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"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'?"

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."

"This paper uses Transformative Social Innovation theory to develop a comparative analysis of Shareable's Sharing Cities Network and Airbnb's Home Sharing Clubs. It argues that narrative framing of the sharing economy for community empowerment and grassroots mobilisation have been used by Shareable to drive a "sharing transformation" and by Aitbnb through "regulatory hacking" to influence urban policy".

"Civil society of Latin America and the Caribbean must understand that the sharing economy means to rebuild communities where people are willing to share, or exchange, their time, financial resources and knowledge to strengthen and empower organizations. "

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."

D'après les auteurs de l'article, la diversité de l'économie de partage est telle qu'il conviendrait mieux de parler de l'émergence de plusieurs "cultures du partage".

"s the history of crises has shown, people and people-based organisations react against the devastating effects of changes and persist in the search for innovative solutions. New ideas and practices have been proposed; there have been experiments with new forms of organizations and ways of working. Some of them, such as the "sharing economy", were immediately captured by emergent, digitally-based capitalist companies, but others created more ambitious and innovative initiatives. In recent years, certain concepts and experiences have interconnected with one another and existing initiatives. New forms of solidarity, reciprocity, property and collective governance are being analyzed, reimagined and promoted through the logic of the Commons, Platform Cooperativism and the Social and Solidarity Economy."

"Philanthropists today should follow the instructive example of Edward Filene. Filene played a leading role in developing an institution that allowed ordinary people to build their own wealth - credit unions, a high-impact model that could be and has been replicated. Philanthropists should use their resources to help do the same across a whole range of new institutions including sharing cities, platform cooperatives, and much more. This will help ordinary people build and access wealth, reduce resource consumption, and reweave the social fabric"

"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."

Article qui porte sur un rapport de Business for Social Responsibility, qui cherche à encourager la participation des populations défavorisées à l'économie collaborative, en tant que contributeurs et qu'utilisateurs. D'après l'auteur, le rapport souffre toutefois de trois limites majeures : - En premier lieu, le rapport dresse un bilan très optimiste de l'impact des plateformes « for profit » : par exemple, il indique que Airbnb a un impact annuel de 312 millions d'euros à Los Angeles, occultant le fait que cette plateforme et d'autres ont un effet sur la crise du logement (abordable) dans les grandes villes ; - Ensuite, le rapport mentionne surtout les plateformes de partage « for profit » ; - Enfin, le rapport ne fait aucune proposition sur la manière dont les plateformes pourraient partager leur propriété ou leur gouvernance.

Le 5 décembre, conférence à Bruxelles sur le rôle et la place du platform cooperativism.

The social partners in the Nordic region have to adapt the Nordic labour market model to fit the sharing economy, driverless forklifts and other new labour market trends. If they don't, others will, a Danish expert warns. The Danish government and the social partners have approached the task by establishing a new body: "The Disruption Council".

"Although by no means a new question regarding retirement, the noteworthy growth of "gig companies" in the "sharing economy," has renewed concerns that even more American workers will lack access to employment-based retirement plans."

Dans ce document de travail, Solomon Greene et John McGinty évoquent les effets positifs qu'aurait une économie de partage locale véritablement inclusive, y compris en matière de travail, si tant est que de meilleures conditions de travail et des protections soient mises en place.

Call for papers du Journal of Management studies sur les défis et opportunités de l'économie collaborative. Deadline : novembre 2017-janvier 2018