharing economy
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573104-internet-everything-hire-rise-sharing-economy

Sharing economy
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/21/us-summit-sharingeconomy-idUSBRE95K0X920130621

Sharing Economy
http://www.techalliance.ca/blog/sharing-economy

Sharing Economy
http://www.nlc.org/find-city-solutions/city-solutions-and-applied-research/sharing-economy

What are the advantages of a sharing economy?
http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-advantages-of-a-sharing-economy

What is the Sharing Economy?
http://www.thepeoplewhoshare.com/blog/what-is-the-sharing-economy

Who's a Sharing Economy Worker?
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/08/21/uber-airbnb-etsy-who-are-the-sharing-economy-workers



The More You Know
http://www.themoreyouknow.com/



Involving Community
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Office/Main/Involving_Community/Involving_Community.html



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