A new report, The Emerging Collaborative Economy in Australia, produced by Vision Critical in partnership with Collaborative Lab and Nine! Rewards, reveals promising uptake of and enthusiasm for collaborative economy platforms that use technology to enable people to connect to share and exchange a variety of goods and services. There is already high penetration of many… Read more
We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Report: Making Sense of the UK Collaborative Economy 25% of the UK population took part in the collaborative economy over the last year according to a report by Nesta UK and Collaborative… Read more
Over the last few years, we have observed the rapid growth in popularity of collaborative economy companies all around the world, and while we learn more and more about this shift every day, a number of big questions have remained unanswered, such as exactly who is participating in this new economic activity? Why do company founders… Read more
The new report, Making Sense of the Collaborative Economy, from Nesta UK in collaboration with Collaborative Lab, aims to answer some big questions regarding this new economic activity, focusing on the UK context. Read the report here.
This post is written by Kathleen Stokes and Emma Clarence from Nesta, and Lauren Anderson from Collaborative Lab. Defining the Collaborative Economy – how do we do it, and why? From small community groups to major multinational corporations, a large and diverse community of businesses, organisations and groups has assembled under the banner of the ‘Collaborative… Read more
Are you a European-based organisation, company or group that identifies as part of the collaborative economy? Please take our 10-minute survey by May 30th to help us map the sector in the region. We’ve come to recognise the big players of the collaborative economy over the last few years, from AirBnB to ZipCar or Lyft. But what… Read more
Government regulation of the peer economy may seem like a parent nagging about a curfew, but is amending regulations also necessary for mass adoption of sharing platforms? John Kuo, of Nerd Wallet, recently examined some of the perspectives on regulation for collaborative consumption. Kuo spoke to Collaborative Lab’s April Rinne, who pointed out that many regulations… Read more
Today marks the launch of Peers, a grassroots movement to grow, mainstream and protect the sharing economy. Peers focuses on users of collaborative consumption startups and services, aiming to unite collaborative people and help push forward the sharing economy. Rachel Botsman, founder of Collaborative Lab and Collaborative Consumption, will serve on the board of the new… Read more