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Visit Singularity Hub for the latest from the frontiers of manufacturing and technology as we bring you coverage of Singularity University's Exponential Manufacturing conference. Who will rule the future economy—entrepreneurs or mega... read more 
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"Specifically, it will mean the shift to mobile distribution being the main channel of interaction between customers and the bank," the report reads.
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Over the last 30 years, HVAC contractors have been threatened with one bogeyman after another, such as unfair utility competition, consolidation, big box retailers, and on and on. The latest is the threat from the shared economy.
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The sharing economy that consumers experience as a friendly convenience is, for workers, a low-wage, precarious trap https://t.co/bYhMGn06s1
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The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
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Some experts believe we're on the cusp of an economic revolution akin to the Industrialization of the 20th century.
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Gary Hall (Coventry University) Talk about being careful what you wish for. A recent survey of UK vice-chancellors identifies a number of areas of innovation with the potential to transform UK high...
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In his new book, Raw Deal: How the "Uber Economy" and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers, Hill writes about the need to create a safety net for workers in a multi-employer world.
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The sharing economy is transforming our world ... and CPAs in particular need to pay close attention. Rachel Botsman, a global expert on these issues, takes a ...
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Harvard law professor Yochai Benkler gave attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos a dire warning about future instability if the “Uber-ification of all services” continues. In his intense six-minute talk, “Challenges of the Sharing...
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For nearly a year, Amy Resnick was the Uber poster child. She used the car service two or three times a week, taking it to and from work, the airport, you name it.
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Uberfication has become shorthand for many new concepts—from the sharing economy to any significantly disruptive digital business model. But what exactly did Uber do that was materially different to earlier disruptive digital businesses? In short:
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The shared economy business model seems to be bringing a strong sense of positivity among customers and independent contractors alike. Will it obliterate traditional models?
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If you've been to a conference in the past 12 months - you'll almost certainly have seen the slide above, or a version of it. Mentioning “disruptive innovation” adds a sprinkle of sophistication to otherwise ordinary presentations. It's a sit up and take notice slide that says: 'Better listen, or you could be history." However -…
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Platforms that enable users to come together and buy/sell services with confidence, such as Uber, have become remarkably popular, with the companies often transforming the industries they enter. In this blog post the OII’s Vili Lehdonvirta analyses why the domestic cleaning platform Homejoy failed to achieve such success. He argues that when buyer and sellers enter into repeated transactions they can communicate directly, and as such often abandon the platform.
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Are the sharing economy and the “Uber effect” just a fad or a revolution in consumption and...
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The argument is stuck: "The gig economy will destroy all jobs." "The gig economy will save us." Here's the truth.
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An article at Medium (Tim O’Reilly, “Networks and the Nature of the Firm — What’s the Future of Work?” August 14) describes Uber and Airbnb as “textbook examples” of “the way that networks trump traditional forms of corporate organization, and how they are changing traditional ways of managing that organization.” Um, no. What Uber and...
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In his new book, Raw Deal: How the "Uber Economy" and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers, Hill writes about the need to create a safety net for workers in a multi-employer world.
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Online apps in the 'sharing economy' mold are jostling the traditional economy and testing the limits of laws. We took a closer look at the case of Uber taxis.
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The ride-sharing service has a contract-worker problem, and lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan is determined to change that. If she succeeds, the app economy is going to look very different.
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What other services can be crowdsourced to help us all live better, more comfortable, lives? And, also, to help college kids make more money on the side.
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There are three specific signals that indicate if your community-based product or service has what it takes to grow into a big business.
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Are Uber and Airbnb, new "sharing economy" services that have spent years fighting against regulation, creating a new black economy, or are they a force for good?
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