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Cooperatives Europe welcomes the acknowledgement of the European Parliament of "a growing interest in the collaborative economy based on cooperative business models", as well as "the importance of identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence of collaborative businesses, especially start-ups". It also recognizes the development of a community-based collaborative economy "in which knowledge and education sharing models are strong, thereby catalyzing and consolidating a culture of open innovation."

"The FairShares Model enables you to (re)design companies, cooperatives, associations and partnerships to fully recognise and reward enterprise founders, workforce members and users/customer who invest natural, human, social, intellectual, manufactured and financial capital."

"Uber's problems are a classic example of a digital business that has evolved without fully taking into account its impact on society. It's a digital platform that plays an ambiguous role as intermediary between drivers and customers - repeatedly emphasising that it is not an employer. In fact, drivers are considered a customer for Uber - they pay 20-25% of their earnings to the company. Yet the values embedded within Uber's business model and app design have proven to be problematic."

Interview de Tom Slee, auteur de "What's yours is mine : against the sharing economy". "As the money in the Sharing Economy has grown, so has the driving ideology behind it, and now it's become basically a deregulation movement, with companies like Uber and Airbnb building business models that demand deregulation of their industries in cities around the world."

"what do we mean with 'sharing economy'? What kind of positive innovations or possible criticalities might this socio-economic model bring? Does 'sharing' really represent an alternative to capitalism, or an example of its transformation? In which areas, and how, is the way of doing business in society changing as a result of the diffusion of 'sharing economies'?"

"While most criticism of the platform giants has so far been focused on whether or not their business models treat workers fairly; in 2018 we predict that those workers who power large parts of the collaborative economy will take constructive, collective action. Inspired by the disruptive nature of the platforms they work through, they will create services and organisations that themselves disrupt and evolve the marketplace, rebalancing power and distributing revenue differently."

Un exemple de l'impact de l'économie collaborative sur l'organisation et les business models des entreprises "traditionnelles" : les constructeurs et l'autopartage.

Jean-Baptiste Soufron revient sur la condamnation de Heetch. Même s'il reconnaît que le business model de cette entreprise est loin des Scop, des associations ou autres modèles alternatifs, il déplore que les pouvoirs publics assimilent systématiquement l'économie collaborative aux grandes plateformes.

Un exemple de création de plateforme coopérative dans les services à la personne : "To counter poor labor practices, gig workers and entrepreneurs are now taking matters into their own hands by launching their own digital platforms for various services. Called "platform cooperatives," these businesses bring the structure of traditional cooperatives, including worker ownership and governance, to the digital world. This June, Cruz and five others formed Brightly Cleaning, a worker-owned cooperative, with support from two social service organizations based in New York City, New York: The La Colmena Staten Island Community Job Center and the Center for Family Life. Brightly Cleaning soon became one of the first members of the new platform cooperative Up & Go."

"The catch is that adopting these technologies will disrupt the world of work. No less significant than the jobs that will be displaced are the jobs that will change-and those that will be created. New research by the McKinsey Global institute suggests that roughly 15% of the global workforce could be displaced by 2030 in a midpoint scenario, but that the jobs likely created will make up for those lost. There is an important proviso: that economies sustain high economic growth and dynamism, coupled with strong trends that will drive demand for work. Even so, between 75 million to 375 million people globally may need to switch occupational categories by 2030, depending on how quickly automation is adopted."

Nouvelle preuve que les acteurs traditionnels font évoluer leur offre, leur business model et leur organisation pour s'adapter à la transformation digitale, La Poste souhaite à son tour se positionner sur la mobilité partagée, en concluant des partenariats.

L'introduction des imprimantes 3D amène à modifier les modes de production.